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UNMISS and partners have launched an awareness campaign on how to prevent COVID-19 in Western Equatoria.
To support the state taskforce efforts against COVID-19, the Interfaith Base-Council for Peace Initiative in Western Equatoria State in partnership with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan last Saturday launched a…

Radios are useful for making sure that remote communities receive essential information on COVID-19. Solar-powered radios are even better.
In Eastern Equatoria, radio is a crucial way of reaching out to people with essential information on COVID-19 and other important topics, but access to electricity is patchy at best, and batteries are expensive. The solution…

Face masks donated by UNMISS makes it possible for people in Yambio to go about their lives and make a living while keeping each other safer from COVID-19.
The market in Yambio is bustling with activity as people go about their business of selling and buying goods. This community in the Western Equatorian region of South Sudan are well aware of the risk posed by COVID-19 and the…

UNMISS has donated a fire truck, a water tanker and essential protective gear to the fire fighters in the capital Juba.
Years of civil war have devastated infrastructure and community services across South Sudan. The lack of adequate fire prevention and fighting services has been a huge problem with large blazes damaging markets, homes and…

This new school in Bazumburu, Western Equatoria, was built by UNMISS peacekeepers, ably assisted by the villagers.
Under the branches of an ancient tree in Bazumburu, children gather together, excited and eager to hear the wise words of their teacher. Their only option for education is to attend lessons held out in the open air because…

Vehicles and water tanks were part of the UNMISS donation to the COVID-19 taskforce in Aweil.
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has delivered an ambulance, two other vehicles and two water tanks to assist the work of the Northern Bahr el Ghazal State COVID-19 Taskforce Committee. An incinerator and a waiting…

Face masks made by internally displaced tailors in Bentiu have been sold and delivered to UNMISS.
How can one make a living while at the same time contributing to the welfare of others in times of a global COVID-19 pandemic? Angelina Nyalatna and four other internally displaced people in Bentiu found a solution: using…

Young activists in Bor being trained on COVID-19 awareness, becoming ready to educate others.
Training young social workers and activists on COVID-19 prevention, thus turning them into trainers of others, is one way in which the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and its field office in Bor continues to support the…

UNMISS Chief David Shearer briefing the UN Security Council on the situation in South Sudan.
Juba, 23 June 2020: The impact of COVID-19 risks undermining the fragile health system in South Sudan, causing the death of many more people from preventable health problems than the virus itself, said the Special…



