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UNMISS and local implementing partner Ateker Foundation-South Sudan hand over the first secondary school in Kuron, Eastern Equatoria. The construction of the school block was funded by the mission's Quick Impact Projects programme.
UNPOL officers deployed to Eastern Equatoria participate in a monthly rule of law forum organised by the United Nations Development Programme in Torit, South Sudan.
On 27 August 2020, UNMISS handed over a courthouse constructed under its Quick Impact Projects programme to authorities in Maper, Northern Bahr el Ghazal. The project was implemented by local partner, Support for Peace, Education and Development Project (SPEDP).
Peacekeepers from Ghana use their own funds to equip more than 30 displaced women residing in the UN Protection Site in Bentiu with trading items for starting their own businesses.
UNMISS civilian and military peacekeepers encourage entrepreneurship among displaced women in Bentiu
In a bid to motivate displaced women towards becoming entrepreneurs, UNMISS peacekeepers from Ghana teamed up with civilian staff from the mission’s Relief, Reintegration and Protection (RRP) section to hand over essential trading it
28 Aug 2020
Between April and June 2020, the overall number of civilians affected by violence decreased by 8 per cent, despite an increase by more than half (52 per cent) in the number of incidents, as compared with the first quarter of the year. However, COVID-19-related restrictions on movement negatively impacted UNMISS' capacity to thoroughly document all incidents.
Youth leaders at an UNMISS-organized forum in Yambio discussing how to achieve durable peace in their communities.
Soap, buckets and people wearing masks were all part of the scene as UNMISS donated COVID-19 material to local authorities in Torit.
UNMISS handing over a vehicle to the COVID-19 task force in Kodok, Upper Nile State.
Crucial COVID-19 information and face masks: a lifesaving combo not only in Malakal but also in any other place plagued by the pandemic.
The intricate links between the rule of law and the COVID-19 pandemic were discussed by participants at a recent forum in Kapoeta, Eastern Equatoria State.