“Let us not fool ourselves: we (the UN) can only marginally improve your living conditions. Only with peace and reconciliation can there be significant improvement of the situation you are in”.

The people of Lainya County are gradually returning to their homes. Clashes, in early July, between the national army and other armed groups had driven them into out-skirting bush land seeking shelter and safety for the past two months.

The Catholic Diocese of Rumbek with support from UNMISS Civil Affairs Division (CAD) has held a three-day training for thirty teachers in Yirol town. Participants were briefed on peer counseling and on how to manage conflicts, traumas and cases of indiscipline at school.