{"id":164821,"date":"2026-11-12T13:35:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T11:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/?post_type=artikkelit&#038;p=164821"},"modified":"2026-11-12T13:35:29","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T11:35:29","slug":"when-the-water-takes-everything","status":"publish","type":"artikkelit","link":"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/en\/latest-news\/articles\/when-the-water-takes-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"When the Water Takes Everything"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"block-hero full-width id-block\">\n\n\t\t<picture class=\"hero-picture\">\n\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(max-width: 767.98px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fangak-tekoja-13-web-768x512.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fangak-tekoja-13-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\">\n\t<\/picture>\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"curtain\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner-blocks entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"is-style-brush\" ><span class=\"bg\">\nWhen the Water Takes Everything\n<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>THE SUN WAS<\/strong> already rising over Paguir Payam in Fangak County, South Sudan. By 8 am, the temperatures had reached 30\u00b0C, but it felt closer to 35\u00b0C. The light spread across a landscape shaped by water, where communities have spent years trying to protect the ground beneath their feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a place where families have been forced to move from flooded villages to higher ground, the heat is another part of a daily struggle that rarely offers a break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nyareak Duoth<\/strong> knows what it means to begin again. At 42, she has already rebuilt her life more than once, moving with her children from Puyai to Paguir after flooding forced them from their home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She once lived in Puyai, where she had her home, her husband and her children. In 2018, flooding forced her to leave. That same year, her husband was killed during fighting that erupted amid the floods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe died due to the difficulties of floods,\u201d she says. \u201cPeople fought during the floods season and he was killed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sentence carries two experiences that are difficult to separate. The water displaced her family. Conflict took her husband. The consequences have remained intertwined ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\">        <div class=\"video-wrapper\">              <div class=\"consent-placeholder\"              data-category=\"cookie_cat_marketing\"              onClick=\"CookieConsent.renew()\">                 <div class=\"consent-placeholder-wrapper\">                      <div class=\"text-button-wrapper\">                        <p>Et ole hyv\u00e4ksynyt markkinoinnin ev\u00e4steit\u00e4 n\u00e4hd\u00e4ksesi videon.<\/p>                        <div>                            <button class=\"button red slim\" href=\"javascript:CookieConsent.renew()\">Muuta ev\u00e4steasetuksia<\/button>                        <\/div>                    <\/div>                <\/div>            <\/div>            <\/div>        <div class=\"video-image-oembed\" tabindex=\"0\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/d2P0PrMy3u4\/hqdefault.jpg')\"><i class=\"fas fa-play\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"video-container oembed oembed-youtube\" data-video=\"&lt;iframe title=&quot;In South Sudan, flooding and conflict have severe impact on families&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;281&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d2P0PrMy3u4?feature=oembed&amp;rel=0&amp;rel=0&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allow=&quot;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;strict-origin-when-cross-origin&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In the video, FCA\u2019s South Sudanese communications specialist, Kiden Viola Lubang, explains what sort of place Nyareak Duoth lives in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-floods-increase-instability\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Floods increase instability<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nyareak is now raising five children, three daughters and two young sons, whose ages range from approximately three to twenty years. She came to Paguir, a settlement on relatively higher ground that has become an important refuge for people displaced by years of flooding and conflict in Fangak. For Nyareak, it was a town, a place where she hoped to find work and earn enough to feed her family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, according to the district\u2019s deputy head,<strong>&nbsp;Lusal Kuol Jock<\/strong>, the area has also become more turbulent. Land and livestock are regularly stolen, and the political disputes plaguing the whole of South Sudan have spread to Paguir as well. Life in the area is difficult, but leaving is even harder, as there is turmoil all around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOther communities aren\u2019t particularly welcoming,\u201d says Lusal Kuol Jock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block-scroll-content id-block full-width inner-blocks entry-content bg\">\n        <div class=\"background\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fangak-tekoja-16-web.jpg\" alt=\"Mies ruskeassa uniformussa isstuu sinisell\u00e4 tuolilla pit\u00e4en k\u00e4si\u00e4\u00e4n syliss\u00e4nyrkiss\u00e4.\">\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"inner-blocks\">\n        \n\n<div class=\"block-scroll-content-slide id-block inner-blocks\">\n    <div class=\"background\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fangak-tekoja-16-web.jpg\" alt=\"Mies ruskeassa uniformussa isstuu sinisell\u00e4 tuolilla pit\u00e4en k\u00e4si\u00e4\u00e4n syliss\u00e4nyrkiss\u00e4.\">\n        \n            <\/div>    \n\n    <div class=\"content-overflow\">\n        <div class=\"slide-content\">\n            <div class=\"container-lg\">\n                <div class=\"row\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n                        <div class=\"slide-card inner-blocks \">\n                            \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lusal Kuol Jock explains how young people gather at weekends to build flood defences. When the earthen embankment collapses, everyone rushes to repair it.