Laying the Groundwork for Recovery: ARDI-SS Responds to Conflict and Climate Impacts
Agenda for Relief and Development Initiative-South Sudan (ARDI-SS), is a South Sudanese national non-governmental humanitarian organization with its head Office in Juba, the Capital of South Sudan and field Offices in Northern Bahr El Ghazal State-Aweil and Renk County, Upper Nile State—an area grappling with the twin crises of conflict and climate change. Renk has seen an influx of returnees and internally displaced people, where floodwaters, desertification, and fuelwood scarcity compound displacement and deepen trauma. ARDI’s work is grounded in community dialogue and trauma healing, especially for women and children facing displacement-related gender-based violence and emotional stress.