Charity reunites 7,000 children with families in S/Sudan

Global charity ‘Save the Children’ and its partners said, on Wednesday, they have reunited 7,000 children with their families since 2017.

Thus, enabling them to rebuild their lives after being separated by conflict.

The charity said in a statement that it has been using an open-source software platform “Child Protection Information Management System Plus” (CPIMS+) to reunite children with their families in the country for nine years.

Through the use of this software, Save the Children staffers recently reunited Simon, 13, with his adult brother Samuel.

They reunited after three months of separation from family members.

That brings the total number of child reunifications the organisation has facilitated in South Sudan since 2017 to 7,000.

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According to the CPIMS+ database, nearly 20,000 unaccompanied, separated or missing children have been registered across South Sudan in the past nine years.

This is due to conflict within the country and from neighbouring Sudan.

“Separated and unaccompanied children are more susceptible to violence, abuse and exploitation.

“This makes returning them to their parents an urgent priority,” the charity said. (Xinhua)