Tag: South Sudan

Ten aid agencies unite to call on South Sudan government

Andrew Ash/Jesuit Refugee Service The Jesuit Refugee Service is deeply concerned at the fragile state of affairs in South Sudan after fighting re-erupted and killed nearly 300 civilians in...

Year of Mercy: Education in South Sudan

A Sudanese refugee teacher pauses after finishing her courses for morning, before attending JRS teacher training courses in the afternoon. “I’ve lived through three decades of war and I’ve...

South Sudan: Loyola Secondary School

Our series on Achievement in Africa and the struggle towards success focuses in on South Sudan, one of the most conflicted countries on the continent. At Loyola Secondary School...

South Sudan: Education is an Act of Mercy

Students study after class in Yambio, South Sudan (Aidan Azairwe/Jesuit Refugee Service) “I’ve lived through three decades of war and I’ve never experienced as much violence as I did...

Beauty and brutality: the confounding contradictions of South Sudan

  Darkness falls early in South Sudan. When the unspeakably bright sun sleeps, there isn’t much to illuminate the hot air. Just fireflies, the headlights of occasional military trucks,...

Jesuit Farm School in Rumbek, South Sudan

In this video we hear about why the Jesuits decided to establish a farm school in Rumbek, South Sudan in 2010. South Sudan has experienced much turmoil in recent...
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A Big Yellow JCB Sets Out for South Sudan

Fr Richard O’Dwyer SJ looks forward to the arrival of a big, yellow JCB that will travel by sea and road from Dublin to Rumbek! Before he left Ireland...
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Sisters are doin’ it for themselves in South Sudan

Groups of women in South Sudan are taking matters into their own hands. Tired of waiting for political leaders to agree a peace agreement and the international community to send...
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South Sudan is three years old this week

South Sudan marks its third anniversary of independence but the youngest country in the world is on the brink of catastrophe and mass starvation
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Update on Maban programmes in South Sudan

We are immensely grateful for the €438,132 that the South Sudan appeal has raised to date for the refugee programmes in Maban, North East of South Sudan.
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South Sudan appeal on World Refugee Day

On World Refugee Day, the Irish Jesuit Mission Office (IJMO) and its Spanish partner Entreculturas with other Xavier Network members launched a special appeal for the people of South...
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Eminent African Leaders Plead With Kiir And Riek To End War in South Sudan

Photo from www.aljazeera.com “Let your decisive action now to end hostilities be your legacy to all the people of South Sudan, to Africa and to the world as history will...