Concern supports 30,000 people in South Sudan with healthcare and cash assistance | Concern Worldwide

Country: South Sudan Source: Concern Worldwide The Irish humanitarian organisation is providing essential medical care at five health centres across two states in South Sudan, which are highly vulnerable to natural disasters, conflict and severe food insecurity among other issues. It’s also providing cash to disaster-affected populations to improve their food security. The Saving Lives Together programme, funded by the European Union, includes providing antenatal and maternal care such as safe birth deliveries by trained midwives, child immunisation, and hygiene and nutrition lessons for parents and caregivers. In addition, Concern is also renovating and repairing the health centres, which includes improving the water and sanitation facilities, and providing transport to more specialised health clinics for patients with serious medical issues. “Families are seeing real change – fewer children are dangerously malnourished, and more are getting the care they need to survive and grow. In a place where shocks are constant, support like this is not optional; it is what keeps people alive and gives them a fighting chance,” said Zlatko Gegic, Concern’s Country Director in South Sudan. Concern has also been working with local health authorities to run cholera awareness campaigns, following outbreaks of the fatal illness in various communities. Cholera is commonly caused by bacteria in dirty water. South Sudan is facing many challenges. Within its own borders it faces political instability with the insecurity and violence that brings. Catastrophic floods in 2025 affected more than 1 million people across six of the country’s 10 states and saw large swathes of the country under water for months on end. 9.9 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, more than two thirds of the population. The sustained conflict in its northern neighbour, Sudan, has seen more than 1.3 million people cross the border seeking refuge. That includes an estimated...