Awoda is a village in
Northern Bahr el Ghazal
Northern Bahr el Ghazal is a state in South Sudan. It has an area of 30,543 km² and is part of the Bahr el Ghazal region. It borders East Darfur in Sudan to the north, Western Bahr el Ghazal to the west and south, and Warrap and the dis ...
, South Sudan.
Location
Awoda is located on the road leading south from
Aroyo to the B41.
The B41 runs between
Wau and
Deim Zubeir
Deim Zubeir, from the Arabic ديم الزبير Daim az-Zubayr" commonly translated as the "Camp of Zubeir", is the historically established but highly controversial name of Uyujuku town in the Western Bahr el Ghazal of the Republic of South Su ...
.
There is a small airstrip to the southeast of the village.
The Awoda Primary Health Care Centre is to the northwest of the village center.
Health problems
A 2001 report from the
(OCHA) noted that the villagers were suffering from waterborne diseases such as
Guinea worm
''Dracunculus medinensis'', or Guinea worm, is a nematode that causes dracunculiasis, also known as guinea worm disease. The disease is caused by the female which, at up to in length, is among the longest nematodes infecting humans. In contra ...
,
river blindness
Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, is a disease caused by infection with the parasitic worm ''Onchocerca volvulus''. Symptoms include severe itching, bumps under the skin, and blindness. It is the second-most common cause of blindne ...
and
cholera
Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium ''Vibrio cholerae''. Symptoms may range from none, to mild, to severe. The classic symptom is large amounts of watery diarrhea that lasts a few days. Vomiting and ...
, which could be reduced if the people were given the infrastructure and taught how to build good riverbed wells, and were given water and sanitation education.
Other problems included sexually transmitted diseases, leprosy and measles.
Ten thousand internally displaced people were living with their kin in Awoda, far more than the residents could support.
They needed food, blankets, mosquito nets, shelter, cooking pots and water containers.
Recent events
On 10 July 2014 a group of soldiers who had deserted laid siege to the compound of the African Kongdai construction company between Aroyo and Awoda.
They looted food and medicine from the clinics.
The affected communities took refuge near government buildings.
The soldiers looted food and other household items from the compound and from villages around Aroyo and Awoda, loading what they had taken into a stolen vehicle.
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Populated places in Northern Bahr el Ghazal