Thatched huts surrounded by floodwaters are seen from the air in Old Fangak County, Jonglei state (Maura Ajak/AP) On a recent visit by the Associated Press to the Old Fangak area in hard-hit Jonglei state, parents spoke of walking for hours in chest-deep water to find food and healthcare as malaria and diarrheal diseases spread. Regina Nyakol Piny, a mother of nine, now lives in a primary school in the village of Wangchot after their home was swamped. “We don’t have food here, we rely only on UN humanitarian agencies or by collecting firewood and selling it,” she said.