When violence erupted in the villages around Bor, Paul Duop Lam ran for his life, heading straight to the United Nations base in the town in the hope of finding sanctuary.
Zimbabwe’s Emma Madziva stands at attention as a medal is pinned on her left breast pocket, just next to her name tag.
The five-feet-three-inches-tall peacekeeper now proudly wears her first-ever United Nations medal, honouring her peacekeeping work in South Sudan’s Unity area.