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SOUTH SUDANHumanitarian Response Plan 2015 | Midyear Update

South Sudan 2015 humanitarian reSponSe plan | midyear updateAAR Japan, ACF – USA, ACROSS, ACT, ACTED, ADRA, AET, AHA, AMREF, ARARD, ARC, ARD, ASMP, AVSI, AWODA, C&D, CADA, CARE International, Caritas CCR, Caritas Torit, CASS, CCM, CCOC, CESVI, CINA, CMA, CMD, COSV, CRS, CUAMM, CW, DCA, DDG, DRC, DWHH, FAO, FCA, FLDA, GOAL, HCO, HeRY, HI, HLSS, Hoffnungszeichen - Sign of Hope e.V, IAS, IBIS, IMA, IMC UK, IN, Intermon Oxfam, INTERSOS, IOM, IRC, IRW, JDF, JEN, KHI, LCED, LDA, LWF, MAG, MAGNA, ManiTese, MEDAIR, Mercy Corps, MI, Mulrany Inter-national, NGO FORUM, Nile Hope, NPA, NPP, NRC, NRDC, OCHA, OSIL, OVCI, OXFAM GB, Pact Inc, PAH, PCO, PIN, Plan International, RI, RUWASSA, Samaritan's Purse, SC, SCA, SMC, Solidarites, SPEDP, SSS, SSUDA, SUFEM, TdH-L, TEARFUND, THESO, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNDSS, UNFPA,UNHCR, UNICEF, UNIDO, UNKEA,UNMAS, UNOPS, VSF (Belgium), VSF (Switzerland), WCDO, WFP, WHO, Windle Trust, World Relief, WV South Sudan, ZOA Refugee Care

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REFERENCE MAPStates, state capitals and major settlements in South Sudan

REFERENCE MAP

The information shown on this map does not imply official recognition or endorsement of the physical orpolitical boundaries or feature names by the United Nations or other collaborative organizations. UN OCHA and affiliated organizations are not liable for damages of any kind related to the use of thisdata. Users noting errors or omissions are encouraged to contact [email protected].

** Final boundary between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan not yet determined.** Final status of Abyei region not yet determined.

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Country Capital

State Capitals

Populated place

Rivers

Lakes

Undetermined boundary*

International boundaries

State boundaries

Abyei region**

States, state capitals and major settlements in South Sudan

JONGLEI

UPPER NILE

UNITY

WARRAP

WESTERNEQUATORIA

EASTERN EQUATORIA

WESTERNBAHR EL GHAZAL

CENTRALEQUATORIA

NORTHERNBAHR

EL GHAZAL

NORTHDARFUR

ABYEIREGION

NORTHKORDOFAN El Obeid

Al Fashir

Aweil

Torit

Bentiu

Kwajok

Rumbek

Malakal

Juba

DEMOCRATICREPUBLIC OF CONGO

UGANDA

ETHIOPIA

KEN

SUDAN

YA

CENTRALAFRICANREPUBLIC

SUDAN

WHITE NILE

SENNAR

LAKES

GuluArua

Buta

Kosti

Watsa

Ar Rahad

An Nahud

Lira

Barah

Hoima

Bunia

Wamba

Sinjah

Sennar

Soroti

Andudu

Isirio

Maridi

Es Suki

Masindi

Tandalti

Mungbere

AbuZabad

Al Hawatah

UmmRuwabah

Wau

Bor

Yambio

Yei

Ezo

Ayod

Waat

Renk

Raja Leer

Adok

Tonj

Boma

Nasir

Pibor

Akobo

Oriny

Mayom

Yirol

LopaMundri

Kapoeta

Pochalla

Gogrial

Tambura

Terekeka

Chukudum

War-Awar

Kajo-Keji

Old Fangak

Lui

Muni

Atar

Akun

Akot

Nyal

Dajo

Koch

Tali

Jikou

Radom

Narus

Magwi

Liria

Mvolo

Thiet

Kangi

Kodok

Melut

Churi

Amadi

Nzara

Maiwut

Naandi

Shambe Kongor

Abwong

Gerger

Ikotos

Pageri

Juaibor

Cueibet

Ganylel

Awerial

Wanding

Kuajiena

Athidway

Marial-Lou

Riangnhom

Likuangole

Duk Fadiat

Boro Medina

Deim Zubeir

Source Yubo

Padak/Baidit

Marial-Baai

Mangalla

Li Rangu

MankienTuralei

Walgak

Akuem

Pajok

Warrap

Tonga

Lodwar

Kolowa

Lokichar

Nimule

CONTENTS

Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Humanitarian dashboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Changes in context and needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Strategic response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Cluster response plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Camp coordination and camp management (CCCM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Food security and livelihoods (FSL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Mine action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Non-food items and emergency shelter (NFI/ES) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Refugee response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Support cluster response plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Coordination and common services (CCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Emergency telecommunications (ETC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Logistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

annex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Financial requirements per cluster 2015. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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FOREWORDStay, protect and deliver

At the outset of 2015, our pledge was to stand with civilians who were bearing the brunt of the civil war: a conflict entering its second year and which came to a country ranking lower in terms of human development than just about every other place on earth. Six months ago, we thought that violence and suffering had peaked and that peace was on the horizon. We were wrong.

