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United Nations Peacekeeping
10 Jun
2019
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 237
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 237
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A series of intercommunal skirmishes in the area meant that Major Md Mahbubul Alam Khan and his Bangladeshi unit had to stay in a remote, rudimentary outpost in Thiet, Warrap State, for months before the security situation allowed them to return to Kuajok. Photo: Zejin Yin/UNMISS.
Surrounded by maize, okra and bean plants, residents of Hai Matar, an area in Malakal, are realizing their dream of a new life with hard work and hope. The UN family has helped 128 households, displaced by conflict, to return home, by clearing unexploded ordinances from the land, building shelters, providing transport and other support.
If you ask UNMISS Field Language Assistant James Nyapir Oleo in Pibor, #PeaceBegins with being kind. Never forgetting that others were there to help him and his family when they were facing tough challenges of their own, James, in many ways, has made a point of giving back to those less fortunate than himself.