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More than 100 young people who have been displaced by intercommunal conflict in Gogrial will receive training to develop new skills so they can support themselves as part of an initiative funded by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.
Wildlife officers in Wau have developed a better understanding of how to protect and respect human rights after a three-day training workshop conducted by police officers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.
Construction has begun on the first secondary school in the Kuron peace village in Kapoeta as part of a special project funded by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan to support the peace process.
A project to construct a new courthouse in Twic will help improve access to justice for more than 100,000 people living in the area.
Opposition and Government forces move to training site in Western Equatoria
UN Youth Envoy Jayathma Wickramanayake speaking at the launch of South Sudan's first ever State of the Youth Report.
“I have been to some of the places with the worst humanitarian conditions in the world, but even there the numbers were better than the ones we are seeing here today, particularly when it comes to youth unemployment and child marriage rates and rates of gender-based violence.”
UNMISS workshop in Eastern Equatoria building leadership skills among young women.
“We are empowered. We don’t have to be silent. We must move to educate people about the possible causes of conflict and suggest solutions for peace in our communities.”
The UN Youth Envoy engaging with young peace ambassadors in Torit.
Sunday Oyella sits patiently working away at her sewing machine. It’s an old-fashioned Singer and requires a fair bit of foot pedalling to keep it running.
But for the 17-year-old, this machine is a lifeline – a chance to build a much brighter future for her and her child.
Mongolian peacekeepers providing free healthcare in remote village in the Unity region.
Angelina Chol has been suffering from a skin infection for more than a year.
Having left the United Nations Protection of Civilians in Bentiu in 2017 to return to her home in Kuerboni, she had no access to medical care and no means to travel back to Bentiu.
Many of the police officers at this workshop in Aweil cannot read or write - but they are keen to learn.
An inability to read, write and speak in English is proving to be a huge challenge for law enforcement officers working hard to curb crime in the town of Chimel in the Northern Bahr El Ghazal region.