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Sector 5 inside UN Bentiu Protection of Civilians (POC) site, home to over 100,000 people who have fled violence and food insecurity. Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan. Photos by Kate Geraghty.

James Tut, 64, who became blind in 2005 in a church where he is living inside the UN Bentiu Protection of Civilians (POC) site. Tut was forced to flee the fighting in Leer and two of his daughters were taken by force and he doesn't know where they are. Photo: Kate Geraghty
James Tut, 64, who became blind in 2005 is led by a child inside the UN Bentiu Protection of Civilians (POC) site. James Tut was forced to flee the fighting in Leer and two of his daughters were taken by force and he doesn't know where they are. Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan. Photo: Kate Geraghty
James Tut, 64, who became blind in 2005 sits with his daughter in a church inside the UN Bentiu Protection of Civilians (POC) site, Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan. James Tut was forced to flee the fighting in Leer and two of his daughters were taken by force and he doesn't know where they are. Photo: Kate Geraghty
People walk along a road as the rains come inside UN Bentiu Protection of Civilians (POC) site, home to over 100,000 people who have fled violence and food insecurity. Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan. Photo: Kate Geraghty
A man lies against the side of one of the thousands of makeshift homes inside the UN Bentiu Protection of Civilian's site where over 100,000 people live having fled violence and fighting. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Nyereka Maliyah, 20, with her baby Dictor Geng, 1, who is ill and being treated at the CARE Stabalization point at Bentiu hospital, Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Nyereka Maliyah, 20, with her baby Dictor Geng, 1, who is ill and being treated at the CARE Stabalization point at Bentiu hospital, Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Nyereka Maliyah, 20, with her baby Dictor Geng, 1, who is ill and being treated at the CARE Stabalization point at Bentiu hospital, Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Martha Nyambol, 28, with her 7 month old baby Nyall Koang in her shelter inside the UN Bentiu Protection of Civilians (POC) site, Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan. Photo: Kate Geraghty
A child is tested for malnutrition at the CARE nutrition clinic at sector 5 inside UN Bentiu Protection of Civilians (POC) site, home to over 100,000 people who have fled violence and food insecurity. Photo: Kate Geraghty
A baby sleeps on the floor inside the CARE nutrition clinic at sector 5 inside the UN Bentiu Protection of Civilians (POC) site, Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan. Photo: Kate Geraghty
A child is measured for malnutrition at the CARE nutrition clinic at sector 5 inside the UN Bentiu Protection of Civilians (POC) site, Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Women and children wait at the CARE nutrition clinic at sector 5 inside the UN Bentiu Protection of Civilians (POC) site, Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Nyalen Gatmai 2 yrs is measured at the CARE nutrition clinic at sector 5 inside the UN Bentiu Protection of Civilians (POC) site, Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Nyapina Gattang, 20, with her 12 month old baby daughter Nyaguande Bol in their shelter inside the UN Bentiu Protection of Civilians (POC) site, Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan. Photo: Kate Geraghty
A mother and child prepare a meal in their shelter inside the UN Bentiu Protection of Civilians (POC) site, Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Nyabol Gatgoak keeps flies away from her son TB patient Duoth Dhol, 38, who is also suspected to have HIV as he undergoes treatment for TB in the Medecines Sans Frontieres Bentiu Protection of Civilian's hospital UN Bentiu PoC, Unity State, South Sudan. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Martha Nyambol, 28, with her 7 month old baby Nyall Koang in her shelter inside the UN Bentiu Protection of Civilians (POC) site, Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan. Photo: Kate Geraghty
A woman prepares coffee at her stand at the Bentiu hospital in Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Rationed food and non food items are collected by people living in the UNMISS Bentiu Protection of Civilians site, Unity State, South Sudan. Photo: Kate Geraghty
A young boy peers through the hole in a makeshift home inside the UN Bentiu Protection of Civilian's site where over 100,000 people live having fled violence and fighting. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Women at the cattle camps on the outskirts of Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan. Cattle are a form of currency and a means of wealth in South Sudan. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Peter Gatkurth, 35, in the cattle camps outside Bentiu with one of his bulls decorated to announce that he is searching for a wife. Peter had 900 cows before the civil war and now has 30 cows due to the security instability and cattle raiding. Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan. Photo: Kate Geraghty
John Kuaing (2nd from left) with other men and boys amongst some of the cows at the cattle camp on the outskirts of Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan. Photo: Kate Geraghty
A boy drinks fresh milk at the cattle camps on the outskirts of Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan. Cattle are a form of currency and a means of wealth in South Sudan. Photo: Kate Geraghty
A woman wearing gumboots walks along a path inside the UN Bentiu Protection of Civilian's site where over 100,000 people live having fled violence and fighting. Photo: Kate Geraghty Photo: Kate Geraghty
A woman tends a fire of burning rubbish inside the UNMISS Bentiu Protection of Civilians site over 100,000 people are forced to live in having fled the violence. Photo: Kate Geraghty
A woman pauses from collecting anything that can be used to fuel a fire, in one of the drainage trenches in the UN Bentiu Protection of Civilian's site that have been dug to prevent mass flooding in the rainy season. Women are in danger of attacks when they go outside the POC to collect firewood. Photo: Kate Geraghty
A group of people carrying food from the UN Bentiu Protection of Civilian (POC) site walk into Rubkona town. Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan. Photo: Kate Geraghty
A UN soldier stands guard at the UN Bentiu Protection of Civilian (POC) site, home to over 100,000 people who have fled violence and food insecurity. Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan. Photo: Kate Geraghty
A boy looks out the window of his home in Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan. Photo: Kate Geraghty
South Sudanese teenagers play volley ball inside the UN Bentiu Protection of Civilians (POC) site. Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan. Photo: Kate Geraghty
South Sudanese children play inside the UN Bentiu Protection of Civilians (POC) site. Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan. Photo: Kate Geraghty

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