Vétérinaires Sans
Frontiéres Germany
South Sudan
“Our hope Our Dream”
T
he resilience, the courage, hope and dream of the
people of South Sudan shall never be stopped.
South Sudan gained independence in 2011
with highly visible hope and excitement as hundreds
of thousands citizens trooped back to their country to
rebuild lives after such a long war
VSF G vet experts from VSF G HQ in Germany investigating
livestock disease outbreak - Maban County
The journey has been with a lot of challenges expected
in such a embarkment, much has been gained and much
is still desired. In 2014 the country witnessed political
upheaval seeing loss of life, thousands displaced,
livelihoods destroyed. Still the citizen’s resilience is
strong and the homeland peace and stability has driven
the hope this far.
VSF G, has witnessed this journey since 1997, has
witnessed communities over come enormous challenges
and rebound back to hope! VSF G has continued
supporting the communities to enhance their capacities
to protect community’s livelihood assets especially those
where livestock is the base to household food security.
VSF G continues to program its interventions under
emergency conditions especially Greater Upper Nile
States which include emergency animal health activities
(CAHWs trainings, treatments and vaccinations including
small stock and cold chain support), food distributions
(cereals and animal products – meat and milk).
Slaughter facilities are constructed to improve meat quality
and marketing - Malakal upper Nile
Overgrazing present challenges to pastoralist production
system in refugee confinement - Maban upper Nile
In Bar el Ghazal (Warrap and Western Bar el Ghazal) more
development oriented support is ongoing in Agriculture
Production including poultry production targeting
women (Community extension system, livestock
marketing, and crop production and community Lead
Savings activities as well as animal traction promotion.
The main donors include European Union, BMZ, GiZ, UN
Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF) and FAO’s pipeline
input support.
VSF G vet demonstrates livestock disease treatment to CAHW
trainees
Women are engaged in poultry production for household food
security & family income - Warrap State