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For many villagers from vulnerable communities in south Lebanon, travelling to see a doctor can be challenging. Some patients are not even able to make it to a hospital but need medical support. Therefore, a mobile home medical assistance team of skilled and qualified health practitioners from…

MINUSCA today held a memorial service for Sergeant Claver Kayumba, who passed away following a road accident on 11 December 2019. Sergeant Kayumba joined MINUSCA on 13 May 2019 and was deployed to Bria. Born in 1974 in Rwanda’s Gicumbi District, he joined the Rwanda Defence Forces in 1994. He had…

A participant drives her point home during the forum. “Enough is enough.” That is the powerful message from 30-year-old Nabol Joey who is passionate about ending child marriage so that her daughters don’t go through the experience handed down through generations of women across South Sudan. “A few…

Women sing during a sporting event to promote human rights awareness in Kapoeta “Sweet dreams come after education. Women, it is possible to achieve anything you want if you are educated!” urged Kousa Rakudo, a 17-year-old female student at Saint Bakita Girls Secondary School of Narus in Kapoeta…

UNIFIL Spanish peacekeepers with children during a Christmas event in Marjayoun. UNIFIL peacekeepers from France and Spain organized separate Christmas events for the children of the host communities in south Lebanon this week. On 21 December, peacekeepers from the French-led Force Commander’s…

Rough road, rough living. Panyume is yet to see tangible dividends of peace. “Peace is about loving one another, about eating good meals and about free movement of people without fear of intimidation, harassment or being killed by anyone, and about sleeping in one’s own house,” says Betty Gire, a…

UNIFIL outreach peacekeepers organized an entertaining and awareness-raising event for the children living in an orphanage in the village of Maroub, west of Tyre, last week. The peacekeepers from the UN Mission’s Military Community Outreach Unit (MCOU), Civil-Military Cooperation unit and the Task…

Women dance at the Agoke Leprosy Centre in Wau “Being a leprosy patient, I was disowned by my own family, treated as an outcast and sent away from my village,” began Maget Viola, an inhabitant of Agoke Centre in Wau. “We are almost forgotten – nobody sees us; we don’t receive any support from aid…

Rwandan peacekeepers serving under the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have conducted a clean-up exercise at Kapoeta state hospital, as part of their civil-military engagements. Activities entailed painting and weeding parts of the hospital. This initiative by the troops came in the…

A goat under the weather is not a happy goat. Since her childhood days in Majok, Martha Agew’s life has relied heavily on rearing livestock. Ms. Agew was one of may beneficiaries as Bangladeshi peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan provided cattle keepers in her area…

Police in Tambura, Western Equatoria, inform UN counterparts about their precarious working conditions. Lack of a desk to investigate incidents of sexual and other gender-based violence at the Tambura police department is creating difficulties in curbing these crimes, which are reported to be common…

Zalingei, 29 December 2019- On 27 December 2019, an estimate of hundreds of residents, as well as individuals in uniform, entered the former UNAMID Sector South Headquarters (Super Camp) in Nyala, South Darfur, by breaching the perimeter fence. Former United Nations-owned assets were looted and the…