Focus Areas

During the year 2023, the people of South Sudan continue to be affected by prolonged drought and its disruptive impacts on livelihoods. South Sudan also experienced high levels of devastating flooding that affected more than 1 million people, with a huge impact on food security and community health. Response Plan: Access to Critical Life-Saving Food…

In South Sudan, projections indicate that 6.5 million people (56%) could face acute food insecurity through 2024 and beyond, in spite of the planned humanitarian food assistance. This number could increase due to potential impacts of high and illegal taxes hampering food imports and aid. In 2022, the cropping season was only able to meet…

 Disability inclusion in South Sudan is heavily hindered by deep-seated social stigma, lack of accessible infrastructure, and limited resources, limited access to humanitarian protection services, livelihood support and emergency assistance and low participation in decision-making. While the government’s 2023 ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) marked progress, implementation challenges persist,…

South Sudan has the world’s worst SRH indicators- 789 deaths per 100,000 live births; it has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios (MMR) in the world; with the contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) of 4.7%, with only 1.7% of women using modern family planning methods. Young people’s comprehensive knowledge about SRHR is extremely low [https://en.unesco.org/news/sexuality-education-youth-south-sudan-strengthened].…

Violence against women and girls is devastating; and women and girls in South Sudan experience violence throughout their lives, both as a result of the decades of conflict that the country has endured, but also due to the patriarchal norms and practices that treat women and girls as property that can be exchanged for other…

South Sudan is a country of origin and destination for TIP- forced recruitment into armed forces, forced marriage, domestic servitude, and sexual exploitation, as well as labor exploitation. The traffickers are both South Sudanese and foreign businesspeople, with fraudulent offers of employment opportunities in hotels, restaurants, and construction, and forced labor or sex trafficking. The…

Displaced women in South Sudan face severe mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) challenges, driven by chronic conflict, gender-based violence (GBV), extreme poverty, and family separation, leading to high rates of PTSD and depression. Cultural stigma, limited specialized services, and reliance on overstretched community networks hinder access to care. Response Plan Our response will focus on…

More than 75% of South Sudan is reportedly engulfed in murderous violence at the local level. The country has experienced some of the most brutal attacks over the past seven years, mainly in the states of Central Equatoria, Unity, Upper Nile, Warrap, Jonglei and the Greater Pibor and Rweng Administrative Areas. In some of these…