SOUTH SUDAN. CHILDREN EXPRESS THEIR DEEPEST FEARS THROUGH ART. Many South Sudanese children have witnessed brutal violence and the destruction of their homes. In this psychosocial therapy session organized by UNHCR’s partner organization the Jesuit Refugee Service, children were asked to draw what they feared the most. No refugee crisis today worries me more than South Sudan. That refugee children are becoming the defining face of this emergency is incredibly troubling. We, all in the humanitarian community, need most urgent, committed and sustainable support to be able to save their lives. Valentin Tapsoba, UNHCR’s Africa Bureau Director 2017 almost half the total population – by mid-2017.42 Operational data show that forced displacement continues in 2017 with large numbers of new internal displacements and arrivals to neighbouring countries.43 Despite the gravity of this desperate situation, chronic and severe underfunding has reached a point where critical life-saving help has become dangerously compromised. Transit and reception facilities are rapidly becoming overwhelmed. Significant challenges are being faced in providing refugees and IDPs with adequate food rations, health, and educational services. 41 UNMISS, ‘POC Update No. 147, as of 08 December 2016’, 12 December 2016. 42 South Sudan IPC Technical Working Group, ‘Key IPC Findings: January-July 2017’, 20 Feb 2017. 43 See: http://data.unhcr.org/SouthSudan/. Figure 13 | Sudanese S  outh Sudaneserefugees refugees by age sexand | end-2016 South byand age sex - end-2016 Women = 21% Men = 13% Children = 66% 0-4 = 19% 5-11 = 29% 12-17 = 18% BY AGE UNHCR > GLOBAL TRENDS 2016 33