South Sudan

South Sudanese refugees preparing to return home after years of conflict © UNHCR/E. Denholm

Building on more than six years of expert training in Darfur and across Sudan, RedR began to deliver training for humanitarian workers in South Sudan just a month after the country gained independence in July 2011, becoming the world’s newest nation and Africa’s youngest state.

South Sudanese health services are some of the least developed in the world – more women die in childbirth in South Sudan than anywhere else on earth. But that’s not all.

As a result of years of conflict and unrest, international aid agencies and community based humanitarian organisations now provide a vast range of essential services and support on the ground – everything from shelter for people displaced by violence, to medical treatment, to water and sanitation facilities and food supplies.

Aid workers operating in South Sudan face increasing threats to their safety and security – and, just as in neighbouring Sudan, they operate in one of the most challenging humanitarian environments in the world. Aid delivery can frequently be hampered by threats to staff safety and security.

Our South Sudan office is based in Juba.

Our Programme in South Sudan

We're the only organisation providing safety and welfare training for humanitarian workers in South Sudan in English. With a new training centre in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, we are working to ensure aid workers across the region can access the knowledge, skills and support they need to protect themselves and continue to operate in hostile and dangerous situations. It means aid workers stay safe – and aid reaches those who need it.

We are also preparing to deliver a range of courses in technical, project and people management skills, to mirror the range of training we currently provide in Sudan and help ensure effective and reliable delivery of humanitarian services. We aims to:

• Train more than 6,000 aid workers – the majority of them national staff – in essential safety and security techniques by mid 2013
• Ensure aid delivery continues even in the most challenging of circumstances
• Improve effectiveness of aid delivery

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