Over 200 women at Rejaf training centre in need of assistance: activist

File photo: Activist Betty Sunday

Over 200 pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers at Rajaf police training centre in Central Equatoria State are in dire need of assistance, a female activist said.

Over 200 pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers at Rajaf police training centre in Central Equatoria State are in dire need of assistance, a female activist said.

Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Monday, CEPO’s manager for the Status of Women Initiative Betty Sunday said 140 pregnant women and 133 breastfeeding mothers at the police training centre lack basic services.

She further said more than 500 children at the training centre lack proper services.

The activist accused the National Pre-Transitional Committee (NPTC) of failing to provide services for the forces. Sunday said soldiers at the training camp are lacking basic services.

"In Gorom and Rejaf, there are no bathrooms, clean water, and tents for soldiers. We have distributed 700 tents and there are more than 6,000 soldiers,” she added.

Sunday made the remarks after a visit by members of South Sudan Women's Forum and the Revitalized Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (R-JMEC) to the center at the end of February.

 In December last year, the government allocated $16.5 million for the security mechanisms to expedite creation of unified forces.

The process of gathering fighters into military training camps with a view to forming a unified army is a cornerstone of the 2018 peace deal.