What do you do when it all turns to mud?
Maurice reflects on the increasing need for those of us working in humanitarian and development to adapt.
By Maurice Sadlier
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Stories
South Sudanese children turn to the streets due to hunger and COVID-19
World Vision’s child-friendly space in Warrayat, a part of Warrap State’s Gogrial West County has re-opened but few...
Solar-power boosts clean water supply for over 25,000 people in South Sudan
“It is always the women who suffer from lack of water. We take care of everything especially...
UN agencies and World Vision support repatriation of South Sudan IDPs
“The internally-displaced persons (IDPs) in Melut County had been wanting to return to their homes in Baliet...
Despite hunger fears, over 6,000 South Sudanese IDPs head home
In 2013 and 2016, an estimated 9,500 people were displaced in South Sudan’s Upper Nile and Jonglei States...
Pregnant South Sudanese mother agonizes how child will survive hunger and pandemic
Scared, hungry and pregnant. This is 20-year-old Betty’s current condition. Her family is among the thousands for...
World Vision and USAID help improve farming practices in South Sudan
“It was all possible because of the support I got and also the hard work I put...
Seeds and other farm inputs can save thousands from hunger in South Sudan
“I will risk my life a million times than watch my children die of hunger”, shares Akuol Bol...
Women in South Sudan rise against gender-based violence and inequality
"We used to be at our farm lands in Gezira across the river and didn't know much...
Solar radios connect South Sudan’s farmers together to fight hunger
“Before the COVID-19 pandemic, farmers groups with around 25-30 members gather together as World Vision staff train...
What do you do when it all turns to mud?
Maurice reflects on the increasing need for those of us working in humanitarian and development to adapt. By...
South Sudanese women put up a brave front against hunger and the pandemic
A long queue of mothers and their babies wait patiently outside of Angela Acayo’s check-up room in...
Hunger, COVID-19 and traditional practices in South Sudan force girls to early marriage
“I want to go back to school and become a doctor”, says 19-year old Bakita Abak. Bakita...
New bicycles strengthen campaign against malnutrition in South Sudan
“I am very happy having this bicycle from World Vision”, says Christine James, a 22-year old community nutrition...
South Sudan’s intercommunal clashes, flooding and cattle raids worsen hunger situation
“My family got displaced due to the 2020 inter-communal conflict. There were tribal clashes between villages near...
Food aid the only means of survival as South Sudan’s hunger crisis deepens
The food aid has helped me a lot and has saved my family from hunger”, says Monica...
Turning South Sudanese mothers into better cooks to stop malnutrition
“Every mother cooks but not everyone knows how to cook nutritious meals for their children”, says 35-year-old Larach...
How seeds can help South Sudanese mothers fight hunger and malnutrition
Mothers in South Sudan are up against incredible challenge from the COVID-19 pandemic to hunger, with over...
South Sudan’s future lies in building the dreams of children like Zachariah
“I want to be an engineer someday”, says Zachariah Baptista, 17. Zachariah is in primary six and...
South Sudan’s internally-displaced fear for their lives without food assistance
“We survive on food aid. We are away from our own villages, jobless, and have nowhere to go...
South Sudanese mothers dread rising malnutrition and hunger
“I watched my baby girl’s condition deteriorate from moderate acute malnutrition to severe acute malnutrition and I...
World Vision’s mobile clinic targets 50,000 people in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State
The communities in Upper Nile State’s Fashoda and Manyo Counties have been classified as in a state...
New UNICEF Representative Hamida Lasseko urges more forces to join fight against malnutrition
The new UNICEF South Sudan Representative Hamida Lasseko recently visited World Vision’s nutrition site in Munuki Primary Health...
All hands on deck: South Sudan’s crisis requires doing humanitarian work differently
By Dr. Mesfin Loha, Country Director, World Vision South Sudan We recently visited Tonj South County in...
Mothers despair as hunger and malnutrition rise among South Sudan’s children
“I cannot afford to feed the children anymore”, says Viola Woro, a 37-year-old mother of six and...
A South Sudanese mother's anguish: "My children's hunger breaks my heart"
The UN recently raised the worsening hunger crisis warning in South Sudan as it launched the 2021 South...