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Sam Mednick is a freelance journalist and the Associated Press correspondent in South Sudan. Over the past 13 years, she’s reported on conflict, post-conflict and development stories from the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe. Sam writes for VICE, Foreign Policy, Devex and iPolitics, among other international publications. She also produces and hosts a podcast. Follow her work at sammednick.com and on Twitter @sammednick.
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Nursing assistant Bosco pushes himself to his physical limit to help the mothers and infants of Kapoeta, South Sudan, in the face of a brutal conflict and shortages of supplies. Talking to Sam Mednick, he shares his pride in his work and his commitment to his community.
Gisma Magara works with women in Juba’s camp for people who have fled South Sudan’s civil war. She tells her story to Sam Mednick.
Widows of South Sudan’s civil war are often left with nothing when their husbands die. NGO-funded small businesses are helping them survive, but with the charity sector facing a crisis of its own, that funding could soon dry up.
South Sudan’s deadly civil war and bouts of devastating droughts have left millions of people dependent on food aid. But many of the country’s women farmers are learning new skills to keep their families fed.
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