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Parents unite to help their children break free from drugs and gangs in Bentiu displacement camp
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Parents unite to help their children break free from drugs and gangs in Bentiu displacement camp

BENTIU, UNITY STATE – “I told my son that if he continued down the same path, he would be dead within the next year.” Sixty-three-year-old James Kuol sits on a narrow wood-framed string-mattress-bed next to his wife Rhoda, running a hand over his gaunt, leathery face as he shakes his head at the memory. “The kids were going crazy - beating and robbing innocent people in the camp to buy their drugs - and the police were raiding our homes so often…

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United Nations Mission in South Sudan

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan works to protect civilians, facilitate the safe delivery of humanitarian aid, promote human rights, and build durable peace.