DDR Commission inspects Panyier training center in Bor
The South Sudan Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Commission (DDR) on Tuesday visited Panyier unified forces training site in the outskirts of Bor town, Jonglei State, to inspect and create awareness about the importance of DDR.
Speaking to reporters in Panyier, Lt. Gen. Marial Chanuong Yuol, a member of the DDR Commission, said they briefed forces on how the program will help those who will miss out on selection into the national army and other regular forces after their graduation.
“We came to talk so that they will be ready whenever the forces graduate. Those who will not be eligible for the organized forces will go to their community through the process of receiving them from the training center,” Gen. Marial said. They will then be taken to a facility camp where we will now be able to give them some training to give them skills and knowledge so that they will be able to sustain lives in their communitie