UNCT Newsletter, August Edition

Key highlights from this edition include:

• South Sudan tops list of most dangerous countries for aid workers in the world, and the humanitarian crisis deepens amid mounting needs, access constraints and lack of funding. 
• Young people and stakeholders pledge to support South Sudan's Sustainable Development trajectory.
• International Youth Day: Youth challenged to be innovative and responsible.
• WHO health workers fearlessly deliver medical aid to those in need in hard-to-reach areas.
• Protecting nearly 800,000 people from bilharzia in four counties of South Sudan.
• Future forward: UNIPOD Launched at the University of Juba
• South Sudan Launches the Maputo Protocol for the Protection of Women Rights
• Nutrition and health services integration is helping children in remote parts of South Sudan
• Youth centers serving as a catalyst for Transformation in South Sudan
• SIDA TVET Project launched in Western Equatoria state.
• From eating to providing school meals: Julia's personal story with WFP
• IOM commemorates World Day Against Trafficking persons in Juba.
• EU and UNDP partnership towards supporting an enabling environment for South Sudan elections.
• "Incredible pan" caused by the death of a cousin was "the turning point" which led Joyce Aisha Laku from South Sudan into humanitarian work.