Simon Ruf

acting Head of Cooperation @GermanyinAFG

[German Embassy South Sudan @GERinSSD]

#PartnershipForDevelopment 🌟

We've teamed up with Humanitarian & Development Consortium to empower 90+ women ♀️ & girls in Renk with skills training & entrepreneurship opportunities. Together, we're making a difference in the lives of the vulnerable.
#ResilienceBuilding #SSOT

[German Embassy South Sudan @GERinSSD]

Ending #impunity remains crucial to #EndCRSV in 🇸🇸. Transitional justice mechanisms foreseen in the Peace Agreement need to be implemented & women & CRSV survivors given a voice in this process. 🙏 to our inspiring panellists, @EUinSouthSudan, @GIZ_SouthSudan & @SceniusHub #SSOT

[Simon Ruf @sruf]

Plans and commitments to end impunity must be put in action! So good to meet all the partners of @GERinSSD and @EUinSouthSudan who are working to end conflict related sexual violence in South Sudan 🇸🇸.
#SSOT #EndCRSV #TeamEurope 🇪🇺 & 🇩🇪 with @GIZ_SouthSudan

[Women Agency for Resilience and Transformation @Wartsouthsudan]

@Wartsouthsudan joined partners in commemorating Intl. Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. WART continues to equip #womenandgirls with skills to fend off sexual attackers and challenge negative masculinities that perpetuate sexual violence 🧵
@sruf
#SSOT

[Simon Ruf @sruf]

#Yei Town Water and Sanitation Services will now provide clean & safe drinking #water🚰 for more than 60 thousand people - through water kiosks & household connections.

Thank you @unicefssudan for implementing this with funding from @BMZ_Bund! Let’s celebrate 🥳🎉🎊

#sdg6 #ssot

[Simon Ruf @sruf]

Access to clean and safe #water is a #HumanRight!

@GERinSSD now on the way to Yei - together with Hon. Pal Mai, Min. of Water Resources & Irrigation, and @unicefssudan representative @HamidaLasseko. Excited to celebrate the upgraded water infrastructure.

#SSOT

[German Embassy South Sudan @GERinSSD]

Remarkable road & recovery project by @WFP_SouthSudan & local community in Jonglei, funded by @BMZ_Bund. Effective collaboration & impactful work, truly inspiring! 💪Together, we're building infrastructure to transform lives. Kudos to all involved! #Partnership #Resilience #SSOT

[Simon Ruf @sruf]

Beautiful sight of the outskirts of Juba as @GERinSSD colleagues and I depart for a field visit to Jonglei. Thank you @WFP_UNHAS for taking us!

[German Embassy South Sudan @GERinSSD]

"Farming as a business!"

@GERinSSD & @GIZ_SouthSudan met with Hon. Josephine Lagu, Min. of Agric, to discuss rural development in 🇸🇸. 🇩🇪 supports farmers on their way from subsistence farming to #Agribusiness through improving livelihoods & enhancing resilience.
#FoodSecurity

[Simon Ruf @sruf]

Glad to engage the @WFP_SouthSudan team today together with @undpsouthsudan and @PeaceCanal. It’s encouraging to see emphasis on the #TripleNexus. All have to work together to safe lives, strengthen the social fabric, break the cycle of dependency and for peace in 🇸🇸 #SSOT

[Simon Ruf @sruf]

Great experience last Friday in #Terekeka, South Sudan 🇸🇸. Livestock Show and Agricultural Exhibition by @FAOSouthSudan. Thanks @maloguna for having us!

[German Embassy South Sudan @GERinSSD]

Wealth, pride, culture 😍: A glimpse from @FAOSouthSudan agricultural exhibition in Terekeka. Livestock, farming & fishing central to livelihoods in 🇸🇸.

Emphasis on commercialization, value addition, increase in production & productivity & market linkages 4 local produce. #SSOT

[Simon Ruf @sruf]

Now on the way to #Terekeka for the the Livestock Show and Agriculture Exhibition. Thank you @FAOSouthSudan for the invitation! #SSOT

[FAO in South Sudan @FAOSouthSudan]

📣 Calling all livestock keepers in Terekeka County! Bring your best sheep and goats for a chance to win prizes! 🐑🐐🥇🏆

With funding from @NorwayinSSudan, the Central Equatoria Livestock Show starts tomorrow with judging of small ruminants.

Cattle will compete on Friday🐂

[Juliette Murekeyisoni @Joujouliett]

HE Ambassador of Germany to 🇸🇸 & his team warmly welcomed our new UNHCR Representative to SSD. She underscored the critical support provided by 🇩🇪 to refugees and displaced people🌍. They spoke about Pockets of Hope and how to work together to support development and peace in 🇸🇸.

[GIZ South Sudan @GIZ_SouthSudan]

Strengthening women's #participation in #SouthSudan:

Members of the Association of Women in Local Government Administration (WiLGA) gathered for their 2nd General Assembly to promote progress towards #EqualOpportunities for #women in local government administration.

#SSOT

[Gill Lever OBE @gillleverobe]

Remembrance Day marks the day the First World War ended, after 4 years of conflict, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, in 1918. Every year since 1919 we have united across faiths, cultures & backgrounds in a moment of solemn remembrance #remembranceday #SSOT

[Timo Olkkonen🇫🇮 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @TimoOlkkonen]

A highly symbolic gesture by the French embassy and @GERinSSD to have a joint wreath. Centuries of violent and antagonistic history in Europe gave way to friendship, cooperation and integration. @EUinSouthSudan

[German Embassy South Sudan @GERinSSD]

"At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them"

On this #remembranceday2022
Together with the EU in #SouthSudan, 🇩🇪 & 🇫🇷 honoured to jointly lay a wreath at a ceremony today hosted by @UKinSouthSudan

#LestWeForget
#RemembranceDay #SSOT

[Women Agency for Resilience and Transformation @Wartsouthsudan]

“Violence against women is the the most shameful human rights violation, it knows no boundaries geography, culture or wealth, and as far as it continues we cannot claim to make real progress towards equality, development and peace." Quote from late @KofiAnnan #UNSecretary general

[Simon Ruf @sruf]

Now happening at Gudele Playing Ground: Finals of the Women Soccer competition with the theme of Ending Violence Against Women and Girls in #SouthSudan, a project organized by @Wartsouthsudan with support from @GERinSSD #SSOT #EndGBV

[German Embassy South Sudan @GERinSSD]

Livestock is crucial for development! Today’s exchange of ideas and expectations b/w @GERinSSD, @GIZ_SouthSudan and 🇸🇸 Hon. Min. of Livestock and Fisheries - crucial element for a successful partnership. #SSOT

[Simon Ruf @sruf]

Big thanks to @GIZ_SouthSudan, @unicefssudan, @WFP_SouthSudan and the many NGO partners for showing me your activities in Torit - and thank you @WFP_UNHAS for bringing us there and back safely!

[German Embassy South Sudan @GERinSSD]

Access to safe #water is a #HumanRight! On his visit to Torit, HoC @sruf saw progress in the rehabilitation of the treatment plant and new water kiosks being set up, financed by 🇩🇪 #Germany. Thank you @unicefssudan for working with us towards #SDG6 in #SouthSudan 🇸🇸! #SSOT