22 December 2013 - CARE is deeply concerned about the violence in South Sudan, and calls all those involved to end the fighting and ensure the protection of civilians. In times of conflict, women and girls are particularly at risk. It is crucial that acts of sexual and gender based violence are prevented.
All CARE staff members in the country are safe and accounted for. CARE has been operating at limited capacity over the past few days.
CARE currently runs programs in Jonglei, Upper Nile and Unity States. The programs focus on health, water, sanitation, livelihoods and peacebuilding for hundreds of thousands of people. We continue monitoring the situation closely while providing basic live-saving services.
The recent violence underlines the fragile situation in the world’s youngest nation, still recovering from almost 50 years of civil war.
CARE has been operating in Southern Sudan since 1993, initially providing humanitarian relief to internally displaced people in Western Equatoria. The signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005 allowed CARE to expand into Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile to target the returnees from the refugee camps and the communities that host them.
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