South Sudan

In photos: Women transforming lives through savings groups

By Jenny Conrad and Becca Mountain • December 30, 2025

From tractors in Tanzania to bakeries in South Sudan, women are using savings groups to change their lives and communities.

Fighting disease and creating communities in South Sudan

By Sarah Easter, David Mutua, and Becca Mountain • May 22, 2025

In South Sudan, cholera is spreading at an alarming rate, compounding the struggles of displaced families already facing hunger and disease. CARE is on the ground, providing critical healthcare and prevention efforts to contain the crisis.

One in every ten children in South Sudan die before their fifth birthday. This program is working to change that.

By Kenyi Evans and Kelly Muthusi • June 5, 2024

Nine million South Sudanese are in desperate need of help. Sudanese women endure displacement and widespread violence against women, but there is hope for a better future.

South Sudan Beat the Odds to Deliver COVID-19 Vaccines: Here’s How The 10-Year Old Nation Did It

By Kalei Talwar • September 2, 2021

Community leaders in South Sudan like Dr. Emmanual Ojwang turned tragedy into triumph over the course of the summer to deliver COVID-19 vaccines.

Locust Swarms of ‘Biblical Proportions’ Put Millions at Risk of Starvation

By Jacky Habib • June 26, 2020

Billions of locusts are swarming fragile regions around the world, destroying crops and threatening critical food supplies for millions of people.

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Michelle Nunn on COVID-19: 5 Things We Can Do

By Adjoa Danso • April 6, 2020

CARE USA President and CEO Michelle Nunn shares five things we can do to slow the spread of coronavirus.

How Menstrual Cups are Helping Build Confidence Among Refugee Girls in Uganda

By Sophie Akongo • October 9, 2018

Two bedsheets and two sets of clothes. That’s all 20-year-old Viola Jackline was able to take with her on her arduous two-week trek by foot from South Sudan to Uganda. Violence in South Sudan drove Viola, her three siblings and their grandmother from their home.

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