Political intransigence left peace ever more distant; war raged on and is leading to economic collapse. The consequences for the 12 million people of South Sudan have been devastating and outpaced aid agencies’ ability to keep up with the tide of human suffering.

As of mid-2015, almost 8 million people in South Sudan are food insecure. 4.6 million are severely food insecure. 2.1 million people have had to flee from their homes. In half of the country, one in three children are acutely malnourished and 250,000 children face starvation.

This is the situation which confronts the aid community, a group of non-governmental organisa-tions and UN agencies committed to providing the best protection and assistance to people in need, on time, based on the principles of humanity, impartiality and neutrality. We have been tested in different ways, but in the overwhelming majority of cases we have managed to gain access and provide life-saving aid to millions of people. We have managed to protect civilians and to provide the basics to keep people alive and alleviate suffering. And increasingly, we are working to ensure coherence between humanitarian action and development in key areas such as agriculture, education, and health.

The political support that we have received from a broad coalition of countries, including those that give resources, has been vital and heartening. Whilst the frustration and disillusionment at the lack of progress in the peace talks rightly runs high, standing with our brothers and sisters in South Sudan is the order of the day, both now and in the future.

This appeal – the joint work of over one hundred aid agencies – has been streamlined to take account of people’s needs on the one hand and what the aid community can actually achieve in a very tough environment, on the other. Our financial requirement now stands at US$1.63 billion for 2015, of which donors already have generously put forward US$656 million. Resources are urgently needed, including for air assets to facilitate rapid response missions, the delivery of survival kits and to re-supply partners with a presence in deep field locations.

I cannot speak on behalf of the people of South Sudan, but I am certain they would thank you for your support as do all of us in the aid community serving people in South Sudan.

Sincerely

Toby LanzerHumanitarian Coordinator

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HUMANITARIAN DASHBOARD Absence of human development, violent conflict, and looming economic crisis are driving need.

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Torit

Aweil

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Kuajok

Bentiu Malakal

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Accessibility

AccessibleAccessible withconstraints prior to November 2014 Accessible with constraintssince November 2014

Phase 3 - Crisis Phase 4 - Emergency IPC Phases 3 and 4 Typical conflict pattern

Seasonal events in crisis-affected states and population in IPC Phases 3 and 4 (in millions)

Sources: FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission Reports 2010-14; IPC Alert South Sudan May 2015

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May - Jul(Projected)Apr

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Growing season

Dry season

Wet season

Wet season

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Wau

Torit

Aweil

Yambio

Rumbek

Kuajok

Bentiu Malakal

JUBA

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Sources: OCHA, June 2015 (Relative severity of needs), April 2015 (IDPs)

Relative severityof needs

1.63bn

people at IPC level 2, 3 & 4*

people internallydisplaced

refugees in South Sudan

US$requiredfor 2015

people to be assisted4.6m

0.26m

1.5m

7.9mDisplacementsome 2.1 million people have been displaced by the conflict

High rates of death, injury and diseasenow exacerbated by rainy season and EMF gap

Food insecurity and livelihoods4.6 million people facing severe food insecurity between May and July 2015

Widespread malnutritionabove the emergency threshold, with 80 per cent of counties in GUN above the emergency threshold

Seasonal events and food insecurity

malnutrition rates remain high50 counties assessed for GAM and SAMMay 2015

diseases as a cause of deathJan-Oct 2014

internally displaced peopleTotal number by state (thousands)

humanitarian accessrelative severity of need

Current figuresDrivers of humanitarian need

WateryDiarrhea

BloodyDiarrhea

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1.6

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Unity

Upper Nile

LakesCentral Equatoria

Other states

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Apr2015

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Conflict

poor basic services

economic crisis

Malnutrition rates remain high

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26%

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14%

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peoplereached

peopleto be

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848,000

2m

450.000

197,890

4.6m

2.1m

1.1m

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4.6m

1.76m

1.1m

4.1m

2.06m

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4.6m

2.2m

988,500

6.4m

3.5m

1m

293,600

293,600

264,800

1.5m

772,500

332,585

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New internallydisplaced

Refugees inSouth Sudan

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3.2m

4.6m

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300' 200'

