Put down guns in South Sudan to boost efforts for poverty eradication Eve Organization for Women Development appeals to the government and SPLM/A_IO.
Eve Programme Manager, Catherine Pita says fighting will never take the country forward at all.
She tells CRN that South Sudanese should now focus on building the country to move out of poverty.
The women activist deplores the queuing up of internally displaced persons for food handouts from United Nations in a land of abundance.
She calls for inclusivity and solidarity as techniques for removing poverty from South Sudan.
Meanwhile, Eve Programme Assistant, Eva Kiongo encourages women to participate in agriculture, business and politics to get out of poverty.
She asks the government to help women in the struggle against poverty.
The appeal for durable peace for poverty eradication comes during the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty under the theme: ‘Moving from humiliation and exclusion to participation: Ending poverty in all its forms’.
Eve Organization for Women Development is empowering women against poverty by supporting livelihood project on business entrepreneurship such as honey business, goats’ rearing and cooperative business in Lirya County of Jubek State.