The USAID and UNICEF have announced a new partnership worth $14 million to improve water, sanitation and hygiene in South Sudan.

The services will be provided to the populations that have been affected by the current crisis.

The agencies say the two-year program will directly benefit more than 130,000 people affected by emergencies in Unity, Upper Nile and Jonglei, Central Equatoria and Eastern Equatoria states.

The organizations say the new program builds on the existing partnership between USAID and UNICEF to provide both emergency relief and development activities to the people of South Sudan.