Pictures from the frontline: South Sudan's refugees in photos

This is the South Sudanese refugee crisis. These are the people who survived the civil war in South Sudan. They’re helping each other, but they need you to stand alongside them.

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He was crawling. And when David Dunham met him, Modi Emmanuel wouldn’t shake his hand without wiping the dust off first. Modi’s story is not unusual.

In November 2018, a team from BMS World Mission visited three refugee camps in Uganda to film South Sudan’s Conflict Survivors. David was part of that team. These are his photographs.

Modi Emmanuel, a South Sudanese refugee, kneels on the ground in the Paloyrina refugee camp. — "It's hard to understand the reality and depth of the need in the refugee camps until you see it firsthand. We must respond."

“When I met Modi, he wasn’t in his wheelchair. He was on his hands and knees.

This young man who has suffered so much was so thoughtful and so conscious of the dust on his hands that he refused to shake hands until his were clean.”

South Sudanese children sit in a make-shift church in this refugee camp.

“Not every child who flees war makes it to a refugee camp. Many of those that do arrive alone having witnessed the death of a loved one or companion on the journey.”

South Sudanese people in refugee settlements are already helping each other. Will you stand with them?

A South Sudanese pastor high-fives children in a refugee camp in Uganda.

“Patrick has been a refugee three times. He’s been arrested for no reason. Imprisoned in a shipping container. Lost every possession. And now he’s helping other refugees, like these children.”

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A South Sudanese farmer stands in the field of corn that he grew using seeds provided by BMS supporters.

“Dube fled his home with his three young children. He lost everything he owned. A friend allowed him to use a field to grow crops, and the seeds he planted came from UK Christians, acting through BMS World Mission.”

Since the civil war in South Sudan began in 2013, 4.3 million people have been displaced and hundreds of thousands of people have died. Most of the refugees are women and children, who have walked hundreds of miles to find safety in neighbouring countries like Uganda. Disease and malnourishment mean hundreds of thousands of people are still at risk. And you can help them.

Give today and hold a South Sudan’s Conflict Survivors service at your church. Find all the resources you’ll need here.

“The people living in these refugee settlements are probably some of the most courageous and beautiful I’ve ever met,” says David. Thank you for helping South Sudan’s conflict survivors.