South Sudan

Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In the South Sudan and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.Save the Children International (SCI) in Juba invites submissions of tenders for a contract to provide the following service: Consultancy to Develop an Evidence Base on Child-Centred Loss and Damage in Flood-Affected Counties of South Sudan

Save the Children said it has suspended all operations in Walgak in Akobo Country and was pulling its 30 staff out of the area after its field office was burnt the ground and its Primary Health Care Centre (PHCC) destroyed, cutting off essential services for hundreds of children and families.

JUBA, 20th, January 2026 – Thousands of families affected by conflict and severe flooding in South Sudan will receive lifesaving cash, health and nutrition support in the next four months as European Union injects more funds to South Sudan, Save the Children said.

Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In South Sudan and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn, and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share. Save the Children International (SCI) in Juba invites submissions of tenders for a contract to provide the following service: CONSULTANCY SERVICE FOR EU-DRA MID-TERM REVIEW IN AKOBO, MALAKAL, AND RUBKONA COUNTIES-SSD/2026/CONSUL/001.

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Save the Children, with funding from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), has launched a US$18.6 million project to strengthen climate resilience through education across South Sudan.

The latest IPC figures show that next April, between planting and harvesting, about 3.5 million children–53%–will be facing acute hunger, up from 42% currently.

Ezibon Saadalla Khamis is Humanitarian Communications Coordinator with Save the Children South Sudan. He is passionate about his job, especially working directly with children and knowing every story, photo and video he captures helps to amplify their voices for a brighter future. Here, he explains what drives him.

Nearly two-thirds of South Sudanese children surveyed aged between 5 and 17 years are engaged in the worst form of child labour, with rates soaring to as high as 90% in the worst hit regions, according to a new report by the Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare.

This year an estimated 1.4 million people – about one sixth of the population in the world’s newest country – face the threat of flooding.

A deadly mix of conflict, climate change and poverty have pushed 2.3 million children aged under 5 in South Sudan into life threatening acute malnutrition, with rates soaring just months after foreign governments announced the slashing of funds to the world’s poorest countries, Save the Children said.

At least five children with cholera in South Sudan have died on an arduous journey to seek medical treatment, after aid cuts forced their local health services to close in the middle of a major outbreak of the deadly disease, Save the Children said.

Dangerously high temperatures have forced schools across South Sudan to close for the second year in a row, putting learning out of reach for many children and pushing them further into risks like early marriage, child labour and recruitment into armed groups, Save the Children said.

This includes more than 650,000 children expected to be facing the most deadly form of malnutrition – severe acute malnutrition - a rise of 30% from 480,000.

Refugees fleeing conflict in Sudan face hunger and disease in South Sudan as aid funding dries up, food rations are squeezed, and food costs soar.

South Sudan on the brink of famine as it braces for worst floods in 60 years

Monica* is a 25-year-old woman, who was born in South Sudan but fled to Sudan in 2013 when war broke out and had to flee back to South Sudan last year

bout 1,000 people a day are fleeing into South Sudan from Sudan after nearly one year of war, arriving in scorching heat and with children in dire nee

The ongoing humanitarian crisis in South Sudan has left many individuals displaced, vulnerable, and inadequately supported

Save the Children has reunited Simon* with his brother Samuel* in South Sudan - the 7,000th reunification by the child rights organisation

Technology has allowed for Save the Children to facilitate the reunification of 7,000 children with their families in South Sudan.

Pneumonia and diarrhoea remain the biggest killers of children under 5 years of age.

Save the Children says children in South Sudan who have been displaced are at risk of cholera

Extreme floods throw the lives of 19 million children off course in past three months – Save the Children

FLOODING, CONFLICT, AND HUNGER CRUSHING THE LIVES OF SOUTH SUDAN’S CHILDREN

Girls in South Sudan and Iraq displaced by conflict tell of increased risk of child marriage, pregnancy, violence, and mental health issues

CHILDREN IN SOUTH SUDAN SAY HUNGER IS FORCING THEM INTO CHILD MARRIAGE AND CRIME

South Sudan: Number of people in crisis levels of hunger increases by 50% in 10 years

South Sudan: brutal killing of Save the Children contractor

COVID-19: Kids in world’s poorest countries lost 66% more of lifetime at school than richer peers - Save the Children

Dimmed hope for flood affected children in South Sudan

Save the Children welcomes decline in violations against children in South Sudan

Violence, flooding, and displacement push one million children in South Sudan to the brink of starvation

Hundreds of Ethiopian separated child refugees arriving in Sudan at risk of exploitation and abuse, Save the Children warns

As thousands cross border into Sudan, focus must be on safety of children

Fears of polio spike among children in South Sudan as new cases put children’s lives at further risk

Teachers' wellbeing is essential to children's development

Save the Children condemns the killing of humanitarian workers and children during intercommunal violence in South Sudan

Keeping mothers safe during coronavirus in South Sudan

Fears grow as locusts swarm towards South Sudan