
South Sudan has experienced humanitarian plight since December 2013 when civil war broke out. Since then, 2.6 million people – about one in every five people in the country – have been forced to flee their homes, separating families. Most families are hungry and struggling to afford their basic requirements, leading to widespread malnutrition, and one of the world’s highest infant mortality rates in the world.
For the third consecutive year, heavy rainfall resulted in massive flooding and widespread destruction of crop pushing 8.9 million people, over 70% of the population, into extreme vulnerability.