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Leah Amadi (Kenya) (left), UNV Midwife, records the weight of a newborn baby and explains to a student nurse the importance of monitoring birth weights. A baby below 2.5 kg, Leah explains, requires special care and the mother needs to be informed on how best to care for her newborn. (UNV South Sudan, 2012)
Akintobi Olusanmi (Nigeria), UNV Urban Management Specialist conducting perimeter and topographical surveys of 112 hectares designated by authorities of Twic County to accommodate an estimated 1,000 households comprising both returnees and host families. Akintobi also provides technical support and develops training programmes in surveys, urban planning and land administration. (UNDP South Sudan, 2012)
South Sudan
In South Sudan, the world’s newest nation, UNV is providing crucial and extensive support to United Nations partners, including UNDP, UNFPA and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), in the process of state building. This ranges from helping build effective and responsive government institutions and delivering urgent health services, to the emergency reintegration of South Sudanese returnees. In 2012, 714 UN Volunteers served in South Sudan, 435 of them placed with UNMISS to meet pressing demands for experienced personnel to support their operation in this new nation. UN Volunteers serving in technical and substantive areas are tasked with assisting their national colleagues and counterparts to develop their capacity in line with the UNMISS mandate. The decentralized mission concept has allowed UN Volunteers to offer their professionalism and determination in 40 specialist areas, from engineering to disarmament, demobilization and reintegration. They serve in
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