Many children in South Sudan lack parental care and together with poverty it is contributing to the influx of children on the streets.
UNICEF Representative Yasmin Ali Haque told the press in Juba that two weeks ago they held a conference to tackles issues on children who don’t have parental care, Bakhita Radio reported.She said the study showed that most of the States had no validated reports on the number of children living on the streets.
Ms Haque said the conference came up with a roadmap to address the needs of children with no parental care.
She added that the action plan will be prepared locally in each state.
Ms Haque said it was a collective responsibility of the Government, NGOs, and the churches to address the issue of the abandoned children.
The UNICEF chief in South Sudan made these statements at the end of Japanese goodwill ambassador Tetsuko Kuroyanagi to the country.
In the past 11 years, Japan has made a total contribution of more than 67 million US dollar to Sudan through UNICEF and one third of that amount was used in South Sudan.