Swords Into Plowshares displaced people Archives

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October 20, 2013

Addressing the root causes of the conflict in South Sudan

Posted 10:04am

From Presbyterian World Mission Find ways to support our sisters and brothers in South Sudan. The government of South Sudan has recently taken laudable steps to halt killings and human rights abuses by members of the armed forces, but South Sudan’s people still face multiple threats from inter-ethnic tensions, entrenched patterns of violence, natural disasters… Read more »

October 20, 2013

Displaced by violence: the people of South Sudan need our help

Posted 9:56am

From Presbyterian World Mission Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and Presbyterian World Mission are compelled to help more than 90,000 displaced people, mostly Murle, in South Sudan who fled inter-ethnic conflict and gross human rights violations by the South Sudanese military. Our goal is to provide food, emergency supplies, trauma recovery and peace building support. We are… Read more »