WOCO trains its staff and teachers in Child protection and psychosocial support skills in order to boost their capabilities in humanitarian aids delivery.  The training targets front line workers, mainly field staff and teachers from public and private schools with the aim of increasing their awareness on the child protection concerns and psychosocial support issues. The training which took place in Kodok, Fashoda County in Upper Nile State aims at providing basic information on child protection and capacitating the staff and teachers with the knowledge and skills to provide psychosocial first aid and case identification in schools and the community. Training also provides the participants with knowledge to treat psychosocial related cases or refer cases which cannot be locally managed to better service providers.

Across the country, more than five million children remain displaced and are at high risk of recruitment, abuse, exploitation, neglect and death - further impinging on their right to a healthy mind according to War Child.

The training provides the participants with the basic and practical knowledge on child protection and how the convention on the right of a child and South Sudan child act of 2008 can be used to address child protection issues in the community and at schools.  The training further suggests ways of identifying child vulnerability and protection concerns and response to children’s needs during emergencies

In South Sudan, the impact of the mental health treatment gap is all too evident. Years of violence and armed conflict have left thousands of young people battling depression, anxiety and other serious conditions. Yet, especially in rural communities - where few services exist and mental health is regularly attached to stigma - most suffer in silence.