Beyond the clay pots: Children fighting diabetes in South Sudan’s remote villages - Radio Tamazuj

Beyond the clay pots: Children fighting diabetes in South Sudan’s remote villages - Radio Tamazuj

The road to Ariath, in Aweil North, cuts through endless stretches of scorched plains in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, South Sudan. When it rains, the road turns to mud, and when it dries, the heat burns through the ground of the cracked earth. It takes one and a half hours by car to reach the small village. Inside a mud-walled home, 11-year-old Aher sits beside a clay pot filled with water, the family’s improvised refrigerator. Inside lies the…