“I commend the United Nations Mission in South Sudan for fighting the spread of the Coronavirus in Eastern Equatoria state.
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This truck, full of key messaging in different languages and formats on how to prevent COVID-19, will play a vital role in fighting the virus in Eastern Equatoria.
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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.
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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)