Monday, May 11, 2026

Hope grows where clean water flows in remote South Sudan village

At the water point in Panaam, a remote village in Panyikang County in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, children gather around the tap stand, filling their buckets with clean water. With support from the South Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SSHF), World Vision installed a new water point in the community, giving families access to safe and clean water closer to their homes.

Georgette Ndayisaba: A champion of women and a humanitarian

I started my journey as a humanitarian in 2007 starting with commodity tracking system (CTS) work, then became a Program Assistant, a Gift-in-Kind (GIK)...

Polio project inspires Nadia to help advocate for a polio-free South Sudan

“My husband abandoned us two years ago because he believed that our son Susu’s polio condition was a result of a curse in our family”, says Nadia Angayika...

“Do something for our future”: South Sudan’s former child soldiers appeal during FOCUS Project launch

Mboriegie Hellen Mustafa, 16, raised her passionate appeal for fellow children during the launch of the Focusing on Children with Unmet Child Protection...

Benard world vision staff member in South Sudan who makes food assistance to the most vulnerable possible

Benard: A hero and a humanitarian

Benard Nyataya is an emergency responder who delivers food in South Sudan’s most dangerous places- places where most people dare not enter. He is a real...

Young mother in South Sudan rises from early pregnancy to pursue her studies

“Allowing my parents' absence lead me into wrong decisions almost ruined my life”, shares Adut a 17-year-old, mother of one. But she said she has learned...

South Sudan mothers breastfeeding campaign spreads to 5,600 caregivers

“A hungry mother can breastfeed but since supply is not enough, the child still suffers of malnutrition,” shares Mary, 16-year-old mother of one. Thousands...

Breastfeeding mothers in South Sudan find solutions to fight malnutrition amid hunger and the pandemic

“My youngest child used to cry due to insufficient milk from my breast”, shares Awien Lual, 35-year-old mother of four in Kuajok, Warrap State. Awien said...

World Vision response assists 1.4 million; appeals for more support as hunger deepens in South Sudan

69,767 children under-5 supported primary health care services 52,217 children age 6-59 months assisted with malnutrition programs 672,543 people assisted...

Amid pandemic and hunger, Juba’s children find refuge in nutrition centers

According to a UNICEF Report, about 1.4 million children under the age of five will suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021, including over 300,000 children...

Community health workers deliver services in South Sudan’s remote areas

“My child was sick in the night. He was sweating with a high fever. I was scared and quickly rushed with him to Paul Muke, the boma health worker’s home on...

Child friendly spaces keep girls from early marriage in South Sudan

“Girls in the community marry early. The situation worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. I witnessed a young girl I know get married and it broke me. I...

This thriving entrepreneur from South Sudan rises above her disability

“We were very poor. Life was very difficult, but now my hope is alive. Disability is not inability”, says Akon Athian. The 29-year-old mother of three from...

Aluel campaigns for education and against child marriage in South Sudan

At 15, she fell in love with someone her age thinking it would save her from being married off to a much older man. She got pregnant and the boy denied his...

Advancing the cause of women on South Sudan’s 10th Independence Day

Our journey to independence begins as soon as we are conceived in the womb ready to come out for a life expecting it to be free from physical and mental...

South Sudan’s police force joins campaign on child protection and against gender-based violence

“I thought my work has no connection with the work of humanitarian agencies. But now I learned the importance of child protection from World Vision. We...

Nutrition services crucial on children’s survival as hunger crisis deepens in South Sudan.

"I would have lost my child without the ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF)."

Odds are stacked high for a South Sudanese child, we need to act says child welfare advocate

Juba, South Sudan – The State Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare’s Director of Child Welfare Fidensia Poni calls upon parents, authorities, and...

Outreach vaccination protects 3,573 children from diseases in South Sudan

“The outreach vaccination was a big help to mothers. I do not have to walk 25 miles to reach Melesuk Primary Health Care Unit to get my baby vaccinated”...

Health workers rejoice having clean water in South Sudan’s Malakal Civil Hospital

“Our water system in the hospital was destroyed during the conflict in 2013”, says Angelina, 59, who has been working as a nurse for 32 years. This mother...

Diversifying livelihoods and household incomes in South Sudan’s communities

“There were no vegetable farms, saving groups, income-generating activities before the mother garden groups were organized in our communities”, says 43...

Clean water supply frees Kodok’s children from cholera and water-borne diseases

When conflict raged in Kodok, a small town in Upper Nile State’s Fashoda County in South Sudan, people suffered from fear and instability as well as...

Distribution of 245 tons of food assistance for South Sudan’s Upper Nile State’s flood survivors underway

A total of 245 tons of emergency food assistance for Melut and Adar Counties’ 7,000 flood survivors is scheduled for distribution this week as World Vision...

Mothers fear malaria and water-borne diseases after South Sudan flood

Melut County – “Our biggest concern is the rise of malaria and water-borne diseases”, says World Vision’s Health Project Manager Dr. Terefe Tafesse...

World Toilet Day: Leaving no one behind in South Sudan

A recent UN report states that an estimated 63 percent of South Sudan’s population continues to practice open defecation. World Vision built 7,924 toilets...