Report on the Advocacy Mission to assess the situation of children in South Sudan their families, has occurred and continues to occur. The delegation has witnessed this massive disruption of people’s and children’s lives first hand. As per 04 April 2014, the delegation was informed that 14,593 persons were living In Tomping Camp. In Minkammen. The Government Official informed the delegation that the IDPs had overstretched the facilities in Awerial County. The number of IDPs in the area was 100,000 of whom 35,000 were children. The schools in the area could not accommodate all the children hence making some of them become idle and run the risk of being recruited by the armed forces. 11. It is estimated that more than 1.5 million people have been displaced internally and across borders. UNICEF has documented 4700 separated and unaccompanied children while some parents reported that they had missing children whom up to now they do not know their whereabouts. 12. Among the immense challenges include huge numbers of unaccompanied children who have no access to education. There were reports of large numbers of children are out of the Country while the parents are in the Country and vice versa. IPDs are crossing the borders to neighboring countries. The delegation was informed and appreciated the fact that the UN Agencies are soon to establish a 9

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