(JUBA) – A validation workshop on Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) has opened in Juba, bringing together government ministries, faith leaders, development partners and civil society to review findings and shape the way forward for adolescent health and wellbeing in South Sudan. Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) South Sudan is facilitating theContinue Reading
(YAMBIO, WESTERN EQUATORIA STATE) – Heavens Institute is offering journalists and aspiring media professionals in Western Equatoria State the chance to enrol in a Diploma in Journalism, Media and Mass Communication Studies, with distance learning available to allow students to study while continuing to work. According to the Institue, theContinue Reading
(JUBA) – Healthcare professionals across South Sudan are being called to a weekly training session on the management of severe acute malnutrition, a life threatening condition that remains a leading cause of child deaths in the country. The session is organised by the South Sudan Paediatric Association and will takeContinue Reading
(MOROBO COUNTY) – Fuel prices have disrupted efforts to rebuild schools in Morobo County, leaving many classrooms empty of furniture and pupils sitting on bare floors despite community contributions of local materials. Schools across the county were looted or wrecked during the national crisis of 2016. Desks, chairs and otherContinue Reading
(BENTIU, Unity State) – Health training and outbreak response capacity in South Sudan’s Unity State have received a significant boost with the official launch of a new medical academy and a disease isolation unit at Bentiu State Hospital. The MSF Academy for Healthcare and the Multi-Purpose Diseases Outbreak Isolation AreaContinue Reading
(JUBA) – Menstrual health kits have been distributed to 250 pupils at Gudele West Primary School to help adolescent girls stay in class. The South Sudan Red Cross handed out the kits through the Blue School Project, which is supported by the Swiss Red Cross. The kits allow girls toContinue Reading
(JUBA) – South Sudan’s plan to open its first space science laboratory is moving ahead, even as University of Juba students voice frustration over years of delays in constructing the wider Mayardit Academy for Space Sciences. The academy conception was passed by the university senate in December 2022. It wasContinue Reading
(YAMBIO) – Members of the Western Equatoria State Transitional Legislative Assembly began a three day training course on fiscal oversight on Tuesday, aimed at strengthening how lawmakers monitor public finances and government spending. The training is supported by the state government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). It isContinue Reading
(JUBA) – Thirty journalists from media houses across the country have completed training on reporting that avoids inflaming tensions and strengthens peace as South Sudan moves toward elections. The two day training was convened by UN Women in partnership with the National Press Club. It focused on conflict sensitive reporting,Continue Reading
(JUBA) – A new national digital learning platform that offers free educational content without internet data charges was launched in South Sudan on Sunday. The Junub Academy National E-Learning Platform was developed by MTN South Sudan together with Educare Organization South Sudan, the Ministry of General Education and Instruction, andContinue Reading
