“It was a perfect storm of a humanitarian crisis,” Dan Pisegna, program director of Alaska Health Project South Sudan, told HuffPost earlier this month. Thus far, it has not really come to fruition.”Children gather around a water stand opened by Alaska Health Project South Sudan. South Sudan is experiencing its worst cholera outbreak in the country’s 15-year history, according to the World Health Organization. ‘Blood On Its Hands’NGOs can be plagued with corruption, especially in nations like South Sudan where desperate conditions vastly limit oversight. Private donors are APHSS’s only contributors, and 90% of the funds they receive are spent on their programs in South Sudan.

Source: Huffington Post December 27, 2025 14:49 UTC