A child rights advocacy group says it has so little money it cannot do its work on behalf of children.
The South Sudan Parliamentary Lobby Group for Children – which is made up of parliamentary volunteers – lobbies for the rights of children in the National Assembly.
“The lack of funding means that essential services to vulnerable children cannot be met,” chairperson Honorable Mary Nawai told Eye Radio.
“We do not have stationery in our office like papers, pens. We need to carry out a research to identify the root causes of the children being on the streets, but we don’t have funds for that.”
Last week the group organized a high level capacity building workshop on investment in children for MPs and senior government officials.
The meeting called for policy reform in the area of children’s rights.