For years, conflict and a changing climate have ravaged South Sudan. As a result, extreme poverty continues to devastate people and communities.
This year, it’s estimated that more than 7 million people in South Sudan will require food assistance.
This isn’t unique to South Sudan. Extreme poverty affects vulnerable communities around the world. But this doesn’t have to be the case.
Extreme poverty can be beaten when we all stand together.
Slide 1 of 3: 4.5 million people have been displaced internally and to neighbouring countries
Slide 2 of 3: 3 in 4 primary school aged children aren’t in school
Slide 3 of 3: 2 million women and children are acutely malnourished
4.5 million people have been displaced internally and to neighbouring countries
3 in 4 primary school aged children aren’t in school
2 million women and children are acutely malnourished
To respond to the needs of communities like South Sudan, we developed Transforming Communities, an innovative programme run through local churches to tackle extreme poverty.
We believe it’s possible to end extreme poverty by training local churches to lead lasting change by recognising the God-given resources in and around us. This supports communities to rewrite their own stories and build a future filled with hope and opportunity.
Mary appreciating the God-given resources around her to rebuild her life | Credit: Tom Price/Tearfund
Mary is one of more than 4 million people displaced from their homes in South Sudan.
After losing her husband in 2016, food became scarce and civil war escalated around her. With five children, Mary fled to neighbouring Uganda.
In 2020, Mary returned home to find her huts burnt down.
Then, she discovered that her local church offered Transforming Communities training. God had put everything in place for her to thrive, not just survive.
She learnt about cultivation, saving, and the God-given resources in and around her.
‘Thanks to the training, I’m now independent. I identified one of the God-given resources around me as the soil to make bricks. Then, I decided to lay bricks and fire them myself.’ Mary
Through the local church, Mary was able to rebuild. But there are millions like Mary in South Sudan and beyond.
We have faith in their future. Do you?
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