About 70 percent of the population in South Sudanese refugee camps are children under the age of 17, nearly two-thirds of them are of school age. Because of the ongoing conflict, many of them have not received a regular education for years. Uneducated and traumatized by conflict and displacement, they are especially vulnerable. We provide child protection, Accelerated Learning Programs (ALP) and safe school environment initiatives for children and young people in Ajuong Thok, Batil and Kaya refugee camps.

The project has been assisting residents of Jonglei State who had spent years in refugee camps abroad. This development work had to be suspended when fighting broke out in December 2013. As communities fled to save their lives, villages were destroyed and no crops could be planted during spring 2014. We empower people to respond to disasters and are also providing humanitarian aid to those who once again find themselves displaced and in need of the most basic assistance.