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Thirteen-year-old Suzanne begins to weep as she tells the story of how she was raped.
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Many survivors of the widespread and pervasive sexual violence that has plagued South Sudan throughout its five-year civil war suffer not only from the sexual assault, but also an inability to access the health care they need to physically and emotionally recover.
Lydia Mpeh, a United Nations Volunteer serving in Rumbek, South Sudan, as a frontline health worker with UNMISS, is committed to continuing her vital work here despite the threat of COVID-19 to her own health and wellbeing.
The completion of repair work on the Wau-Raja road will be a welcome boost for local residents, peacekeepers and humanitarians alike.
Radio shows and public service announcements on how to keep the Coronavirus at bay are being financed by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.
Two severely wounded South Sudanese men have received life-saving care from the Sri Lankan medical team serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan in Bor.
As part of its ongoing commitment to support local efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, UNMISS handed over some 7,000 face masks, protective glasses, gloves and disinfectants to local hospitals in Torit.
The Anika Women's Association in Yambio is providing door-to-door awareness-raising sessions and putting up posters with messages from the World Health Organization in public places as well as in front of individual residences. These messages have been translated into local languages by UNMISS.
UNMISS peacekeepers from Bangladesh are providing basic sewing training to eight local women in Wau to enable them to produce cloth face masks.
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, David Shearer, joined the Head of UNICEF South Sudan and the Minister of General Education on Radio Miraya to launch a new remote learning programme for school children.