Caritas’s partner Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) provided vulnerable families like *Rawia's with household items.
“Independence in 2011 was our joy because it meant that each and every one of us would stay at his home peacefully. Now, I have no home, no job and no peace in my mind. I am stranded.”
Peace in South Sudan has yet to trickle down to the ground as people remain reluctant to return to their homes after fleeing months of conflict.
South Sudan is heading for famine unless urgent action is taken now to provide humanitarian aid and for aid agencies to reach those in need.
Caritas is reaching thousands of people in South Sudan with aid. In Agok, on the border with Sudan, women recieved shelter and household kits so they don't have to sleep in the open.
The start of the rainy season has washed away temporary shelter in relief camps housing people fleeing the violence in South Sudan.
About 3.7 million people, close to one-third of the total population, are already at severe risk of starvation in South Sudan. If aid doesn't reach them by the end of May it maybe too late.
Caritas is gravely concerned by the crisis unravelling in South Sudan. Nearly a million people have been forced from their homes and five million are in need of aid.
A huge humanitarian crisis is now affecting the majority of South Sudan with close to one million people forced from their homes as they flee violence.
Caritas Internationalis is launching a €2.9 million emergency appeal for South Sudan to provide 100,000 people with aid over the next 4 months.