Presbyterian Mission Agency displacement Archives

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On this International Day for Rural Women, South Sudan farmers are not deterred

Posted September 29th, 2020

In South Sudan, more than 1 million people have been displaced in recent months by flooding. Of those displaced, more than 29,000 are from Mayendit County in the southern part of Unity State. Before the flooding, the country was plagued by years of civil war that also contributed to massive displacement.

Syria

Posted June 2nd, 2016

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance helps Syrians displaced by civil war More than 250,000 Syrians are estimated to have died since civil war broke out in the country five years ago. Another seven million are displaced. The United Nations and other world organizations say the crisis has set Syria’s development status back by four decades.