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270'

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2014 2015

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Strategic objectives 6 key strategy elements

Strategic objective 1 Save lives and alleviate suffering by providing multi-sector assistance to people in need

Strategic objective 2 Protect the rights of the most vulnerable people, including their freedom of movement

Strategic objective 3 Improve self-reliance and coping capacities of people in need by protecting, restoring and promoting their livelihoods

Cluster Revised requirements

Camp coordination and camp management $67.8 million

Coordination and common services $32.3 million

Education $41 million

Emergency telecommunications $1.6 million

Food security and livelihoods $623.2 million

Health $93.3 million

Logistics $114.2 million

Mine action $14.5 million

Non-food items and emergency shelter $65.5 million

Nutrition $149 million

Protection $60 million

Refugee response $241 million

Water, sanitation and hygiene $129.5 million

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4 .6 millionPeople facing crisis or emergency levels

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Yambio

Rumbek

Kuajok

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Sources: OCHA, June 2015

Relative severity of needs, Heatmap

Combined heat map

The map is based on the following indicators:• Number of displaced people• Level of market disruption• Number of functioning health facilities/people• Number of occupied schools • Number of people per water source

Counties with the most severe needs are char-acterized by a lack of basic services coupled with high food insecurity and displaced popu-lation. Several areas close to front lines fall into this category. Some areas where there are few displaced people, are mapped less severely affected in this analysis, though other needs may be high. As the indicators are proxies for consequences of conflict, some counties are assessed as severe due to a lack of basic services.

People across South Sudan are struggling to manage the conse-quences and implications of multiple crises: political, economic and social. Even before the current crises, South Sudan was char-acterized by low human development indicators, nascent institu-tions, government austerity, fundamentally non-existent transport infrastructure and a climate system that renders more than half of the country physically inaccessible by road for six months of of the year. In the face of appalling suffering, humanitarian efforts have expanded and resulted in remarkable achievements. However, the changing context is deepening existing vulnerabilities and gener-ating new humanitarian requirements, some in areas where aid agencies don’t yet have operations.

Violent conflictBetween mid-December 2013 and end May 2015, more than 2 million people fled their homes as a result of violence, including 1.55 million people internally and 552,000 refugees in neighboring states. In the absence of a viable peace agreement or respect for the 23 January 2014 Cessation of Hostilities Agreement, conflict has raged unchecked in many parts of Greater Upper Nile. Fighting has affected a further 750,000 people, many of whom had been displaced repeatedly by earlier violence. Their vulner-ability is high, and, as the rainy season comes, people on the move will be particularly vulnerable to seasonal flooding. The most

Source: UNOCHA and humanitarian clusters, June 2015

CHANGES IN CONTEXT AND NEEDSEconomic downturn is compounding the consequences of conflict

• Intensified violent conflict is destroying the viability of communities and generating new and

recurrent displacements of vulnerable populations.

• Economic stress is generating inflation and shortages of critical goods and services.

• Deepening austerity is further threatening publicly managed social services, including the

public health system.

• Food insecurity, hunger and malnutrition are deepening and spreading geographically.

• Aid agencies face both sharp increases in needs and significant constraints on humanitarian

action.

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rate and the black market rate, and disruptions in government and NGO service delivery. Requisite policy measures are under discussion, but a deepening economic crisis appears likely in the near term. An acute shortage of hard currency is causing shortage in the supply of food, water and fuel and rapidly rising cost of living.

Meanwhile, economic factors are rendering humanitarian opera-tions both more difficult as well as expensive. With urban water systems dependent upon tankered water, access to safe water supplies can be affected by fuel shortages. South Sudan is depen-dent on neighboring countries for its food supplies, the prices of which increase with the ever-widening dual exchange rate. The estimated minimum expenditure basket in rural areas has more than doubled from the same time last year. The economic situation has protection implications as well. Survival sex and gender based violence are on the increase as women and girls are exploited in exchange for food or money. Crime, including robbery and other violence, is deepening community insecurity overall and is affecting humanitarian offices, assets and vehicle fleets as well as the residences of national and international humanitarian staff. Markets continue to be targeted and destroyed, traders report being fearful to cross conflict lines to deliver goods. The impact on employment is already evident; while typically 20-30 per cent of households derive income from skilled or unskilled labor, recent surveys indicate this has fallen to 6-8 per cent.

Food insecurity, hunger, and malnutritionIn a country of some 11.6 million people, 7.9 million are expected to face food insecurity this rainy season (IPC levels 2, 3 and 4), including 3.3 million people in “stressed” food insecurity who will resort to negative coping strategies such as selling assets, skip-ping meals or foregoing health care. Some 4.6 million people are already facing “crisis” and “emergency” levels of food insecurity (IPC levels 3 and 4).

