As part of its ongoing support to the national-led COVID-19 response in South Sudan, various arms of UNMISS, including military peacekeepers from Ghana as well as civilian staff from Relief, Reintegration and Protection (RRP) and Engineering sections
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A joint team of civilian and military peacekeepers facilitated, implemented and handed over an isolation centre to the State COVID-19 Task Force in Bentiu, South Sudan.
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UNMISS constructs a maternity ward at Opari, Eastern Equatoria, under its Quick Impact Projects programme.
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UNMISS has set up a temporary operating base in Tonj, Warrap State, following recent clashes. The peacekeeping team travelled 11 hours from Kuajok through heavily flooded territory to get to Tonj. They have started patrolling, and have held numerous meetings with local authorities, high-ranking military officers, community leaders and youth.
![UNMISS South Sudan Peacekeepers Torit Peacekeeping Quick Impact Projects COVID19 Coronavirus](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/okello_2.jpg?itok=KuV1cUUk)
UNMISS RRP in the mission's Torit Field Office held a series of meetings with local partners in Nimule, Eastern Equatoria, to identify quick impact projects that will have tangible health benefits for local populations.
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Informative COVID-19 material and face masks were distributed at an event in Yambio, which also aimed to promote a sense of national identity and social cohesion.
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UNMISS partnered with I Can South Sudan to organise a seven-day COVID-19 awareness raising campaign in Tambura. Tricycles and motorbikes with loudspeakers broadcast WHO-approved preventative measures in local languages.
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A women's representative from the Toposa community in Eastern Equatoria speaks to Governor Louis Lojore during a recent UNMISS-facilitated visit to remote areas on the state's easternmost border.
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Participants at a forum discussing the implementation of the peace agreement, including the provision of 35 per cent political representation for women.
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The police component of UNMISS and UNDP jointly organized a forum on crime prevention in Torit, Eastern Equatoria.