UNMISS Protection of Civilians (PoC) Sites Update No. 278 - 08-14 May 2020
UNMISS Protection of Civilians (PoC) Sites Update 14 May 2020
UNMISS Protection of Civilians (PoC) Sites Update No. 279 - 15-21 May 2020
UNMISS Protection of Civilians (PoC) Sites Update 21 May 2020
UNMISS Protection of Civilians (PoC) Sites Update No. 280 - 22-28 May 2020
UNMISS Protection of Civilians (PoC) Sites Update 28 May 2020
Ongoing renovations at the maternity ward, Torit State Hospital, to convert it into an isolation center for COVID-19
UNMISS transforms former maternity ward at Torit Hospital into a COVID-19 isolation center
“As the largest United Nations presence on the ground here in Torit, we are doing all we can to support national-led COVID-19 response,” says Caroline Waudo, Head of Office, UNMISS Torit. “We are currently refurbishing the…
Young people in Torit are galvanising themselves to support the national-led COVID-19 response in South Sudan by conducting door-to-door awareness raising with UNMISS-produced messages based on WHO guidelines.
Youth in Eastern Equatoria receive UNMISS support for their COVID-19 prevention drive
As COVID-19 cases increase in South Sudan, more and more people are beginning to realize that preventing this disease as well as staying safe and healthy is a collective responsibility. In Eastern Equatoria, a youth-led…
UNMISS Protection of Civilians (PoC) Sites Update No. 281 - 29 May-4 June 2020
UNMISS Protection of Civilians (PoC) Sites Update No. 281 - 4 June 2020
Despite COVID-19, 60 people build skills through an UNMISS-supported vocational training in Malakal
As Theresa Dak, a South Sudanese woman, dons her graduation gown, accessorized with the obligatory face mask in these times of COVID-19, she says she feels a sense of immense pride. “I’m enormously grateful to the people who…
Escalating intercommunal conflict could unravel the peace agreement
Juba, 9 June 2020: Escalating intercommunal clashes in South Sudan are causing immense harm to civilians and risk pulling organized armed groups into conflicts that could unravel the peace agreement, says the Special…
UNMISS and the UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes in Torit provide essential health and safety items to stakeholders in Kapoeta, Eastern Equatoria.
The United Nations in South Sudan comes together to provide protective items to Kapoeta stakeholders
Kapoeta in Eastern Equatoria is an area in South Sudan where frontline health workers were lacking in Personal Protective Equipment as COVId-19 cases continue to increase in the country. Furthermore, porous borders with Kenya…
15 youth in Adong benefited from a unique vocational training opportunity initiated by the Relief, Reintegration and Protection (RRP) Section and Bangladeshi marine engineers from UNMISS in collaboration with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Humanitarian Development Consortium (HDC)
15 young people in Adong learn how to build a floating jetty, thanks to UNMISS, UNHCR and HDC
Acquiring vocational skills are always a premium for youth in conflict-affected regions across the world as such training equips young people, especially women, to become economically empowered and self-reliant. Take the case…
UNMISS starts five-day mobile awareness drive using a tricycle with mounted loudspeakers broadcasting key preventative measures approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Yambio and Anzara. These messages are, of course, being broadcast in local languages widely spoken here.
UNMISS helps dispel misinformation on COVID-19 through five-day mobile awareness in Western Equatoria
As COVID-19 continues to cast a pall over the world creating health and safety risks for everyone, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is doing everything it can to support the efforts made on the national-led…
UNMISS has organised a 500-radio distribution exercise for some 35 communities spread across Tonj, Twic and Gogrial aimed at bolstering community engagement and ensuring the health and safety of the host populations the mission is mandated to serve across South Sudan.
UNMISS steps in to fight misinformation on COVID-19, hands over 500 radios to communities in Warrap
“As COVID-19 spreads, a tsunami of misinformation, hate, scapegoating and scare-mongering has been unleashed,” warns Antonio Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General. South Sudan is no exception to widespread myths and…