- The project focuses on the Western Equatoria state, the breadbasket of South Sudan, with a potential to support multiple hubs of resilience.
- IOM South Sudan provides a comprehensive response to the humanitarian needs of migrants, internally displaced persons, returnees and host communities.
- 1. South Sudan is currently experiencing a shaky economy with the value of the South Sudan currency on a constant decline.[1].
- South Sudan was part of Sudan until it gained its independence in 2011, following a long war in which over 1 million people were killed, and a historic referendum.
- Prospects for peace are uncertain, as South Sudan’s government has shown a reluctance to end the fighting or to prioritize the needs of its citizens.
- The World Bank Group (WBG) has been engaged in South Sudan since the creation of the autonomous Government of Southern Sudan in 2005.
- South Sudan Young country at high risk of becoming a failed state. In 2011, South Sudan had declared its independence from the Republic of the Sudan.
- In South Sudan, Relief International staff and the communities we work with pull together to ensure people can access health care even during floods.
- Additionally, with a heavy reliance on imports, many people across South Sudan are unable to afford basic food items and must rely on humanitarian assistance.
- Between the clay plain and the Nile-Congo watershed to the west and south of South Sudan is another elevated part of the country, the Ironstone Plateau.