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The ICRC helps conflict-affected communities in South Sudan become self-sufficient and reunites families. We visit places of detention, support health care facilities, and promote respect for international humanitarian law.
Here's the latest news coming out of South Sudan:
Latest Update
In numbers
In 2022
- 345,498people received in-kind food rations and essential household items
- 3,163persons were supported with physical rehabilitation services
- 668,900heads of livestock were vaccinated, benefiting 97,273 people
- 196,900people gained access to safe drinking water and irrigation
- 251,059people received consultations at 17 primary healthcare centers
- 308,494people received seeds and agricultural tools to grow their own food
- 7,145detainees were present in 23 places of detention visited by the ICRC
- 4,398people were provided with monthly airtime to restore and maintain contact with separated families.
- 373weapon-wounded patients were treated in ICRC surgical wards
- 656missing person’s fates and whereabouts were clarified
- 2,445people benefitted from mental health and psychosocial support sessions
- 127practitioners from the local authority received training to enhance their capacity in proper and dignified management of the dead
- 44,550community members were trained on information on the prevention of sexual and gender-based violence