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Humanitarian overview

In 2011, South Sudan gained independence from

Sudan, putting an end to Africa’s longest civil war.

Two years later, violent conflict broke out after political

disagreement between President Salva Kiir and former

Vice-President Riek Machar, which has since forced

over four million people to flee their homes: More than

two million fled to neighbouring countries, and 1.9 mil-

lion were internally displaced.

The food security of the country has been continually

deteriorating, which led South Sudan to declare famine

in early 2017. The poor food security situation through-

out 2018 left an estimated 5.2 million people in food

crisis in early 2019.

The parties in the South Sudan civil war signed a

power-sharing deal in September 2018 and organised

a peace celebration in Juba, attended by Rebel leader

former VP and regional dignitaries. This has created

some optimism about the prospects for lasting peace,

but this is but one step in a likely very long process

and does not address root causes of the conflict. Even

if the newly signed peace agreement should hold, the

country will remain politically divided and fragile. If

peace is maintained, South Sudan will see continued

mass movement of populations and a huge demand for

service provision in urban centres, as IDPs and refugees

return and potentially settle in new areas.

NRC’s operation

NRC operates through both static and mobile modes of

response, to both chronic and acute emergencies. The

civil war and other bureaucratic impediments greatly

affected humanitarian response delivery by limiting free

access to people affected and creating constraints to

humanitarian organisations, including NRC.

Our emergency teams on the ground deliver lifesaving

aid. Our rapid response and mobile emergency interven-

tions are one of our largest activities in South Sudan.

We reach vulnerable people in remote hard to reach

areas that are difficult to access.

NRC’s operations in

South Sudan

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NRC South Sudan

Country office

Juba

Areas of operation

Static response: Central Equatoria, Norther Bhar el Ghazal, Western

Bahr el Ghazal, Warrap, Jonglei, Mayom unity with offices in Juba, Alek

(Warrap), Aweil (Northern Bhar el Ghazal), Twic East, Duk, Bor, Akobo

(Jonglei), Wau (Western Bahr el Ghazal), Mankien (Unity). Mobile

emergency response: throughout the country depending on the need

through WFP rapid response mechanism (RRM) and ECHO Emergen-

cy Preparedness and Response (EP&R) mechanism.

Education

Our education teams:

• provide children with education opportunities and give

Alternate Education to those who have missed school;

• provide youth with vocational training;

• give adults the opportunity to learn how to read and

write through basic adult literacy programmes.

Information, counselling and legal assistance

(ICLA)

Our ICLA experts:

• provide information and training sessions so that peo-

ple can learn about and exercise their housing, land

and property rights;

• help resolving conflicts over land to promote peaceful

coexistence in communities;

• support women in obtaining access to land and tenure;

• help people obtaining their legal documents.

Livelihoods and food security

We have food security projects in both conflict affected

states as well as in the more stable areas. We also have

emergency teams on the ground who deliver food to

people in extreme need. Our teams:

• distribute food in remote areas;

• provide cash assistance to people affected by dis-

placement;

• hand out seeds;

• distribute vouchers and cash for people to use at their

local merchants;

• support people in getting a livelihood by giving train-

ings on agricultural production;

• help farmers gain access to markets by repairing

roads and organising agricultural fairs.

Shelter and settlements

We distribute emergency shelters in remote areas.

Through our shelter activities, we:

• distribute shelters and kits containing kitchenware,

mosquito nets and plastic sheeting;

• teach people how to build shelters;

• instruct people on how to repair and improve their

shelters;

• construct schools and classrooms.

NRC South Sudan Country director: Rehana ZawarEmail: Rehana.zawar@nrc.no

Phone: +211(0)54981295 www.nrc.no/southsudanAddress: Tong Ping area

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Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) promotion

Our WASH activities aim to:

• provide displaced people with clean water and

latrines;

• spread knowledge about safe hygiene practices to

people affected by displacement.

Humanitaria Coordination

NRC in South Sudan is a co-lead of WASH and protec-

tion clusters. It is a member of the steering committee of

the NGO forum and member of Humanitarian Country

Team (HCT). NRC provides policy and context analysis

that serves the entire humanitarian actors, donors, diplo-

matic missions and the rest. NRC promotes inclusion in

humanitarian response and continually build its capacity

through partnership with specialized agencies such as

HelpAge.

NRC South Sudan is grateful for the generous support from our donors:

Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) South Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SSHF)