On 2 Feb. Program Dir. of Nduna Foundation visited Kakuma for the first time on a familiarization tour to support fundraising/advocacy for refugees children.

UNHCR's Representative for South Sudan visited Unity State along with South Sudan's Commissioner for Refugee Affairs to look into Ajuong Thok's expansion.

UNHCR organized a donor briefing in Juba to provide an update on the refugee operations in South Sudan and share UNHCR's vision and priorities for 2015.

UNHCR supported the visit of US Bureau of Population, Refugee and Migration (BPRM) in Yei and Yambio aiming at monitoring and reviewing BPRM-funded programmes.

4,000 new arrivals fled to South Sudan from Sudan's South Kordofan and Blue Nile since 23 December 2014. This represents an increase of 100% compared to 2013.

UNHCR dispatched 60 trucks carrying 2,400 tons of relief items from Juba to Unity and Upper Nile with the aim of pre-positioning NFIs ahead of the rainy season.

In January UNHCR, in partnership with DRC and ACTED, completed the construction of 3,359 shelters for refugees and host communities in Maban County.

UNHCR’s partner Lutheran World Federation opened a new Child Friendly Space (CFS) in Ajuong Thok refugee camp, bringing the total number of CFS to six.

In Ajuong Thok, UNHCR installed 20 additional computers at the Soba Secondary Schools’ ICT lab, bringing the total number of workstations to 27.

In Lasu, UNHCR’s partner IBIS completed the upgrade of Yei Girls Secondary School, hosting 320 students.