The House of Nationaities is built on the premise that the cultural diversity of the South Sudanese is their biggest wealth.

Languages and cultures are the bricks of any national identity, and their respect forms the foundation of sustainable peace and devel-opment.

Diversity, however, is a fragile good, it needs care, and it needs protection against political manipulation.

The House of Nationalities is providing both. It aims at protecting the identity of all ethnic communities (nationalities) living in the South Sudan.

The concept of the House of Nationalities has grown out of the painful experience of fifty years of civil war in the Sudan.

A war of visions along the North-South divide has devastated many parts of the country. It has further fragmented the society of the South Sudan along ethnic lines