James Akot's family in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan, is struggling due to repeated floods and the freezing of USAID funds. Their crops have been destroyed, and local health facilities are closing. With no food deliveries expected and rising malnutrition and cholera cases, Akot resorting to selling his goats highlights the desperate measures families must take. The humanitarian system is faltering under funding pressures, impacting millions reliant on aid, as emphasized by Oxfam's humanitarian director Marta Valdes Garcia.
"I have to sell one goat to get 10 kg [22 lbs.] of flour. We can eat it maybe for five to six days... Then I sell another one."
"This is not about one organization... The stop-work order is shaking the whole system."
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