There were no babies or children being treated for malnutrition in Diraige camp in Nyala, South Darfur, nor was there any therapeutic food or vitamin-fortified oil being distributed to mothers at the nutrition center.
The only people present, apart from a few World Vision staff members, were 20 mothers sitting on a large woven mat with their young children beneath a shed roofed with dried leaves — the only protection from the scorching October sun.
They were waiting for a scheduled ration of premixed food, which wasn’t coming due to a shortage of supplies, including corn-soya blend, sugar and oil, Mohammed Ahmed, assistant nutrition officer for the World Vision office in Nyala, told Devex.