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“As COVID-19 spreads, a tsunami of misinformation, hate, scapegoating and scare-mongering has been unleashed,” warns Antonio Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General.
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UNMISS has organised a 500-radio distribution exercise for some 35 communities spread across Tonj, Twic and Gogrial aimed at bolstering community engagement and ensuring the health and safety of the host populations the mission is mandated to serve across South Sudan.
UNMISS starts five-day mobile awareness drive using a tricycle with mounted loudspeakers broadcasting key preventative measures approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Yambio and Anzara. These messages are, of course, being broadcast in local languages widely spoken here.
15 youth in Adong benefited from a unique vocational training opportunity initiated by the Relief, Reintegration and Protection (RRP) Section and Bangladeshi marine engineers from UNMISS in collaboration with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Humanitarian Development Consortium (HDC)
UNMISS and the UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes in Torit provide essential health and safety items to stakeholders in Kapoeta, Eastern Equatoria.
Young people in Torit are galvanising themselves to support the national-led COVID-19 response in South Sudan by conducting door-to-door awareness raising with UNMISS-produced messages based on WHO guidelines.
Ongoing renovations at the maternity ward, Torit State Hospital, to convert it into an isolation center for COVID-19
Hiroko Hirahara, civilian peacekeeper and Head of Field Office, UNMISS Bentiu, believes that more women in peacekeeping is the solution to sustainable peace in conflict zones.