7 months pregnant Christina Simon recently went to Wau PHCC to do a check. This is when the mobile clinic stationed at Khor Malang to help construction workers access health services advised her to seek medical attention in Wau where there are midwives.

The journey to Wau was more turing than the sickness she said.

Khor Malang is a 10-minute drive away from Wau town and at least 40 minutes walk.

“There is a facility here. There is no antenatal care unit for women. I had to take a card from here and travel to Wau to get the services. No midwife or a traditional birth attendant to attend to us. If I go in labor anytime, I will have to walk or foot there because of the distance,” she said. This is Christina’s

“There is hardly any medicine in the clinic. The population has increased with recent relocation. What we do is travel out this permanent settlement, said Fahtásio Arun Abdallah.

Joseph Thomas, a father of 6, stated that the absence of medicine in the facility leaves many vulnerable.

“Sometimes when there is no doctor, no medicine, we are forced to look for other medicines. Our fear is that we might lose our children. there is no clinic here that if we have money, we can buy from,” Joseph Thomas.

Mariano Albino said, “There are times one will get a doctor, and you will be told there is no medicine. My resolution is to head back home and find a local remedy for this medicine so that I can cure my children.

At Khor Malang, the in charge of the Khor Malang mobile clinic Charles John stated that the presence of the mobile clinic has enabled OPD and now integrated WPI.

 “We started as a mobile clinic to help the workers and now the community,” he said, adding, “Other services are lacking. These structures were for workers’ emergencies, but in the middle, there was a need for the community. Out Patient Department consultation, EPI, and now remaining RH and Malnutrition facility,” The facility was supported by IOM, but by first of April, the government run the facility.

Before, there were no workers and people here, but now, with the resettlement, there is a need for reproductive health services here,” he said.

Since April, the government has been handed over the health facility to support the over 2,000 population for former displaced persons who were displaced due to insecurity and the host communities of Khor-Malang.

While core housing and safety infrastructure are active, local authorities and UN partners are continuously expanding to add schools and broader livelihood.

The director for basic education stated that the absence of school structures has made many learners unable to continue attending schools.

“There are no classes. When it rains, no one can attend a lesson, and not even a teacher can teach. We have over 10 teachers, over 300 primary school pupils currently, but only learn under trees. 

The Khor Malang Permanent Settlement is a major durable-solutions housing initiative near Wau in Western Bahr el Ghazal State, South Sudan.

The government-led initiative was built by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and funded by Norway, with the aim to close the overcrowded Naivasha displacement camp and provides displaced families with secure land, concrete homes, and basic services.

The $5 million initiative features durable, locally built concrete houses for over 1,000 households, provision of basic services such access to clean water systems, sanitation (latrines), health facilities, and a police station, Livelihood & Integration for both displaced individuals and host communities share the land, receiving land rights and support to engage in activities like urban farming.