SOUTH SUDAN / RENK CHILD PROTECTION WORKSHOP

Together with state authorities and other partners, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan helps organize the release of boys and girls from armed forces, a measure stipulated in a national action plan to end grave violations of the rights of children in armed conflict. UNMISS

• Video Length: 00:02:21
• Production Date: 30 June 2025
• Asset Language: English; Arabic
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS
• Subject Topical: PEACEKEEPERS; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS; CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICTS
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 3419102
• Parent Id: 3419102
• Alternate Title: unifeed250630e

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / RENK CHILD PROTECTION WORKSHOP
TRT: 02:21
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS

DATELINE: 18-19 JUNE 2025, RENK, SOUTH SUDAN

Shotlist

1. Aerial view, Renk town
2. Wide shot, Renk headquarters
3. Various shots, workshop facilitation and discussion
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Philip Lah, Child Protection Officer, United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS):
“Through awareness raising and capacity building, we extend the child protection mandate to include civil society organizations. This also involves participation in identifying violations (of the rights of children).”
5. Wide shot, group discussion
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nawadir Ajanouf, civil society activist:
“We should establish a protection center for children in the neighborhoods. It would help keep children safe from violations and allow us to coordinate support with relevant authorities.”
7. Various shots, group discussion and presentation
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Adam Mayut, Renk youth representative:
“In a children’s center, we could train them in sports and engage them in cultural and other activities. I ask them (the children) why they are on the street or at the market and they tell me they don’t receive food and care at home.”
9. Med shot, female participants writing
10. Various shots, Mine Action awareness

Storyline

Together with state authorities and other partners, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) helps organize the release of boys and girls from armed forces, a measure stipulated in a national action plan to end grave violations of the rights of children in armed conflict.

In Renk, northern South Sudan, hundreds of children were recruited and used by armed groups when nationwide fighting broke out in 2013.

Some of them remain uniformed, while others have become de facto street children.

Philip Lah, UNMISS Child Protection Officer, said, “Through awareness raising and capacity building, we extend the child protection mandate to include civil society organizations. This also involves participation in identifying violations (of the rights of children).”

Many non-uniformed girls and boys are also in dire need of better care.

Nawadir Ajanouf, civil society activist, said, “We should establish a protection center for children in the neighborhoods. It would help keep children safe from violations and allow us to coordinate support with relevant authorities.”

Sadly enough, having a home and a family is no guarantee that all children’s basic needs will be met.

Adam Mayut, Renk youth representative, said, “In a children’s center, we could train them in sports and engage them in cultural and other activities. I ask them (the children) why they are on the street or at the market and they tell me they don’t receive food and care at home.”

The UNMISS child protection mandate also includes the training of civil society groups on how to keep communities safe from the dangers of landmines and other explosive remnants of war.