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Stolen childhoods in South Sudan

UNICEF is supporting children released from armed forces and groups

12/02/2020

Children just released from an armed group in Pibor have just received new backpacks.

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Critical support for former child soldiers in South Sudan at risk from lack of funding

900 children on verge of release could be left in limbo unless new funds are secured

11/02/2020

Ethiopia. Two teenagers walk outside a school.

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A South Sudanese refugee finds friendship in Ethiopia

How conflict across the border – and shared daily challenges – brought two friends together

17/12/2019

South Sudan. A baby sits strapped to his mother's back.

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From one crisis to another

More than 900,000 people in eastern South Sudan have been displaced by massive flooding. UNICEF is on the ground bringing relief

15/11/2019

A UNICEF staff member with children in flood-affected Pibor Town, South Sudan

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UNICEF appeals for US$10 million to support flood affected children in South Sudan

05/11/2019

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490,000 children affected by devastating floods in South Sudan

25/10/2019

A health worker is doffing the personal protection suit he has been wearing. There are specific protocols for donning and doffing in the context of Ebola to ensure the health worker is not infected. For every layer of clothes, a sprayer is disinfecting the health worker with a chlorine solution. UNICEF is training frontline health workers on correct infection prevention and control (IPC) as part of the preparedness activities in South Sudan.

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UNICEF ramps up Ebola prevention efforts as South Sudan assessed as ‘high-risk’ country

UN children’s agency reaches 3 million with Ebola prevention messages

29/07/2019

On 17 April 2018 in Yambio, South Sudan, [NAMES CHANGED] (right-left) Ganiko, 12 yrs, and Jackson, 13 yrs, stand during a ceremony to release children from the ranks of armed groups and start a process of reintegration. Jackson and Ganiko were best friends when they served together with the armed group.

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32 children released from opposition groups in South Sudan

24/07/2019

Jane Tiko feeds a therapeutic formula to her nine-month-old son Simon Ladok in the malnutrition ward in the Al-Sabbah children's hospital in Juba, South Sudan, Wednesday 15 March 2017. The ward is for children who suffer from malnutrition and associated complications.

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Record number of people facing critical lack of food in South Sudan

61 per cent of the population are projected to face crisis levels of food insecurity or worse

14/06/2019

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Pocket-sized innovation, giant impact: New app and online system launches in South Sudan to support most vulnerable children

The innovations will support case workers helping unaccompanied and separated children, child survivors of sexual violence, and children associated with armed groups.

06/06/2019

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