As thousands of people arrive in 🇸🇸 each day from 🇸🇩 & partners help the most vulnerable: like severely malnourished and sick, Chinhial in Renk w/ life-saving medical support. Read the harrowing story 👇 shar.es/af9Q9i
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As #SouthSudan marks #WPFD2023, UNICEF Young Reporters joined an event organized by #UJOSS. They highlighted greater freedom for young people and the importance of including their voices in the media and discussions around issues affecting them. #SSOT
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These young students are learning mathematics in a classroom at one of the many schools where South Sudan is assisting with teacher training, classroom restoration, & supplies thanks to the support of , the EU, , .
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"Stop the lies and disinformation.
Stop targeting truth and truth-tellers.
As journalists stand up for truth, the world stands with them."
🎙️ Check out chief ' message for today's #WorldPressFreedomDay: bit.ly/3AN5vKj
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Joint high-level humanitarian and ministerial mission visits Renk
“It was heartbreaking to witness so many people forced to leave everything behind and flee to #SouthSudan seeking safety” – , the Humanitarian Coordinator a.i. #SouthSudan.
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#WorldPressFreedomDay!
Shaping a future of rights- freedom of expression is a driver for all other human rights #SSOT
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“Timely achievement of the SDGs will depend significantly on fulfilling the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women & young people. Obliterating their unmet need for family planning is among the most cost-effective overall strategies.
#Musharaka4Tanmiya
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#Flooding & drought have a significant impact on #Education in #SouthSudan, particularly in hard-to-reach areas.
Thanks to the EU, , , & , is supporting teachers & schools in the most remote part of the Country.
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joined , , & to launch Integrated Measles Follow-Up Campaign 2023, aimed at vaccinating 2.7M children in all 80 counties. The campaign is integrated with MUAC screening, Vitamin A supplements & deworming.
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#DYK that in 🇸🇸, girls’ enrolment is very low at all levels of schooling?
This was made worse by the #COVID19 pandemic & its related school closings, lost learning hours, & increased dropout rates.
calls on the South Sudan government to invest more in #Education.
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Thousands have arrived at Joda border point fleeing violence in #Sudan.
Many of the vulnerable have not been able to move from the border for the past 4 days. Yesterday, UNHCR & partners transported 828 individuals from the border to our transit center.
#SouthSudan #SudanCrisis
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#ForEveryChild a water-secure future!
& signed an MoU to strengthen their partnership as the WASH Cluster South Sudan co-lead.
This collaboration will enhance the quality of water & sanitation services provided to benefit children & families in #SouthSudan.
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As a proactive preventive measure, along with and partners conducted a #cholera vaccination campaign, reached 54,538 (82%) people, 1 year & above in Malakal town and the Malakal Protection of Civilians sites. ➡️bit.ly/41lhWs1
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Tabitha heads a mother-to-mother support group in Bieh 🇸🇸.
Mother support groups are key for mothers to share experiences & learn about nutritious diets.
#UNICEF & partners are supporting them to fight #malnutrition. Read uni.cf/3MiqZWj
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📢The Report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund is out now!
Let's continue to #InvestInPeace
Check out the report⏬
bit.ly/40sN5JK
#ThisisPeacebuilding
#PeacebuildingInAction
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Children should be protected from preventable diseases through timely #vaccination.
UNICEF and its partners continue to support the 's immunization efforts.
#WorldTuberculosisDay #SSOT
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Together we say NO ❌️ to Sexual Exploitation & Abuse❗️
Pleasure to be part of & launch of PSEA package in 🇸🇸 - equipping frontline workers and partners with skills & tools to define, detect & respond to sexual misconduct.
#ZeroTolerance #SSOT
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“We have to work together if we are to address SEA in #SouthSudan. It’s 365 days of action on SEA.” Says Under-Secretary-General, , Special Coordinator of UN Systemwide Response on sexual exploitation and abuse, during his meeting with NGOs in Juba, South Sudan.
