Southern Sudan covers an area of 640,000 square km. It lies in the North East of the continent of Africa.

Its landscape is vast. From mountain ranges to savannahs to tropical forests to deserts and wetlands. The world's largest river the Nile River flows through Southern Sudan. Sudan shares its borders with Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Congo and The Central African Republic.

Southern Sudan is culturally, religiously and geographically diverse. It is flowing with natural resources and wildlife. Its estimated population is around 7.5 million and this is expected to grow by as much as 4.5 million in the next five years as it's previously displaced people return home.

WARRAP  

Warrap is one of the 26 states of Sudan and one of the 10 states under the government of South Sudan. Warrap is the newest of all the states in South Sudan. It became a state in 1994.

The nameWarrap came from two Dinka words war and rap, war means river and rap means grain which means river of grains. This was due to fertility of soil when a person cultivates small portion of land, the harvest would be big enough for the family consumption.  

Warrap state has an area of 31,027 km² and home to Rek sub tribe of the larger Dinka Tribe. This part of South Sudan has all type of seasons and it is a savannah climate area with many trees and tall grasses. Many rivers run across Warrap flow into the Nile. There is great hope for the state of Warrap with such fertile land to help regenerate this region. Currently Warrap is the poorest state in South Sudan due to its lack of infrastructure and development. One of the main contributing factors to this was the area between Wau and Gogrial was one of the main fighting grounds between the opposing forces.  

THE MALONY COMMUNITY  

Warrap is composed of two major districts Gogrial and Tonj with each district divided into counties. Currently there are six counties, Gogrial East, Gogrial West, Twic, Tonj South, Tonj North and Tonj East.

In Tonj South, there is a community called Malony. This is the community which KAS is working in partnership with to develop into a sustainable community that will provide education, health care and agricultural development to the people in the region.