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NUMBERS AT A GLANCE
- 7 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance
- 6.1 million people food insecure
- 2.5 million refugees and asylum seekers from South Sudan in neighboring countries
- 198,100 people seeking refuge at UN Protection of Civilian sites
CURRENT SITUATION
The six-year conflict in South Sudan has displaced 4 million people from their homes. Women and children make 85 percent of the displaced population.
Despite the signing of a peace agreement by parties to the conflict, fighting has been reported in some parts of the country with reports indicating widespread use of rape and sexual violence as a weapon of war. There lingers unresolved issues in the peace agreement, which if not amicably resolved could derail the attainment of sustainable peace.
FUNDING
• CARE is appealing for US$16 million to help around 350,000 vulnerable people
CARE’S RESPONSE
CARE’s strategy and programming bridges the spectrum between humanitarian assistance to long-term recovery and development by responding to emergency needs, while building resilience among communities to withstand possible future crises.
CARE also works to strengthen systems, institutions and civil society to support long-term change. In response to renewed conflict in 2016, CARE expanded its relief and emergency programs in South Sudan and had reached over 612,000 direct and indirect beneficiaries by June 2018. CARE’s key sectors of intervention are food security and livelihoods, health, nutrition, protection (including gender-based violence) and gender and peacebuilding with specific focus on women and girls.