ACT Alliance Alert: Conflict and displacement in Jonglei, South Sudan
ACT Alliance Alert Reference Number: 09/2013. ACT member The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) will ask for a Rapid Response Payment to implement a solar-powered motorized system on one of the boreholes with an elevated tank and 2 or 3 water distribution points. This would ensure that safer water is pumped to the community. The RRF will take additional activities to make sure that the interventions have longer term effect over the communities.
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