{"id":187065,"date":"2013-08-25T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-25T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/275-displaced-poisoned-by-contaminated-food-in-west-darfur-camp\/"},"modified":"2013-08-25T23:30:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-25T23:30:00","slug":"275-displaced-poisoned-by-contaminated-food-in-west-darfur-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/275-displaced-poisoned-by-contaminated-food-in-west-darfur-camp","title":{"rendered":"275 displaced \u2018poisoned by contaminated food\u2019 in West Darfur camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some 275 displaced people have reportedly been stricken with poisoning at Murnei camp in West Darfur on Friday. Some of them are in \u201ccritical condition\u201d.<\/p>\n

A sheikh of the camp told Radio Dabanga that the people were stricken with vomiting and severe diarrhoea, after eating millet, suspect to have been contaminated. The sheikh said that \u201cthe millet was supplied by a humanitarian organisation\u201d, but he did not say which one.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of those affected went to the camp\u2019s health centre, but could not receive any assistance due to lack of medical supplies,\u201d he said. \u201cSome of those still at the medical centre are in critical condition.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sheikh said that as a precautionary measure, the displaced of the camp have stopped eating millet altogether. He appealed to the health authorities and humanitarian organisations to send a team to investigate.<\/p>\n

In South Darfur, the education infrastructure in the camps at Marshang is facing serious challenges due to a shortage of teachers, text and exercise books and poor maintenance of the schools.<\/p>\n

A sheik told Radio Dabanga that the schools need new classrooms, and for existing school to be maintained. He complained that the local authorities have not performed any maintenance on the schools since 2005.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe result is that the teachers have to send the children home every time it rains, as the roofs are not waterproof,\u201d he said. \u201cThe high tuition fees imposed by the Ministry of Education have forced many parents to keep their children out of school.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sheikh appealed to the Ministry of Education and international organisations to help find solutions to these issues.<\/p>\n

File photo: A displaced Darfuri woman receives her food ration (Albert Gonz\u00e1lez Farran\/UNAMID)<\/em><\/p>\n

Related:<\/em> \u2018At least 2 children die per day\u2019 in South Darfur camp<\/a> (23 August 2013)<\/p>\n

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