Reference : V-P-SS-E-00933
Date : 21/06/2017
Country/Region : SOUTH SUDAN
Caption : Central Equatoria, Rokon. Portrait of a boy during a seeds, tools and food distribution for displaced people and local communities. This distribution is co-organized by the ICRC and the South Sudan Red Cross Society.
Photographer : MORTVEDT, Mari Aftret
Confidentiality level : public
Publication restrictions : publication without restrictions
Copyright : ICRC
Description : The boy is playing with his home made toy. He has made it out of old slippers and bamboo-sticks. It has an engine in the back and a steering tool to move in different directions.

Around 13.000 people were provided with seeds, tools and food in Rokon, central Equatoria. The host communities of this area are experiencing increased tension and pressure, following an influx of displaced people after fights in the region.
Equatoria is traditionally a rich part of South Sudan, with a farming population. The intensification of the conflict have left many persons unable to farm their land and many have also lost their belongings while fleeing. The ICRC therefore focuses mainly on the distribution seeds and tools to displaced persons and host communities, to allow people to get back to farming. In addition to this, they are also given protection rations of food in order to have something to eat before they can harvest their crops.
Original material : digital
Resolution : 2566x3840
Orientation : portrait
Colour/B&W : colour

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