. >>> it was one a rare sight in juba but now it's come to see children begging in the streets doingan to get enough money to buy food as the civil war in south sudan this generation that missed out on school is doing what it can to survive. anna sent this report from the south sue an capital. >> reporter: he gets by washing cars, his life wasn't always like this, he went to school and his mother provided for him and his siblings, last month she walked out and chris is now the breadwinner. >> i feel like i have no option but to work. even if i decide i don't want to work nobody will be able to support us, that's why i work in the future i hope to be able to get an education because if i don't, i will be illiterate and that won't work. people have to be educated. but if i stop working and i go to school my brothers will suffer and i will suffer as well. even if i come from school there will be no food for me to eat. >> reporter: chris doesn't know why his mother left, but he suspects that she couldn't cope anymore. the rising price of basic goods has left many families unable to named