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After receiving training in construction and masonry, former child soldier Mark* constructs a latrine outside his grandmothers house in Kasai-Central, DRC. *Name changed to protect identity Photo: Itunu Kuku/NRC
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Athieng (20) student at the Accelerated Education Program in Nyumanzi, Adjumani District. Athieng fled from South-Sudan to Uganda in 2015 with her two brothers and mother, after first staying 2 years in Kenya. They live 25 km from the border to South-Sudan. In Nyumanzi Settlement in Adjumani, Uganda Athieng gave birth to twin daughters in 2019 and her mother is taking care of them while Athieng is in school. Her father is still in South-Sudan. Athieng is now attending last year of primary school in NRCs Accelerated Education Program. She and her 14 year old brother is attending the same class. AEP in Nyumanzi has more than 200 students from the age of 10 to 20 years. Athieng has a dream to become a nurse in the future. Location: Youth Center in Nyumanzi Settlement, Adjumani District, Uganda 
Photo: Ingrid Prestetun/NRC
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“We have waited so long to be listened to”
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Urgent action needed to tackle triple threat of conflict, flooding and hunger in South Sudan

Rising levels of armed violence, and almost 500,000 people displaced by floods and looming famine in five states are deepening an already dire humanitarian crisis in South Sudan. Renewed fighting in many parts of the country has escalated to levels as serious as any, since the conflict started in 2013. Delivery of humanitarian assistance continues to face significant obstructions particularly in areas hardest-to-reach. Four aid workers have also been killed in the line of duty this year alone.

Anne fled her village when armed groups attacked in the morning of the 19th of January. She was going back home from the church when she saw armed men arriving from the bush. "I saw them deep in the bush. My house is at the end of the village. They came in a column. As soon as I saw them, I immediately understood that it was the rebels. I left immediately, without taking anything. I only caught what was around me. Since we have been here, we have stayed under this tree. We are on the ground. We are suffering a lot and we have nothing to eat. It was the good people who brought us cassava leaves. The price of cassava has risen and we are finding it difficult to eat. Even the children are suffering. They have lost all their school supplies. They go to school without a bag, without a notebook, without a slate, without clothes. What I can tell you is that we are suffering," says Anne. Date: 8th February 2021 Location: Liton village - 22km from Bangui Photo: Tom Peyre-Costa/NRC
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