Seven-year-old Nancy does not know it yet, but in five or six years’ time she will have to give up her home life and become the property of a family she has never met, all because her mother committed a crime.
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![UNMISS Torit](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/torit_blood_compensation_feature_story_2_03_2017_-_photo.jpg?itok=YkJLZ7wx)
UNMISS chief David Shearer and the mayor of Torit, Juliana Mamoi Choko, give a symbolical hand to the building of a Safe House for vulnerable civilians in need of protection.
![UNMISS team saves lives by swiftly containing fire outbreaks in Bentiu protection site](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/fire_outbreak_in_bentiu_poc_site_contained_by_swift_unmiss_actions_27_03_2017_-_photo.jpg?itok=v4cUu1UA)
Various components of UNMISS and humanitarian actors were involved in putting out fires and assisting affected internally displaced persons in the Bentiu PoC site.
![UN peacekeepers provide urgently needed medical services to population in Leer South Sudan](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/un_peacekeepers_provide_urgently_needed_medical_services_to_population_in_leer_26_03_2017_-_photo2.jpg?itok=HGRWs7A6)
Dr. Bny Agyiri is part of the Ghanaian Battalion (GHANBATT) based in Leer. So far, Dr. Agyiri has delivered 35 babies, with a 100 per cent survival rate, in an area with no other health facilities.
![UNMISS chief David Shearer urges the South Sudan government to "investigate and apprehend" the killers of six aid workers UNMISS South Sudan](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/gloomy-looking_photo.jpg?itok=eqJuLugE)
UNMISS chief David Shearer strongly condemns the killing of six aid workers, calling it "utterly reprehensible".
![The Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan, Eugene Owusu, has strongly condemned the killing of six aid workers in an ambush on 25 March](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/eugene_owusu_may_2016.jpg?itok=lXF4XqdP)
The Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan, Eugene Owusu, strongly condemns the killing of six aid workers in an ambush on 25 March.
![UNMISS peacekeepers protected civilians in Pibor against feared attack](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/picture_1.jpg?itok=ew97CkUZ)
Scared civilians fleeing Pibor town, fearing an imminent outbreak of violence that ended up not happening. For a few hours, hundreds sought shelter close to the UNMISS base.
![Women in Malakal discuss ways to increase participation in conflict resolution](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/women_in_malakal_discuss_ways_to_increase_participation_in_conflict_resolution_23_03_2017_-_photo.jpg?itok=Z6JRUF78)
Women in Malakal discuss ways to increase participation in conflict resolution. Dialogue is the way, they reckon.