SOUTH SUDAN / UNMISS ORPHANAGE SUPPORT

At the Confident Children out of Conflict (CCC) orphanage in Juba, 52 conflict affected children have found a safe haven. The facility is supported by many local and international partners as well as peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) UNMISS

• Video Length: 00:03:36
• Production Date: 19 February 2026
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS; DEPARTMENT OF PEACE OPERATIONS - DPO
• Subject Topical: CHILDREN; STREET CHILDREN; ABANDONED CHILDREN; CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICTS; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 3537253
• Parent Id: 3537253
• Alternate Title: unifeed260219g

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / UNMISS ORPHANAGE SUPPORT
TRT: 03:36
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH

DATELINE: 14 FEBRUARY 2026, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

Shotlist

FILE - SOUTH SUDAN

1. Various shots, child soldiers

14 FEBRUARY 2026, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

2. Various shots, orphanage
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Kidende Anna, Orphanage and Children’s Home Resident:
“I was brought to this compound. So, I lived in this compound. They took good care of me. They provided me with so many things, like clothing. They gave me food, water. And I lived healthy. And they also, when I've grown a bit, five years, I was now registered in school. I go to school and I learn new things, even English. Yeah, and writing.”
4. Various shots, orphanage
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Kidende Anna, Orphanage and Children’s Home Resident:
“Most of them came and they found me here. So, since they were new, they stay quiet. They don't trust because they didn't know us by names and they cannot call our names. But if it has already taken time, like months or days, then I'll know our names. We play together; we joke together sometimes. mostly, sometimes we do also quarrel and fight, but we consult each other and we forgive each other. And we just say simple life like that.”
6. Various shots, orphanage
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Bida Samson Robert, Orphanage Manager:
“I am happy that all the children love themselves as brothers and sisters. And this is something we’ve already instilled on their minds to mentoring them for future. They are able to give in ideas that I want to become this. I wanted to become this and in their previous lives was very difficult, but now able to open up and say, ‘Samson, I want to become.’”
8. Various shots, orphanage
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Marion Palm-Eggert, Police Advisor, United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS):
“We managed to pay for the school fees for the next year for the children. So, one more year safe of education. And we know education is a key. So yeah, it means a lot to me.”
10. Various shots, orphanage

Storyline

In South Sudan, children are on the frontlines of conflict, losing their lives, being abducted or forcibly recruited into armed forces, and denied access to education and vital healthcare. Many also suffer the loss of family members, including their parents, and physical and emotional neglect.

At the Confident Children out of Conflict (CCC) orphanage and children’s home in Juba, 52 of those most affected have found a safe haven.

SOUNDBITE (English) Kidende Anna, Orphanage and Children’s Home Resident:
“I was brought to this compound. So, I lived in this compound. They took good care of me. They provided me with so many things, like clothing. They gave me food, water. And I lived healthy. And they also, when I've grown a bit, five years, I was now registered in school. I go to school and I learn new things, even English. Yeah, and writing.”

Now 19 years old, Kidende is one of many older children dedicating their time to making a better future for herself and those around her. She looks after the needs of the young ones, providing physical and emotional support. Her priority is to ensure that they get the opportunity to reach their full potential in life, despite the hardships they have endured.

SOUNDBITE (English) Kidende Anna, Orphanage and Children’s Home Resident:
“Most of them came and they found me here. So, since they were new, they stay quiet. They don't trust because they didn't know us by names and they cannot call our names. But if it has already taken time, like months or days, then I'll know our names. We play together; we joke together sometimes. mostly, sometimes we do also quarrel and fight, but we consult each other and we forgive each other. And we just say simple life like that.”

Established in 2007, the largely voluntary caretakers are focused on equipping residents and new arrivals with the strong values that have transformed the organization into a family.

SOUNDBITE (English) Bida Samson Robert, Orphanage Manager:
“I am happy that all the children love themselves as brothers and sisters. And this is something we’ve already instilled on their minds to mentoring them for future. They are able to give in ideas that I want to become this. I wanted to become this and in their previous lives was very difficult, but now able to open up and say, ‘Samson, I want to become.”

The facility is supported by many local and international partners as well as peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), who dedicate their free time and donate their own resources, to keep the children’s home functioning and its vision for a better future alive.

SOUNDBITE (English) Marion Palm-Eggert, Police Advisor, United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS):
“We managed to pay for the school fees for the next year for the children. So, one more year safe of education. And we know education is a key. So yeah, it means a lot to me.”

Providing children with the means to shape their own futures, not only impacts them as individuals, but has a flow-on effect to communities more broadly, by setting an example that anyone can succeed with the right motivation and the simplest of support.