WARRAP - In Lietnhom, mothers used to walk for hours—sometimes days—to reach a clinic. Some didn’t make it. Others delivered on roadsides, under trees, or in overcrowded rooms without power or privacy.
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A new maternal and child health unit, funded by UNMISS, means pregnant women in Gogrial East, Warrap, will no longer have to walk for hours or days to reach a clinic or deliver their babies on the roadside and under trees. Photo by Zejin Yin/UNMISS.

To protect civilians, UNMISS, @UNMAS, and humanitarian partners have created a safe space for returnees and displaced people in Hai Matar in Malakal. Photo: Ines Surwumwe/UNMISS.

An UNMISS workshop on security during electoral processes in Western Equatoria concluded with a commitment to establish a state-wide taskforce. Photo by Okot Emmanuel/UNMISS.

An UNMISS workshop in Bor empowered women's associations to lead and participate in gender-responsive constitution-making and electoral processes. Photo by Angellah Mandoreba/UNMISS.

UNMISS Police Commissioner, Christine Fossen, was farewelled by colleagues at a heartfelt parade conducted at United Nations House in Juba after more than three years of service. The testimonies from her colleagues illustrated that her appointment might be ending, but her legacy will not.

Responding rapidly to the sounds of gunshots and screams in Maper, UNMISS peacekeepers from Nepal found a horrific scene with 8 children among those killed during a raid of their cattle camp by armed youth. After securing the area, the peacekeepers provided urgent medical treatment to over 30 survivors and quickly evacuated others to a nearby hospital.