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JONGLEI – After years of silence following a traumatic assault, Rosaria (not her real name) is now using her experience to advocate for survivors of gender-based violence across Jonglei State. “I am heartbroken. I was…

JUBA – “Our hope is in the way we talk. In the way we still get up each day and say, ‘I will try again’.” Passionate poet, Raja Charity, perfectly captured the sentiments echoed by many of her peers at the celebration of…

JUBA – A repaired road means more than an easier journey. It means humanitarian aid reaches vulnerable people in need, farmers get produce to market, families can access essential services, and communities can connect for…

“What a man can do, a woman can do even better.” This is the mantra that keeps Sadia Rose William thriving in the male-dominated business landscape of Pibor town, in South Sudan's Greater Pibor Administrative Area. While most…

LAINYA – “Our home is the world, our bedroom is the soft grass underneath the night sky.” Born in Darfur as member of the Fallata tribe, widely known as a sub-branch of the greater Ambororo cattle keeper community from West…

RII-RANGU - For Suzy John, farming is the only way to feed her five children. But each harvest season brings fear that armed groups may force her family from their land before they can collect the crops. “We farm and harvest…

UPPER NILE - In the wake of intense clashes between government and opposition armed groups, villagers across eastern Upper Nile are bearing the brunt of the impact on their shattered lives. As the violence erupted, families…

UROR – “So many of us are dying for no reason.” Women representative, Nyawal Thon, perfectly captured the views of many other community members attending a reconciliation and peace event facilitated by the United Nations…

LAINYA – It was supposed to be a simple medical checkup for pregnant Abuk*. But when the doctors discovered she was suffering from anemia, things became far from simple in a setting lacking adequate medical care. After the…

UPPER NILE - In a country where conflict, natural disasters, and limited access to even the most basic services threaten millions of people, protecting civilians remains at the heart of the United Nations’ peacekeeping…

BILINYANG - The civil wars that plagued South Sudan for decades have left a deadly legacy of millions of explosive remnants that have killed or injured more than 5000 people in the last 20 years. The town of Bilinyang, 25…

WESTERN EQUATORIA - For the people of Ezo, in South Sudan's far western corner, the arrival of a helicopter is more than the sound of rotating blades—it is a reminder they have not been forgotten. Bordering the Central…