A total of 221 women dedicated their time to learning vocational skills in tailoring, basic computer applications, bed sheet design, bakery, masonry and carpentry.
A new facility to improve fish processing and storage was commissioned today in Bor along a critical supply chain benefiting both Fangak Nuer and Jonglei Dinka communities.
At 18 years old, Bolis Joseph Agany was the youngest participant of the Entrepreneurship Training Workshop held in Aweil.
The mediation conference provided a concrete example of the role grassroots peace committees and engaged local communities can have in resolving local disputes.
The United Nations Development Programme’s Access to Justice and Rule of Law project, in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs and the Jubek State Ministry of Local Government and Law Enforcement Agency, held a four-day interactive workshop for twenty traditional authorities serving in Jubek State on concepts and principles of rule of law and human rights, including the rights of women and children.
Achol has been running businesses in and around Aweil since the 1990s, when she had to find a way to support her two children during the war.
UNDP's PaCC project supported two capacity-building trainings of peace committees in the Northern Bahr El Ghazal Region: the Greater Gumjuer Peace Committee (GGPC) in Nyamlell, and the Joint Border Peace Committee in Aweil.
Applying Entrepreneurial Lessons for Success
James is a recent graduate of the Entrepreneurship Training Workshop held in Aweil, hosted by UNDP and facilitated by master trainers from EMPRETEC Mauritius.
"I now see opportunity all over instead of obstacles. I know the concept of initiative seeking, and how to approach someone with resources with a plan for how I will make a profit."
Chronicles of Ordinary Hopes
A peace dialogue in Duk Padiet included over 100 youth from Gawaar, Lou, Hol and Nyarweng communities who are residing in cattle camps and looking after their cattle at the Toich Swamp area. They agreed to resolutions to stop cattle thefts and ambushes, share pastures and water points, and create a Joint Peace Committee.
Gbudue State Graduates First Cohort of Entrepreneurship Training
UNDP South Sudan conducted its first two Entrepreneurship Training Workshops for participants from Gbudue State, in an effort to catalyze the creation of medium, small and micro enterprises.
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About South Sudan
12.58 million
Population
50.6
Poverty rate
$1067
Per capita income
0.418
Human Dev. Index
