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In South Sudan, a connection between conflict and hunger

Posted on April 28, 2012 by James Addis in Disaster Relief

With more food on the planet than ever before, it’s difficult to believe that people still go hungry every day. You might assume that natural disasters, drought, or a lack of access to necessary farming equipment are to blame for a lack of food. What may surprise you, though, is that conflict is a leading cause of hunger. Currently, conflict between Sudan and South Sudan is causing food shortages affecting millions, leaving children most vulnerable. While it is easy to see the role that a natural disaster or drought plays in hunger, the connection between conflict and hunger can be complicated. To make this complex issue easier to understand, World Vision’s James Addis outlines some key questions below....

Children targeted in attacks in South Sudan

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Michael Arunga in Disaster Relief

Michael Arunga, a World Vision emergency communications advisor for Africa, is on assignment in South Sudan, which became the world’s newest country last July after a referendum that established its independence from the rest of the country. In this report, he calls attention to a tragic situation that is taking shape as conflict continues....

South Sudan: Transformation, progress in the world’s newest nation

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Michael Arunga in Conversations, Stories

Juba, the capital city of South Sudan, has changed. Even before my plane from Kenya touched down here yesterday, I could tell that the world’s newest nation is undergoing transformation. It is definitely not where it was this time last year....

Four days old: Many hopes, many challenges in new South Sudan

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Joyce Mulama, World Vision South Sudan in Stories

4 days old: South Sudan | World Vision Blog

Chants of “Republic of South Sudan Oyee” will forever be etched in the minds of many South Sudanese as they reminisce over their independence — today, only four days old. An overflowing crowd of people, both young and old, showed up at the John Garang Memorial to mark the historic event on July 9. Tens of thousands of South Sudanese endured the blistering sun, all along energized, as they erupted into song and dance when the country became the world’s 193rd country and Africa’s 54th. I saw men and women faint as the declaration was made. Others openly broke into tears as the new flag was hoisted....

Rich Stearns on Independence, God, and South Sudan

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Lindsey Talerico-Hedren in Conversations

Pre-independence celebrations in Juba. ©2011 Abraham Nhial/World Vision

God wasn’t the first thing on my mind on Monday, the Fourth of July. Truthfully, the only credit I can give myself is that I was thanking God for the three-day weekend. It’s not far-fetched to say that most Americans likely think of Independence Day as more of an outdoor show than an obvious reason to thank and honor God. That’s why articles like Rich Stearns’ in the Huffington Post are kind of a divine challenge for me — a reminder that peace and freedom are reasons to thank God, and that with Independence there is struggle, but also hope. May South Sudan’s first Independence Day be that of the latter. And may Rich’s article challenge you as it has...