South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011, only for conflict to erupt in 2013. 

Armed groups make life extremely dangerous for children with significant risk of violence, exploitation and recruitment. Widespread displacement and family separation mean that many children have no one to protect them from gender-based violence, child marriage, and child labour. Some children don’t even have their basic needs met with 2.5 million women and children at risk of acute malnutrition.  

The limited resources in South Sudan are continually stretched. Flooding has worsened the humanitarian situation, while every day as many as 1000 people fleeing the war in Sudan cross the border into South Sudan in urgent need of aid and protection.