<\/p>\n\n\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>            \n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-al-sudd-a-prime-example-of-the-climate-crisis\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Al-Sudd \u2013 a prime example of the climate crisis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If one were to look for a textbook example of the effects of climate change, it could be found right here, in the al-Sudd wetlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Climate change brings with it both extremes: excessively long dry spells and floods. In the Fangak region, floods have been the most visible disaster caused by climate change. A little further east in the same state, a severe drought is withering the crops and farmland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The legendary Nile, which flows through South Sudan, has always shaped the lives of the people living along its banks. It has served as a route of travel, provided a livelihood and created fertile soil for various crops. The water has also brought destruction and loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The relationship between the local people and the Nile has changed dramatically only in the last decade. According to statistics, the floods have affected the lives of up to a million people every year. Residents of the Nile banks and the al-Sudd marshlands are particularly vulnerable. The water has robbed them of their homes, schools, health centres, clean drinking water and livelihoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Between 2019 and 2021, Fangak County experienced three particularly severe years of flooding, during which the water swept away villages, crops and livestock. In 2024, the floods returned and the water cut off villages and homes. People in the area are now living as if on small islands, as the water level remains at record highs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-the-floods-swept-away-traditional-livelihoods\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The floods swept away traditional livelihoods<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cattle and goats, which once symbolized wealth, have fallen ill and died as a result of the floods. People who used to make a living from farming are now dependent on humanitarian aid and whatever edible food nature provides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fangak-tekoja-22-web-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Valkoisia kukkia.\" class=\"wp-image-164687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fangak-tekoja-22-web-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fangak-tekoja-22-web-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fangak-tekoja-22-web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fangak-tekoja-22-web-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fangak-tekoja-22-web-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fangak-tekoja-22-web-267x178.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fangak-tekoja-22-web-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Residents of the al-Sudd wetland area make use of local plants for food and fuel. Water hyacinth is used as fuel for cooking. It is an alternative to charcoal, which has become harder to come by and more expensive.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, the locals have started gathering water lilies that grow in the marshes; flour can be made from their roots and tubers. Nyareak also gathers water lilies to make food for her children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Humanitarian aid is no longer what it used to be. Cuts by the United States and other former major donors are having a direct impact on people\u2019s plates. A vicious circle has emerged in which people who are already living on very little are receiving even less, and the problems are mounting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block-scroll-content id-block full-width inner-blocks entry-content\">\n    \n    <div class=\"inner-blocks\">\n        \n\n<div class=\"block-scroll-content-slide id-block inner-blocks\">\n    <div class=\"background\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fangak-tekoja-4-web.jpg\" alt=\"Huivip\u00e4inen nainen ripustaa v\u00e4rik\u00e4st\u00e4 pyykki\u00e4 pyykkinarulle.\">\n        \n            <\/div>    \n\n    <div class=\"content-overflow\">\n        <div class=\"slide-content\">\n            <div class=\"container-lg\">\n                <div class=\"row\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n                        <div class=\"slide-card inner-blocks \">\n                            \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Nyareak Duoth received a cash grant from FCA\u2019s education project, she used part of the money to cover school fees and part to set up a restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>            \n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-an-eu-funded-project-restored-hope\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">An EU-funded project restored hope<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nyareak Duoth still remembers the maize and sorghum fields. Now there is nothing but water in their place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBecause of the water, everyone is going hungry, as we have nowhere to grow crops.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of the traditional livelihoods, only fishing really remains. However, fishing requires equipment, such as a canoe and a net, which not everyone can afford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those who have money can also buy food from travelling traders. Nyareak, on the other hand, has to borrow from his neighbours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor the sake of my children, I\u2019ll even beg if I have to,\u201d says Nyareak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nyareak was helped by a project run by Finn Church Aid and funded by the European Union, which provided cash grants to support the children\u2019s schooling in the area. The support was aimed at families in particularly vulnerable situations. With the money she received, Nyareak was not only able to cover her children\u2019s school fees but also had the opportunity to invest in a restaurant located near the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe support gave me the chance to do more than just sit at home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nyareak now works alongside four other women. On a good day, Nyareak earns 15,000 South Sudanese pounds (2.25 euros); on a bad day, 5,000 (0.75 euros). Sometimes she makes no profit at all. On those days, Nyareak has to borrow money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-children-s-education-is-a-priority\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Children\u2019s education is a priority<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a single parent, Nyareak\u2019s biggest concern is keeping her children in school. So far, she has only been able to provide an education for three of her five children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI suffer terribly if my children can\u2019t go to school and I can\u2019t even give them anything to eat,\u201d says Nyareak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If one of the children falls ill, Nyareaki cannot always afford to pay for their treatment and medicines. If she falls ill herself, it jeopardizes the whole family\u2019s livelihood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Water has transformed the landscape of the area, but it has not managed to dampen the local people\u2019s spirit. Young people gather at weekends to build flood defences, fishermen cast their lines from their narrow canoes, and women try to grow whatever is edible on their small, water-logged plots of land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, external aid is necessary. For Nyareak, it has made it possible for her children to attend school and has secured her livelihood. Nyareak hopes that his school-age children will be able to continue their studies. The future of the restaurant, on the other hand, remains uncertain and Nyareak has to think carefully about how to spend her money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m pleased, though. If my children hadn\u2019t received support, I wouldn\u2019t have a job either.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Kiden Viola Lubang\u2019s blog\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/en\/?post_type=post&amp;p=164863\">&#8216;The Places We Struggle To Reach&#8217;\u00a0<\/a><em>tells the story behind the report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Fangak County, South Sudan, repeated flooding and conflict have transformed how families live, work and plan for the future. 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