As flooding becomes an increasingly common and problematic phenomenon in East Africa, this article provides an overview of community engagement strategies to cope with its effects in Bor in Jonglei State. With the highest rate of flooding in the country, communities in Bor County have had to identify copying mechanisms in the face of flood disaster, among which notable positive ones are diversification of livelihoods, use of traditional knowledge as a weather forecast prediction method, getting donations from funders such as NGOs and the government, as well as use of modern farming techniques. The article also covers those negative, not effective, or short-term coping strategies, such as displacement of people, temporary shelters, etc.

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