South Sudan

OUR WORK IN South Sudan

South Sudan hosts millions of people who were forced to flee due to conflicts and violence within the country and its neighbour, Sudan. Of those affected, more than 2 million people are internally displaced and 330,000 are refugees, mostly from Sudan.

JRS provides a variety of services in South Sudan. In Maban, JRS provides training for teachers, school materials, day care for disabled children, home visits, counselling, and emergency assistance. JRS Maban also coordinates social centres for refugee women while providing opportunities to learn tailoring, life skills, and gain psychosocial support.

JRS also provides pastoral supports to the host community, including 43 parish outstations, supporting the development of leadership groups within the parish.

In Yambio, JRS offers education scholarships to girls attending secondary school, sanitary kits to girl students, and teacher training scholarships to assist with diplomas and education degrees. JRS also provides a community and school-based peace building initiative that uses mediation and workshops for encouraging reconciliation rather than violence.

See Our Work

Basamat Alnoor Jakolo Aldabi carries water to her home in the Kaya Refugee Camp in Maban County, South Sudan, where she is a primary school teacher. Kaya is one of four camps in Maban that together shelter more than 130,000 refugees, including this woman, from the Blue Nile region of Sudan. Jesuit Refugee Service, with support from Misean Cara, provides educational and psycho-social services to both refugees in the camps and the host community. Consent form noted in IPTC Model Release ID field.
Recreational activities for youth in Maban Country, South Sudan.
Children form a pyramid as they participate in recreational activities sponsored by Jesuit Refugee Service in the Doro Refugee Camp in Maban, South Sudan. The camp is one of four in Maban that together shelter more than 130,000 refugees from the Blue Nile region of Sudan. The recreational program is one of several psycho-social activities that JRS carries out in the camp. (Paul Jeffrey Paul Jeffrey / Misean Cara)
Basamat Alnoor Jakolo Aldabi teaches school in the Kaya Refugee Camp in Maban County, South Sudan. The camp shelters thousands of refugees, including this teacher, from the Blue Nile region of Sudan, and Jesuit Refugee Service, with support from Misean Cara, provides educational and psycho-social services to both refugees and the host community. (Paul Jeffrey Paul Jeffrey / Misean Cara)

Contact

JRS South Sudan Country Director

southsudan.director@jrs.net

Juba, South Sudan

Project locations:

Maban, Yambio

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