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Cost of Inaction South Sudan 2023
South Sudanese people in need of humanitarian assistance is at record high whilst funding is at an all-time low, with further cuts expected in 2024. Children are the hardest hit, impacting on their rights to survival, education and protection from harm. Increases in malnutrition are continuing to rise and admissio...
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Case Study: Education in a context of a humanitarian crisis
More than a decade after independence, South Sudan remains in a protracted humanitarian crisis, impacted by conflict, economic stagnation, and instability as well as being highly prone and vulnerable to climate-related shocks. One of the outcomes of this protracted crisis is the lack of educational opportunities f...
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The challenges faced by children and women fleeing conflict in Sudan
As Sudan’s conflict continues to deteriorate, the number of those displaced to South Sudan continues to increase, with an estimated 90,000 people crossing into the country as of 31 May, according to UN reports. One of the most congested towns hosting and transiting thousands of returnees and refugees is Renk T...
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Impact Evaluation for Resilience Learning in South Sudan
In 2020, 155 million people faced crisis-level or worse rates of food insecurity worldwide. Among them, as many as 115 million lived in countries affected by conflict or weather extremes. In 2021, in South Sudan, close to 70 percent of the population – that is, 8.3 million people – needed some form of humanitarian...
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Sudan violence forces at least 450,000 children to flee their homes
NEW YORK/AMMAN/NAIROBI/DAKAR, 12 May 2023 – , UNICEF is stepping up humanitarian support for children on the move affected by the ongoing conflict in Sudan. As violence continues, an estimated 82,000 children have fled to neighbouring countries and approximately 368,000 more are newly displaced inside the country....
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UNICEF South Sudan COST OF INACTION
South Sudanese people in need of humanitarian assistance is at record high whilst funding is at an all time low. Children are the hardest hit, impacting on their rights to survival, education and protection from harm. Already in 2022 there is a 36% increase in acute malnutrition reported, and in over one third of ...
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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...
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Piped water to IDP camp brings joy to families
Internally Displaced Persons Camp #3, Juba, – The squealing of children rises above the huddle of shanties as we move through the camp. As we get closer, the shouts of “Piu” and “Moyo” become more audible – the Dinka and Arabic words for “water”! Near the source of this screaming is a jumble of yellow – neatly arr...
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Cost of Inaction
South Sudan is going through the worst humanitarian crisis in years, most of the country’s children are affected. Continued conflict and severe climate shocks, particularly floods are pushing children and their families to the brink, exposing them to life-threatening disease, malnutrition and protection risks. Urg...
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Humanitarian Action for Children 2021
For 2021, UNICEF is appealing for US$180.1 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...
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10 years after South Sudan’s independence, more children in need of urgent humanitarian assistance than ever before
10 years after South Sudan’s independence, more children in need of urgent humanitarian assistance than ever before, Two thirds of children in desperate need of support, NEW YORK/GENEVA/NAIROBI/JUBA, 6 July 2021, – A record 4.5 million children – two out of three – in South Sudan are in desperate need of humanitar...
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Child rights crisis report
This humanitarian crisis is the worst crisis South Sudan has gone through since its independence in 2011. The total number of people in need of humanitarian assistance has fluctuated over the years between 6 and 7.5 million people. But it has never reached 8.3 million until now. Similarly, the number of children i...