"We gathered at the local rescue center but it didn't even provide a single chair to the victims' families waiting to go home. Nobody told us how to sign up for the helicopter or where to stay overnight," Ibi said.
Currently there is only a narrow and winding path surrounded by mud and large rocks leading to a police inspection station close to the village. Yet one cannot reach the village before crossing a creek.
Dili currently relies on its youths to carry food and other supplies into the village after crossing the rivers and trekking along the boggy path.
"We walked 13km to Shuili village for supplies once when the route was totally blocked by mudslides," added his friend Dobas.
"But the majority of the food supplies are instant noodles and are not enough for our people," said Ali Bangogo, a villager and trainee television reporter who first disclosed the village's calamities to outsiders. "The food delivery marathon always tires out the young."
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