South Sudan marks its third anniversary since it gained independence from Sudan three years ago this month. Since independence the country has suffered internal conflict and currently 1.5 million people have been displaced and around 4
million face alarming food insecurity as a result of the fighting that started in December 2013. After watching the situation closely an Integral Disaster Response alert for South Sudan was raised in January 2014 and eleven Members opted into the response, with six Members already operational within the country ...
An Integral Disaster Response for South Sudan was launched on 3 Jan 2014, and since then Integral has facilitated a joint HQ teleconference, regular meetings of its Members' South Sudan Country Directors and sent round email updates.
Integral News asks Thomas Hedd, World Renew's Country Director in South Sudan, some questions about his experience of the response ...