In 2013, a civil war broke out in South Sudan, and by 2014 (a year later) Millions of children and women were displaced. IDP camps were created in over Half of the country. In April 2014, after consultations with the embassy/government of South Sudan, GIPLC Nigeria mobilized relief items and flew its personnel to South Sudan with drugs, food and clothing, running into millions of Naira. While there, GIPLC visited various IDP camps and distributed these relief items, while providing moral and emotional support to thousand of women and children during the 10 days mission. While there, GIPLC staff, in collaboration with the office of the First Lady of South Sudan, conducted deworming exercises on thousand sof children in the IDP camps, while dispensing malaria drugs, food and treated mosquito nets to the refugees.
