Children in Juba
SOUTH SUDAN
Fighting Misery with a Smile
Volunteer Alliance for Relief & Development
Volunteer Alliance for Relief & Development
the Republic of South Sudan is a landlocked country in East-Central Africa. It is bordered to the east by Ethiopia, to the north by Sudan, to the west by the Central African Republic, to the south-west by Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south by Uganda and to the south east by Kenya.
It gained independence from the Republic of t
the Republic of South Sudan is a landlocked country in East-Central Africa. It is bordered to the east by Ethiopia, to the north by Sudan, to the west by the Central African Republic, to the south-west by Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south by Uganda and to the south east by Kenya.
It gained independence from the Republic of the Sudan in 2011, following a bloody conflict with Sudan. Its capital and largest city is Juba. It includes the vast swamp region of the Sudd, formed by the White Nile and known locally as the Bahr al Jabal meaning "Mountain Sea". Sudan was occupied by Egypt under the Muhammad Ali dynasty and was governed as an Anglo-Egyptian condominium until Sudanese independence in 1956. Following the First Sudanese Civil War, the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region was formed in 1972 and lasted until 1983. A second Sudanese civil war soon broke out, ending in 2005 with the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Later that year, southern autonomy was restored when an Autonomous Government of Southern Sudan was formed. South Sudan became an independent state on 9 July 2011, following 98.83% support for independence in a January 2011 referendum. It has suffered ethnic violence and endured a civil war characterized by rampant human rights abuses, including various ethnic massacres and killings of journalists by all sides from 2013 until 22 February 2020, when South Sudan rivals Salva Kiir Mayardit and Riek Machar struck a unity deal and formed a coalition government, paving the way for refugees to return home.
South Sudan has a population of 12 million, mostly of the Nilotic peoples, and it is demographically among the youngest nations in the world, with roughly half under 18 years old. The majority of inhabitants adhere to Christianity or various traditional faiths.
Volunteer Alliance for Relief & Development
Volunteer Alliance for Relief & Development
Volunteer Alliance for Relief & Development
The Scheer Foundation is proud to announce that starting November 2020, we have partnered with VARD, the Volunteer Alliance for Relief & Development to support young children in the North of South Sudan.
VARD located in Juba has several compounds around the Country. We selected one in Wau (North) inside a Don Bosco compound. Our contribu
The Scheer Foundation is proud to announce that starting November 2020, we have partnered with VARD, the Volunteer Alliance for Relief & Development to support young children in the North of South Sudan.
VARD located in Juba has several compounds around the Country. We selected one in Wau (North) inside a Don Bosco compound. Our contribution will help to secure feeding for a group of Orphans victims of the sad history of Sudan. It is a privileged for us at the Foundation to be allowed to participate in the wonderful work being done by VARD. Learn more about at: vardsouthsudan.org
Volunteer Alliance for Relief & Development
Wau is in the North of South Sudan close to the border with Sudan
Our children are inside a Don Bosco compound.
The Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), formally known as the Society of Saint Francis de Sales is a religious congregation of men in the Catholic Church, founded in the late 19th century by Italian priest Saint John Bosco to help poo
Wau is in the North of South Sudan close to the border with Sudan
Our children are inside a Don Bosco compound.
The Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), formally known as the Society of Saint Francis de Sales is a religious congregation of men in the Catholic Church, founded in the late 19th century by Italian priest Saint John Bosco to help poor children during the Industrial Revolution and named after Saint Francis de Sales, a 17th-century bishop of Geneva.
Learn more about the Salesians in South Sudan
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