Wednesday, August 9, 2023
In 2020, South Sudan witnessed the first locust invasion in over 70 years. The locusts destroyed crops and grazing land in many parts of the country, significantly affecting the incomes and food security of thousands of people, the majority of whom...
Thursday, April 1, 2021
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Everyone participates in the social contract every day, and we rarely stop to think about it. Yet social...
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Africa, South Sudan, America, Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, United States, Asia, China, India, Europe, Denmark, United Kingdom
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Thursday, July 25, 2019
South Sudan said Wednesday it has commenced the process of transferring cash to some 288,000 girls in order to keep them in school amid high school dropouts due to more than five years of conflict.
Akuja De Garang, Team Leader of Girls in Education...
Thursday, January 3, 2019
The People’s Republic of China has donated $7 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to assist the agency’s efforts in South Sudan. The funds will be used to bolster food and nutrition aid in the country, where approximately 5 million...
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Africa, South Sudan, Asia, China
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Thursday, September 20, 2018
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a US$1.8 million (JP¥ 200,000,000) contribution from Japan to help bolster food and nutrition security in South Sudan, where millions of people do not know where their next meal is coming from. ...
Monday, May 21, 2018
The UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) has started direct money transfers to refugees, a move the agency says is cost-effective and secure.
In a pilot that was successfully done in Bidi Bidi Settlement Camp, the biggest area accommodating South...
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Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda
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Monday, December 18, 2017
East Africa has endured four seasons in a row that have failed to bring adequate rains. This most recent, below average rainy season has pushed the region deeper into a humanitarian crisis that has left millions in urgent need of food, water, and medical...
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Africa, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan
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Friday, August 11, 2017
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a $8 million contribution from the German government of enhance recovery operation in war-torn South Sudan. The funds will reportedly enable WFP support initiatives to strengthen the resilience...
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Africa, South Sudan, Europe, Germany
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Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Since 2013 nearly 560,000 South Sudanese refugees have sought safety in Uganda and WFP has assisted them by providing monthly general food rations to meet their basic food needs. Recently the WFP has introduced a cash programme, giving people the option...
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Africa, South Sudan, Uganda
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