FAO in South Sudan

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17 September 2020
It is 2 p.m. and 34 degrees Celsius in Mayendit County, Unity and Nyapuka Manguany Kuic, an energic woman of 33, is getting ready to go fetch water for her family. She can’t wait until it cools down, but she needs to be home before sunset as the area is...
08 September 2020
The wet season livestock vaccination and treatment campaign 2020 has been officially launched in the Abyei Administrative Area. The initiative is part the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) efforts in early detection, prevention and control of trans-boundary animal diseases within the project “Strengthening the livelihoods resilience of pastoral and agro-pastoral...
25 August 2020
Santa Angwech David, 23 years old, lives in Magwi, near the South Sudanese border with Kenya. 
19 August 2020
Ritah Alfred was born near Juba when South Sudan was still the southern region of Sudan. In 1993, she escaped the civil war that eventually led to the creation of the world’s newest country. Travelling with her family to Uganda at the age of 4, Ritah was then raised by...
03 August 2020
How a women’s farming group in Rumbek created an incredible community