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This Onion tank installed in one of the IDP settlements in Bentiu was set up as an emergency floods response to treat surface water to provide clean water to both IDPs and the host community. This is part of IOM's efforts for achieving #SDG6, supported by
#WorldWaterDay
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Despite insecurity & logistical challenges, & partners reached ≈1.66 million people last month in #SouthSudan with:
🔸13.9k metric tonnes of food
🔹USD $3.59 million in cash transfers
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#ClimateChange is impacting communities across #SouthSudan.
More severe and frequent #flooding and #drought are a growing threat to safe #water resources, putting children's health and future at risk.
#UN2023WaterConference #SDG6
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#WorldWaterDay
Water management is essential for functional food systems💦
In #SouthSudan, flooding has affected thousands of people the last few years
👇🏿Here's some ways is supporting communities to use water to adapt to the climate crisis
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Say #NoToHate:
💠 Make your social feeds a no hate zone.
💠 Check facts before sharing.
💠 Challenge hate by sharing messages of tolerance & equality.
💠 Support those targeted by hate speech.
👉Learn more: un.org/en/hate-speech
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The latest report is yet more proof:
To keep the planet livable, every country and sector must fast-track their #ClimateAction efforts.
No more excuses, no more delays.
un.org/climatechange
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🤔How can we achieve #GenderEquality in the context of the water crisis?
Join the Water Conference side event covering the gender-water nexus with , & Niger & Netherlands government representatives.
📅Friday 24 March, 9am EST.
👉Register: unwo.men/CJBV50Nn7s6
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Water is our world's lifeblood, but it's being poisoned by pollution & drained by overuse.
This #WorldWaterDay let's reflect on our individual & collective roles to sustainably use and manage humanity’s lifeblood.
Let’s take action to ensure equitable access to water for all.
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Water is at the core of sustainable development and is critical for socio-economic development, energy and food production, healthy ecosystems and for human survival itself. #SSOT
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💧Water is a children’s issue.
💧Water is a women’s issue.
💧Water is a refugee issue.
💧Water is a migrant issue.
💧Water is a human issue.
Wednesday is #WorldWaterDay: un.org/en/observances
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“We need peace in our community”
Through her poem, Grace, 18, expresses her strong wishes for peace in South Sudan.
Take a minute to listen to her poem.
#PoemsForPeace #WorldPoetryDay
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Can you picture spending a day without having access to safe, clean #water?
This is still a reality for many #children in #SouthSudan. We need #WaterAction now.
#UN2023WaterConference #SDG6
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Thousands of newly displaced people living in the Malakal POC buffer zone now have access to clean water, thanks to 's project, funded by the #SSHF.
Access to water is critical to prevent & control transmission of cholera.
#InvestInHumanity
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The climate crisis is also a water crisis - but all of us can be part of the solution.
Ahead of next week’s UN #WaterAction conference, find out how you can #ActNow for our planet and our future.
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WFP plans to assist 5.4 million people in #SouthSudan this year.
Check our latest situation report to find out all the details👇🏿
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Climate change & conflicts threaten children's rights to safe #water, #sanitation, & hygiene facilities.
Ahead of the 2023 #WaterAction conference, UNICEF calls on decision-makers to strengthen access to these services & ensure a water-secure future #ForEveryChild.
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Children like Akuch are developing new skills for their future.
Child-friendly spaces are essential for children caught up in emergencies to ensure they receive the psychosocial assistance they need.
UNICEF & its partners continue to support their psychosocial needs.
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With many Tx to our Regional Directors, we had an insightful engagement today with . Under RC leadership a new UNCF is being designed, focused on strategic priorities and UN value proposition & a systemic whole of society approach 2 build resilience and #LNOB
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Following the declaration of Cholera outbreak in Malakal, Upper Nile, with support from and partners has today launched a mass Cholera vaccination campaign, targeting 53 000 people one year & above in Malakal town & POC.
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In Juba, the humanitarian community discussed important topics including coordination, flexible funding, localization, early action and nexus with donors. These conversations are crucial to ensure effective aid delivery to 9.4 million people in need in #SouthSudan.
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