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Cost of Inaction South Sudan 2024
South Sudanese people in need of humanitarian assistance is at record high whilst funding is at an all-time low with the UNICEF HAC only 12 per cent funded midway through 2024. Children are the hardest hit, impacting on their rights to survival, education, and protection from harm.Urgent action is needed to avert ...
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Against the River’s Flow
While the snaking Nile River flows lazily northwards – draining out of the great equatorial Sud wetlands in central South Sudan – another mass displacement of people in this instance, is occurring in the opposite direction. More than 630,000 people over the past year have fled the brutal civil war in Sudan, seeki...
Press release
UNICEF appeals for US$9.3 billion emergency funding for children living through conflicts and crises in an increasingly hostile world
GENEVA/NEW YORK, 12 December 2023, – In response to an alarming surge in the number of children facing unprecedented humanitarian crises worldwide, UNICEF launched today a US$9.3 billion emergency funding appeal to reach at least 93.7 million children in 155 countries. In 2024, children across the globe are expec...
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Kamisa and Yumjima’s journey of struggle and resilience
Amidst the continuing devasting violence raging across Sudan, waves of South Sudanese return across the borders to their home country. This is the story of Kamisa, a 1-year-old baby, and her mother who faced unimaginable challenges as they joined the almost 200,000 others who have fled the war into South Sudan sin...
Report
UNICEF South Sudan Emergency response to Sudan Crisis
Women and children are highly vulnerable and arriving to South Sudan exhausted, hungry, weak, and dehydrated and many without the means to reach their final destinations. The vulnerability of families arriving is visibly increasing, with high numbers of malnourished as well as those in need of medical attention. W...
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Flood, Cholera Response & Prevention in Rubkona & Leer County
Since April 14, when the first confirmed case of cholera was reported from Bentiu, UNICEF has been coordinating the Cholera response with the state ministry of health (MoH), Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in Juba & Bentiu Cholera Taskforce. UNICEF has also been responding to the impact of floods with the on...
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Prolonged flooding increases challenges children face in Panyagor
Jonglei State has been the hardest hit with floodwaters that are slow to recede, even now in the dry season, affecting over 305,000 people. Children are the most vulnerable to risks associated with the impacts of flooding, especially malnutrition. UNICEF continues to respond to growing humanitarian needs amidst ac...
Press release
UNICEF appeals for USD 183.6 million to support children’s needs in 2022
Juba, South Sudan –, UNICEF is seeking USD 183.6 million for its 2022 Humanitarian Action for Children in South Sudan to respond to the needs of 4.1 million children in South Sudan. The country is facing multiple humanitarian crises and a total of 8.3 million people will require humanitarian assistance to meet the...
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Humanitarian Action for Children 2022
For 2022, UNICEF is appealing for US$183.6 million for urgently needed humanitarian assistance for children and their families in South Sudan. South Sudan is facing multiple humanitarian crises. More than 8.3 million people, including 4.5 million children, need multi-sectoral humanitarian assistance. In 2021, UNIC...
Photo essay
Worst flooding in Bentiu in 60 years washes away food and homes
These photos illustrate the impact of the worst flooding in 60-years in Bentiu and the larger Unity State, that since February has washed away harvests, cattle and left villages under water. This series of images was put together by me, Sebastian Rich, as part of the coverage in showing the level of life-saving n...
Report
Evaluation of UNICEF Response to SSD Humanitarian Crisis 2016-2019_Part 2
"Evaluation of UNICEFs Response to the SSD Humanitarian Crisis 2016-2019_Part 2" aims to provide evidence-based findings and recommendations to guide UNICEF’s ongoing humanitarian response in South Sudan, in particular around child protection and education programmes as well as cross-cutting themes around partners...
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Going the last mile to reach the most vulnerable affected by conflict
“There are so many children, women, and elderly persons, who had walked for days in the bush to escape the fighting in Tambura county,” says Joseph Andrea Adiomo, Emergency Specialist with UNICEF. Ongoing fighting in Tambura (Western Equatoria) has displaced over 90,000 people, who have witnessed horrific violence...