• As we were preparing to celebrate the completion of the final building at the clinic, members of the Murle tribe attacked Piol village, stole cattle, and burned 190 dwellings on July 3, 2020. Fortunately, the Clinic compound was not damaged.

• Tukuls destroyed in the attack. (July 2020)

• The attack meant that the most vulnerable people had to be evacuated by boat to Bor, the closest large town. Clinic staff member Simon Chol, left foreground. (July 2020)

• Villagers were safely housed in three school compounds in Bor, but with little or no supplies, food, or medicines. (July 2020)

• In the makeshift camp in Bor. (July 2020)

• The Buckeye Clinic wired funds to purchase food and medicines for the people who had been relocated to Bor and for those who remained behind in Piol. Nurse Mary Amour and David Chol purchase medicines; food and medicines loaded for transport to Piol. (July 2020)

• Chief Aweng Deng and village elders receive food. (July 2020)

• Food delivery to the temporary camp in Bor. Lost Boy Jok Dau, co-founder of the Buckeye Clinic, standing (r.) in white shirt and jacket. (July 2020)

• With the delivery of food and some cooking utensils, women were able to cook in the camp. (July 2020)

• Cooking in the camp #2. (July 2020)

• A few weeks after the attack on the village, heavy rains threatened to flood the village. People who remained behind attempt to create a barrier to protect the Clinic compound. (August 2020)

• High water in the White Nile river breached the dike flooding the village. Dining Hall (r.), Dorm, Maternal & Child Health Unit (MHC), and Staff House (behind Dining Hall). (August 2020)

• Flooding, MCH, Staff House, and Dining Hall (August 2020)

• Flooding, MCH, Primary Health Care Unit (behind trees), and Tearfund tent (August 2020)

• The MCH and patient dorms are built 12-18 inches above ground level to withstand permanent damage from flooding. (August 2020)

• Due to the flooding, all but a few villagers were forced to evacuate to Bor. The Buckeye Clinic supplied funds for transportation of people and Clinic equipment and furnishings.

• Moving supplies in waist-deep water; boat loaded with Clinic equipment, furniture, and supplies for storage in Bor.

• Flooded conditions in Bor. (August 2020)

• Flooded conditions in Bor. (August 2020)

• Due to the flooding in Bor, the people from Piol had to be relocated again, initially to Juba. (August 2020)

• Waiting in Juba to be registered for eventual move to a new camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Mongalla. (August 2020)

• The IDP camp in Mongalla. Mongalla (or Mangalla) is a community in Central Equatoria State in South Sudan, on the east side of the Bahr al Jebel or White Nile river. It lies about 75 km by road northeast of Juba. In the early days of the camp, people had to walk to the river to collect water. (August 2020)

• The camp is being established on high ground outside Mongalla. Because the flooding is widespread in South Sudan, as many as 80,000 people are being relocated here. (August 2020)

• People are camped out under trees. (August 2020)

• The World Food Programme, UNHCR, and CARE are initially providing services and aid, but they have not been able to cover even basic needs, and it remains unclear which NGOs will be able to provide long term support. (Autumn 2020)

• Piol villagers in Mongalla. (Autumn 2020)

• Water is trucked in for large tanks, but deliveries are intermittent. (Autumn 2020)

• International NGOs have provided a few tents in the camp. (Autumn 2020)

• Medical services are very limited. (Autumn 2020)

• An inoculation. (Autumn 2020)

• Even in dire conditions, children are being born in the camp. (Autumn 2020)

• Conditions in the Mongalla IDP camp. (Autumn 2020)

• Conditions in the Mongalla IDP camp. (Autumn 2020)

• Malaria is rampant in the camp and is going untreated due to lack of services. Please see our revised Vision+Mission+Goals on the website homepage to learn how we hope to be able to support the people of Piol in the IDP camp and, eventually, to help them return to the village when the dike has been rebuilt. This may well take two-three years. (Autumn 2020)

( l.- r.)
• Original Public Health Care Unit (PHCU) built by UNICEF in 2008-09 (pre-
Buckeye Clinic) • Maternal & Child Health Unit built by the Buckeye Clinic
• Traditional thatched roof tukals constructed for staff housing (2012)

• Maternal and Child Health Unit (2012)

• Clinic Interior (2012)

( l.- r.)
• Original Public Health Care Unit is now used for vaccinations and storage
• Maternal & Child Health Unit • Patient Dorm • Staff Housing (2018)

( l.- r.)
• Maternal & Child Health Unit • Patient Dorm • Staff Housing (2018)

• Blue-roofed buildings: Staff Housing • Green building: Dining Hall • Thatched-roof tukals in distance are private dwellings outside the compound (2018)

• Staff Housing (2018)

• Dining Hall (2018)

• Kitchen (2018)

• Latrines and shower are located far edge of the compound. (2018)

• Ancillary facility operated by Tearfund, a UK Christian relief and development agency, and UNICEF (2018)

• Note absence of trees in 2013.

• Trees planted in 2014 provide ample shade by 2018.

• View of trees from back corner of compound (2018)

• A borehole (drilled well) was installed in February 2020 by Green Belt Initiative – GBI South
Sudan. It is located within the compound, to the left of the background image.

• We have contracted
with Peter Mwenda to
build a new Patient
Dorm to house patients
who need to stay over
at the Clinic.
(Spring 2020)

• Renderings of the
new Patient Dorm (2020)

• Work is progressing well on the new Patient Dorm. We are indeed fortunate to have
architect-builder Peter Mwenda to construct facilities at the Clinic. (March 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #2 (spring 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #3 (spring 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #4 (spring 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #5 (spring 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #6 (spring 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #7 (spring 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #8 (spring 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #9 (spring 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #10 (spring 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #11 (spring 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #12 (spring 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #13 (spring 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #14 (spring 2020)

• Patient Dorm construction #15 (spring 2020)

• Clinic President
Steve Walker (c.)
and Bol Aweng (l.r.)
meet with
Chief Aweng Deng
and other chiefs
of Piol villiage.
(2010)

• Since June 2017, over 240 children
ages 0 to 5 have received over 2,100 vaccinations
at the Buckeye Clinic.

• Nurse-midwives began serving
Buckeye Clinic mothers in June 2017
and assisted with the complicated
delivery of these healthy twin babies.

• During the civil war, we purchased and shipped over 203,000 pounds of food for distribution in Piol. (2017)

• The Buckeye Clinic was officially upgraded from Primary Health Care Unit (PHCU)
to a Primary Health Care Center (PHCC) by the Jonglei State Governor H.E. Philip Aguer on April 6, 2018.
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• The Buckeye Clinic was officially upgraded from Primary Health Care Unit (PHCU)
to a Primary Health Care Center (PHCC) by the Jonglei State Governor H.E. Philip Aguer on April 6, 2018.
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