Yida Refugee Camp Struggles To Cope With Population Swelling

YIDA REFUGEE CAMP, SOUTH SUDAN - JUNE 30: Sudanese girls jump rope as many look on at the Yida refugee camp along the border with North Sudan June 30, 2012 in Yida, South Sudan. Water has been a precious resource that aid agencies have struggled with. Yida refugee camp has swollen to nearly 60,000, as the refugees flee from South Kordofan in North Sudan with new arrivals at 300-600 a day. The rainy season has increased the numbers of sick children suffering from Diarrhea and severe malnutrition as the international aid community struggles to provide basic assistance to the growing population, most have arrived with only the clothes they are wearing. Many new arrivals walked from 5 days up to 2 weeks or more to reach the camp. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)