Eine Mutter erklärt einer anderen Mutter mit Säugling Vorteile des Stillens auf einem Acker.
In South Sudan

our activities focus on medical care for pregnant women, mothers and their newborns. We improve the hygiene situation and the nutritional status. In this way we contribute to the reduction of mortality.

International Assistance in South Sudan

Why we are on site

By declaring its independence from the North, South Sudan hoped for a better and more peaceful future. But since the renewed flare-up of violence and the subsequent escalation of the conflict, some 1.2 million people have been living as refugees in their own country. Another 2.3 million people have fled across the borders to neighbouring countries. There is a lack of infrastructure, food, clean water and medical care. Over five million people do not have enough to eat and are dependent on aid.

11
Years Active in the Country
We have been helping in South Sudan since 2012
124
Staff Members
of Johanniter work on site
205.578
People
could be reached in 2022
740
Volunteers
are involved in our projects

What we accomplish

Johanniter International Assistance has been active in South Sudan since 2012. Our activities there focus on providing medical care for pregnant women, mothers and their new-borns in the western part of the country. In addition, we advocate healthy and adequate nutrition and work to improve the hygiene situation in order to prevent diseases. School gardens for improved agriculture and the construction of latrines have already contributed to this in recent years. Our goal is to improve health care and the condition of the population in the long term and from birth. For this reason, we are building maternity wards in coordination with local stakeholders and treating malnutrition and undernourishment in children and pregnant and lactating women. To this end, we have been maintaining a stabilization centre in the refugee camp in the town of Wau since 2017.

Our projects in South Sudan

  • Regional Project South Sudan, Kenya and Uganda

    We improve the uptake of health, nutrition and WASH services.

  • Strengthening the resilience of South Sudanese refugees in Uganda and internally displaced people in South Sudan

    We help through food security, WASH and income generation interventions.

  • Strengthening the resilience of IDPs and host communities

    We support the resilience of vulnerable communities with internally displaced people.

Project News from South Sudan

  • Eine Frau mit Johanniter Weste steht vor einer Gruppe an Menschen und hält einen Vortrag.

    Inequality fosters gender-based violence

    23.11.2021

    Every year, 25 November is the kick-off to raise awareness about violence against women and girls worldwide. Our team in South Sudan is raising awareness during the days of action.

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  • Global Price Increases Hit Johanniter Projects

    South Sudan: Reaching fewer people with the same money

    Johanniter calls for urgent financial support of global nutrition programmes

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  • Floods lead to widespread Hunger

    4.11.2021

    Since May this year, 623,000 people in eight provinces in South Sudan have been affected by severe floods. Houses, health facilities and water sources have been flooded. Johanniter distributes jerry cans of water.

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  • Eine schwangere Frau wird untersucht

    Step-by-step improvement of birth attendance

    03.11.2020

    In 2017, Johanniter started the construction of a maternity ward in the village of Kangi in South Sudan, to provide women with better medical care.

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