East Africa & Great Lakes
South Sudan
DRC has been present in South Sudan since 2005, implementing projects in Upper Nile, Unity, Jonglei, Western Bahr el Ghazal and Eastern Equatoria states. South Sudan represents the largest refugee crisis in Africa, with over 2.3 million refugees and asylum seekers hosted in Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and, to a lesser extent, DR Congo. South Sudan faces high levels of internal displacement, with 2.2 million internally displaced persons as of 30 September 2022.
Current situation
South Sudan has faced three subsequent years of above-average flooding in areas along the Nile and Loi rivers, causing some areas of Jonglei, Unity and Upper Niles states to be continuously submerged. Facing floods and the subsequent loss of their livelihoods and damage to their properties, thousands of people have been forced to move.
Between April and July 2022, more than 62 percent of the population faced crisis levels of food insecurity. Some of them are at emergency levels, which requires external support to ensure families don’t have to skip meals or go days without food.
People are also being displaced by conflict, such as the violence in Abyei Administrative Area in early 2022. Past and ongoing violence has led to a high circulation of illicit small arms and light weapons, as well as contamination of mines and cluster munitions – all of them posing a risk to the population’s security.
In addition, South Sudan is a dangerous environment for humanitarian actors, with 144 security incidents and 8 humanitarian staff reported killed during the first half of 2022. This limits the ability to deliver humanitarian support to vulnerable people in an unimpeded manner.
Core sectors South Sudan
Displacement trends
Source: | DRC Foresight
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Why we are there
Protection is at the core of DRC’s work. In the midst of crisis, it is important for an organization like DRC to support people who have lost almost everything while protecting themselves from violence, heavy rains, droughts, human rights abuses, exploitation and neglect.
DRC is a leader in Camp Coordination & Camp Management – coordinating partner agencies to ensure that everyone has the basic services required for a safe and dignified life.
DRC works with communities to address the root causes of displacement, such as climate change and conflict.
What we do
DRC’s mobile response teams work in the hardest-to-reach areas to provide lifesaving support and emergency supplies, with a focus on the most vulnerable.
DRC works to make communities safer by promoting peace and clearing landmines and unexploded ordinances.
Part of this work includes helping people identify risks and engaging community members and leaders to implement conflict-sensitive governance.
DRC is the social cohesion lead for the Complementary Action for Resilience Building (CARB) consortium.
Working in collaboration with
World Food Programme
European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
UNHCR
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Netherlands
Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Global Affairs Canada
Contact
James
Curtis
Executive Director East Africa & Great Lakes
Alana
Mascoll
Country Director