By Lodu William Odiya<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) Women\u2019s League has reaffirmed support to orphans as well as young people.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The women\u2019s league pledge followed a visit and celebration of the country\u2019s fourteenth Independence Day Anniversary with Orphans at Stone Orphanage Center in Juba, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n \u201cDon’t feel lonely; we are your mothers.\u201d Abuk Jervas Makuac, National Chairperson of SPLM Women\u2019s League, who led the team to the orphanage, noted in a statement.<\/p>\n According to Abuk, the celebration was not only a commemoration of the hard-won freedom but also a heartfelt gathering aimed at uplifting and empowering the beloved orphans.<\/p>\n She also noted that the visit included various activities, along with the distribution of essential supplies, designed to engage and uplift the children.<\/p>\n Abuk further highlighted that the visit served as a poignant reminder of collective responsibility as a country to ensure every child feels supported and empowered to contribute to the nation\u2019s future.<\/p>\n She reassured the children by saying \u2018don’t feel lonely, we are your mothers\u2019, affirming the SPLM Women\u2019s League\u2019s commitment to being a source of support for young people.<\/p>\n In South Sudan, children are in urgent need of protection, many of them have lost parental care due to the long-standing conflict, many of them unaccompanied, separated and others missing.<\/p>\n The legacy of war in South Sudan is particularly reflected in the lives of its most vulnerable victims including women, children, and the elderly.<\/p>\n In 2018, the UN Children Fund (UNICEF) revealed that about 15,000 children in South Sudan were separated from their families or missing due to conflict.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Lodu William Odiya \u00a0 Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) Women\u2019s League has reaffirmed support to orphans as well as young people. The women\u2019s league pledge followed a visit and celebration of the country\u2019s fourteenth Independence Day Anniversary with Orphans at Stone Orphanage Center in Juba, on Wednesday. \u201cDon’t feel[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":37441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SPLM-women-league-and-children.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37440"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37475,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37440\/revisions\/37475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}