Resilience and Dedication: A Refugee EPI Officer Ensuring Every Child in Gorom Gets Vaccinated
In the heart of Gorom Refugee Settlement, Akune Odhieng an incentive staff of ACROSS since 2020, a dedicated Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) officer, works...
Amid Crisis and Conflict: Supporting South Sudan’s Struggle for Resilience and Healthcare
Since the end of South Sudan’s civil war, the nation has faced relentless challenges, with protracted conflict and violence continuing to shape the lives of...
Summary of ACROSS Projects in South Sudan
Here is a summary of ACROSS projects active in 2024 in South Sudan: S# Project Name Donor Partner Duration Locations 01 Multisectoral, disability-inclusive resilience building...
Saving Sight and Lives: ACROSS Empowers Health Workers for Vitamin A and Deworming Campaign.
Each year, an estimated 250,000 to 500,000 children worldwide suffer blindness due to vitamin A deficiency, with approximately half of these children succumbing to death within a...
Breaking the Stigma: Empowering Women in Kajo Keji Through Dignity Kits
In collaboration with Divine Seeds of Dignity (DSD), a community and self-help women’s organization in Kajo Keji, ACROSS recently trained 33 women and teenage mothers...
Uplifting communities: Transforming lives by promoting health, economic resilience, and sustainable practices.
Morobo is one of the six counties in Central Equatoria state, South Sudan bordering Yei County to the north-west, Lainya County to the north-east, Uganda to the south-east and...
The ACROSS Story and Journey: Beyond 50 Years
The history of ACROSS, from its inception over 50 years ago to today, is a tale marked by joy, hardship, struggle, challenges, and opportunities. More...
Integrated and Inclusive Support for Displaced and Host Communities in Crisis Situations.
The South Sudanese people have suffered greatly as a result of the conflict. The leaders of the two main opposing political coalitions, Salva Kiir and...
Partnership Provides 1400 Children with a Playground
Children in developing countries, like South Sudan, have little access to safe and creative play environments. The playgrounds so readily available to children in the...
Refugee Testimony
In 1972 when ACROSS was established, one of the main activities was resettling South Sudanese who were returning home after the 17 Years War. Later...