SOUTH SUDAN: Transforming South Sudan’s Agricultural Future: John Ladu Simon Jacob

South Sudan - Despite not having a university degree, John’s experience and potential were recognized and he was recruited as managing director of his current company, which provides agricultural and extension services. There, John manages an initiative to rent tractors to local farmers at a very low cost – “we are thinking like [this is] giving back to the community” – allowing the farmers to clear and cultivate land more efficiently and raise local agricultural production.

I plan to take action.” —John Ladu Simon Jacob, managing director of an

South Sudan: ICRC Mobile Surgical Team carries out over 300 surgeries on war wounded injured in the Sudan conflict in Renk town

South Sudanese officials estimate that the number of refugees and returnees in the country has hit the devastating milestone of a million, most of them transiting through Renk, which has struggled to cope with the influx amid poor infrastructure and limited resources.

Since December, it is believed that 150,000