The Humanitarian Aid Commission in Sudan’s Blue Nile region has inaugurated the new Al-Azaza camp to accommodate displaced people, as part of a plan to relocate them from various shelters to an alternative site.
The move is intended to free up schools currently being used to shelter people affected by the war, allowing them to resume their educational activities.
Gisma Abdel-Karim, the region’s humanitarian aid commissioner, said the camp had been established on a large site to accommodate displaced people from several areas, including Geissan, Wad Al-Mahi and Kurmuk, who are currently staying in scattered shelters.
She said the camp would provide essential services, including toilets, drinking water and mobile medical clinics, to address some of the needs of displaced people at their new place of residence.
“Our plan at the Humanitarian Aid Commission targets 5,000 families, representing the displaced people currently spread across various shelters,” Abdel-Karim said.
She added that the relocation of displaced people from the shelters was already underway, beginning with shelters in Al-Roseiris locality. Efforts to move people to the camp are expected to continue.
The inauguration is part of broader efforts to organize living arrangements for displaced people and provide alternative accommodation, amid the need to ensure access to essential services at displacement sites while returning schools to their educational role.
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