Upper Nile, South Sudan – The reclusive Falata people represent Arab tribes who migrated from western Africa to greater Sudan starting in the 19th century, reportedly settling in the region on their return from a pilgrimage to Mecca.
They claim to have at least 60,000 heads of cattle, but to reveal the exact number would be impolite – akin to asking someone how much money is in their bank account.
Access to these transient, private people is difficult. No organization – government or NGO – had visited them until recently when Christian aid organization World Vision arrived to implement its mass livestock vaccination campaign in South Sudan, with the goal of immunizing more than 300,000 animals.
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