Struggling to Heal the Wounds of South Sudan's Children

When fighting broke out in mid-December in Juba, 13-year-old Rejoice Wasuk listened to the constant crackle of gunfire for three days from inside the Confident Children out of Conflict (CCC) compound in Juba, where she lives with dozens of other orphans. "When we hear the gunshots, we all come together. We start to pray and we are crying,” Wasuk said. She was convinced someone was coming to kill her, and weeks later is still too shaken by the memory today to spend much time...

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