UN Day Celebration at Kapuri School, South Sudan

To mark United Nations Day (24 October), the UN family came together with members of the Rwandan battalion of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the community of Kapuri to volunteer for a morning of work in the construction of a new Primary School facility being built by the Rwandan peacekeepers. Other activities included a mobile health clinic coordinated by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health (WHO), the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS). The refugee agency, UNHCR, coordinated a girls' football match and distributed T-shirts and dignity kits to participants. The UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) offered de-mining and sniffer dog demonstrations. The UN Development Programme (UNDP) staged a drama performance and role play exercise.
UNMISS Spokesperson Brian Kelly and a Kapuri resident haul sand for the school construction.