South Sudan IDPs Take Refuge in Church, UN-protected Sites

Overview of UN protection of civilians (PoC) site in Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan, where approximately 29,000 IDPs stay, Dec. 8, 2016. (VOA/Jill Craig)

A young IDP at UN protection of civilians (POC) site in Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan, where approximately 29,000 IDPs stay, Dec. 8, 2016. (VOA/Jill Craig)

A young IDP sleeps inside a church building at the St. Mary Help of Christians Cathedral in Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal, where his family is staying, Dec. 8, 2016. (VOA/Jill Craig)

Young IDPs play in front of church buildings at the St. Mary Help of Christians Cathedral in Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal, Dec. 8, 2016. (VOA/Jill Craig)

Tailor Adam Edman Idriss working in a small shelter at the St. Mary Help of Christians Cathedral in Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan. Idriss lives on the church compound, with more than approximately 8,500 other IDPs, Dec. 8, 2016. (VOA/Jill Craig)

A young IDP play improvised drum at the St. Mary Help of Christians Cathedral in Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal, where his family is living, Dec. 8, 2016. (VOA/Jill Craig)