In moments of natural calamities, victims are left stranded, desperate, and frustrated as government’s and humanitarian rescue efforts are, under most circumstances, too sluggish, especially in areas with accessibility difficulties spurred by insecurity.

This is reminiscent of the current situation in Mangalla County of Central Equatoria State, where more than 12000 people internally displaced by ravaging floods are camping. Placed near Badinglo, an area where a nation park is situated, the state of the IDPs is dire.

“They lack food; majority are sheltering in temporarily-erected tents easily blown away in times of a hailstorm. As more flood victims seek refuge in Mangalla due to the worsening situation in Jonglei, some are residing under the trees,” a reliable source told The City Review.

Nour Myree, an 8-year-old girl from Lebanon watches the infinite humanitarian crises in Mangalla in the news. “It makes me sad and my heart breaks,” Myree, a daughter to South Sudan-based Skyline and Crown Hotel businessman Ali Amyree said in a video extended to The City Review.

As a privileged teenager, Myree traded out her golden earrings worth an undisclosed amount, to raise the little she could and help supply basic necessities to the people in Mangalla.

In a heart-warming message, Myree said “I always wanted to work in South Sudan (as a doctor) and I still want to visit South Sudan. I really want to see the people of that country happy”.

Ali Myree said it was in the evening when the news of the catastrophic floods, which drove more than 60000 from their homes country, was on Al Jazeera English news channel. That’s where the daughter got to learn about the humanitarian crises sweeping across South Sudan.

“I was watching Al Jazeera English news and we happened to see the news about South Sudan’s flooding and my daughter felt so sad she asked whether that is the country that I work in, I told her yes that is South Sudan then she removed her golden earrings and handed them to me saying, “Daddy, when you go back to where you work, could you please sell my earrings and buy food stuffs and take to those people, I want them to have food just like me here, buy for them milk”.

The kind gesture, according to Mr. Myree, was inspired by the humane tendency children exhibit in times of crisis though most of them do not have the capacity to help as they wish.

“Children have good hearts and they like to help, so this donation was inspired by my 8-year-old daughter,” Ali Myree told reporters during the handout of food items to flood victims in Mangalla last week.

 Mr. Myree lived in the South Sudanese capital Juba for 14 years running his aviation and hotel companies. The tycoon said the donation was also part of their social corporate responsibilities to give back to the community.

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management Peter Mayen said the number of people camping in Mangalla is ballooning and government is receiving 250 families daily.

“There is a huge increase from time to time when people come in, the situation is dire. They lack food, water and shelters,” he said.

Mayen said food donations received by the ministry were instantly delivered to the people in need.

“We have received these food items from the Lebanese Community as their support and that is why we are here at the site to supply this food so that the most vulnerable people could be able to receive this assistance as soon as possible,” Mayen stressed.