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Eastern and Southern Africa

A girl in Bentiu

Child protection

Protecting children from abuse, exploitation and making separated families whole again

A child beams as he recites the English alphabet to a group

Education

Creating solid foundations for the future through quality education

A girl is carrying water in a bucket on her head

Water, sanitation and hygiene

Providing families with clean water, improved sanitation and good hygiene practices

A midwife is holding a newborn

Health

Helping children to survive and thrive from the first moments

A woman holds her daughter, who is being checked for malnourishment.

Nutrition

Preventing and treating malnutrition in South Sudan

Scenes of joy when the family was reunified

6,000 children reunited with families after years of separation in South Sudan

A child and a UNICEF worker at a water point

Japan continues support for vital WASH and child protection programmes in South Sudan

Some 19,000 children are used by armed forces and armed groups

The plight of child soldiers in South Sudan

Some 19,000 children are used by armed groups in South Sudan

UNICEF estimates that 860,000 children will be acutely malnourished in 2019

Increasing number of people face severe food shortages in South Sudan

Joint UNFAO, UNICEF, WFP Press Release

Simon Char, a social worker for Intersos, is registering an unaccompanied boy living in the Malakal PoC.

Our partners

UNICEF works with multiple partners to uphold children’s rights in South Sudan