Speeches Shim
![The health of this family in South Sudan improved after receiving care through a USAID primary health care project. The health of this family in South Sudan improved after receiving care through a USAID primary health care project.](https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_150x150/public/success_story/Abraham_Sr._and_Jr._and_Merry_Zinone_Source_Yubu_W._Equatoria-Jhpiego.jpg?itok=qwot2LXc)
Mercy Edward was pregnant when fighting erupted near the home she and her husband Abraham Charles Zinone shared in Western Equatoria, South Sudan, in May 2015. The civil war that began in the capital, Juba, in December 2013 had now spread west.
![6-year-old Yohana Peter and his mother Asunta Wasuk seek treatment for his malaria at Al Sabah Children's Hospital in Juba, South Sudan Six-year-old Yohana Peter and his mother Asunta Wasuk seek treatment for his malaria at Al Sabah Children's Hospital in Juba.](https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_150x150/public/success_story/6-year-old%20Yohana%20Peter%20and%20his%20mother%20Asunta%20Wasuk%20see%20treatment%20for%20his%20malaria%20at%20Al%20Sabah%20Children%27s%20Hospital%20in%20Juba-photo%20Abraham%20Ayuen%2C%20Management%20Sciences%20for%20Health.jpg?itok=vaFS4opG)
Six-year-old Yohana Peter clutches a bottle of mango juice as he waits for his medication outside a pharmacy at Al Sabah Children’s Hospital in Juba, South Sudan. Seated next to his mother on a metal bench, Yohana looks anxious.
South Sudan now has more children not attending school than any other country, according to the United Nations—1.8 million children aged 6 to 15.
South Sudan’s dwindling elephant population—there are only an estimated 2,500 remaining—is under threat from poachers who illegally sell their ivory tusks. Their precarious survival is threatened even more by conflict and lack of government resources.
Comment
Make a general inquiry or suggest an improvement.