 11/12/2012 - Suffering is ever-present in South Sudan, the newest African country. One in nine children do not reach their fifth birthday. Many mothers never know their children because they die in childbirth. Many children living in the SOS Children's Village in Malakal have lost their mothers and do not know their fathers. The SOS families are a last place of refuge for them, something that many other children in South Sudan do not have. More... 18/10/2012 - The involvement of SOS Children’s Villages in South Sudan is deepening thanks to child friendly spaces and medical support. More... 28/08/2012 - Returnees to South Sudan come in many forms. Some are recent and impoverished, desperately in need of humanitarian help, while others are well educated, offering much needed skills. Robert Sakaya, a nurse at SOS Children’s Villages Malakal, is a returnee who has become part of the relief effort. More... 14/08/2012 - The situation for women in South Sudan is difficult to say the least: lack of education, forced marriages, early childbirth and many children, mean that women are both heroes and victims in this new country. More... 09/08/2012 - Malakal, a town in Upper Nile State, South Sudan, has recently seen an influx of Southerners returning from the north to begin a new life in a new country. But life is far from easy for the returnees. More... 08/08/2012 - Achol is one of many South Sudanese returnees from Khartoum in the North. She has traded the joy of independence for a fight for survival. Stranded at the way station in Malakal, she waits to be moved into an uncertain future. More... 26/03/2012 - Hilary Atkins accompanied officials from Street Children Aid in Juba, South Sudan, to the local rubbish dump where they found children collecting metal and playing cards. More... 23/03/2012 - South Sudan has a matter of days to provide food, shelter, medical facilities, and various services for thousands of unaccompanied children who are due to be transported from Khartoum before April 8th. The minister responsible in the Central Equatorial State outlines the challenges.
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