Happy & healthy childhoods are built on play.
Yet for many in South Sudan, conflict, floods & shrinking play spaces leave nowhere safe to run, laugh, or simply be children.
This #InternationalDayofPlay, let’s commit to protecting every child’s right to play.
UNICEF South Sudan
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Realizing the rights of all children to survival, development, protection and participation in #southsudan #savinglives | RT/Follow ≠ endorse
- #DYK One of the most urgent child health challenges in 🇸🇸 can be addressed with Ready-to-use therapeutic food. A solution that is both simple & effective in crisis settings. Thanks to @StateDept, #UNICEF is delivering therapeutic food to help support recovery & save lives. 🎥👇
00:00 - #UNICEFThanks @KSRelief_EN, @CanadaDev, @EU_Commission @EIB & @Rotary for new funds to help protect children in 🇸🇸 against polio. 💙 Health workers are reaching children & families across Upper Nile & Jonglei with life‑saving drops. Together, we’re building a polio‑free future
- Every girl has the right to education. Child marriage takes away this right. Thanks to @GPforEducation, the European Union & @FCDOGovUK, #UNICEF & partners are working with communities to ensure that young girls are where they belong: in school! @EUinSouthSudan @unicef_es
- Floods took everything else. For many children like Wictour, the climate crisis is not just rising seas or droughts. Protecting the environment means protecting children families and futures. We can all play our part. #WorldEnvironmentDay
00:00 - “We wish for peace, to be with our friends, and return to school.” Children displaced by violence returned to Akobo only to find their safe spaces vandalized. Yet amid destruction, social workers continue to provide care 🙏to @MOFAkr_eng @FCDOGovUK & the European Union' support
- Family is the first line of protection, love & support for children. That is why we continue to work with partners to ensure increased family-friendly programmes to help create a nurturing environment #ForEveryChild in South Sudan.
- Being a parent looks different for everyone. What does it look like for you? Share in the comments. #GlobalParentDay
- Hope across South Sudan. Thanks to @MOFAkr_eng support, we are reaching children in Greater Upper Nile & Bahr el Ghazal with: 💧Clean water & sanitation 📚Safe learning spaces 🍲Lifesaving nutrition 🛡️protection Together, we are breaking barriers & helping build resilience.
00:00- Young people are breaking the silence in South Sudan. Read how young reporter Viola is raising awareness on menstrual hygiene, empowering girls, engaging boys, and challenging stigma in her community 👉 unicef.org/southsudan/sto… #MenstrualHygieneDay



