This represents an increase of 720,000 more people than the same period in 2014 and 3 million more people compared to July 2013. Critically, over one million people will be in IPC level 4, one

recent fighting has been characterized by widespread burning of homes, demolition of schools, hospitals and health posts, wholesale theft of tens of thousands of livestock, destruction of water points and other assaults on infrastructure and assets necessary for communal life. There has been no apparent effort to distinguish military from civilian targets, with shelling of popula-tion centers and indiscriminate firing of weapons into settlements. Non-combatants, including women and children, have been killed and injured as a result. Sexual violence and other outrages upon personal dignity are widespread. Despite signed commitments by parties to the conflict to end the use of children in armed groups by 2016, the pace and number of forced abductions and coercive recruitment has increased in recent months. It is estimated that 13,000 children have been recruited to armed forces and groups. Eighty-two schools are occupied, of these fifty-one are occupied by displaced people and the rest by armed groups. Land mines and explosive remnants of war are killing and injuring civilians, threatening communities and limiting the mobility of civilians and aid workers. Deadly instability has persisted in Lakes State, while periodic eruptions of violence have threatened some other states.

Humanitarian agencies were forced to re-locate from southern Unity in May. Humanitarian convoys and compounds have been attacked and looted. In April, NGOs temporarily withdrew from Pagak due to harassment and threats, though they later returned. At the Protection of Civilians sites within the UNMISS base in Melut, where civilians were seeking safety, four civilians were killed and eight were seriously injured when two mortar bombs landed within the compound on 20 May. Aid workers face risks to their safety. In April, three aid workers went missing in Fashoda area in Upper Nile state in April, and humanitarian response remains suspended there.

Economic stress Economic stress affects needs through rising food and commodity prices, and, likely, reduced capacity for service delivery. Falling domestic oil production, depressed global oil prices, poor revenue controls and budgetary overspending has generated inflation, a rapidly widening gap between the official exchange

December April February June January May March July 15-31Fighting starts in Juba, spreads to Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile, where people flee their homes and aid stocks are looted

2-10 Fighting breaks out again in Bor and Bentiu, International Crisis Group estimates death toll is 10,000 people

23Cessation of hostilities agreement signed

3 Aid agencies call for US$1.27 billion to assist 3.2 million people

11The Emergency Relief Coordinator declares a “Level 3” emergency

18Fighting resumes in Malakal

7 First rains flood the UN base in Juba, increasing cholera risks

19Fighting breaks out again in Malakal

26Over one million people displaced within or outside South Sudan

4-17 Hundreds die during a massacre in Bentiu and an attack on the UN base in Bor

28 Apr - 6 MayUS and UN officials visit Juba to call for peace

25 UN Security Council calls food security situation “worst in the world”

31Cholera outbreak largely contained in Central Equatoria

5 Month of Tranquility’, which is agreed by conflict parties

9 Salva Kiir and Riek Machar sign agreements to resolve the crisis

Crisis Timeline2013 2014 2015


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4,000

6,000

8,000

Aug-Sep2015

May-JulAprJan-Mar2015

Oct-Dec2014

SepJun-Aug2014

Dec2013

JulMar2013

Stressed Crisis Emergency

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240

375

415

245

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865 1,035

580

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2,630 1,7501,260

1,630

2,885 3,575 2,170

3,400 3,385 3,675 3,4653,855

3,9553,280

4,295

ipC projections march 2013 to September 2015

Source: FAO, NBS, WFP, June 2015

level away from the combined levels of food insecurity, malnutrition and mortality that characterize famine. Nutrition surveys in five of the country’s ten states currently indicate levels of global acute malnutrition in excess of the emergency threshold, and in some areas of the country coupled with significantly elevated rates of mortality in children aged five years and younger. Against a case load of a quarter of a million children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), it is estimated that only 60 per cent of children affected by malnutrition nationwide will be assisted. An estimated 610,000 people living in poverty in urban areas will be negatively impacted by economic stress.

Health and educationAs a new nation emerging from decades of conflict, marginal-ization and underdevelopment, South Sudan lacked basic social services even before the current crisis. Education indicators were among the lowest in the world and have deteriorated further due to the conflict since December 2013. Fewer than 10 per cent of children finish primary school, less than 35 per cent of girls participate in school and more than one million children and adolescents are out of school. The conflict has forced a further 400,000 children out of school. Health outcomes are equally poor and basic health coverage is limited. Diseases of epidemic potential include cholera, measles, kala azar, hepatitis E, diar-rheal diseases, acute respiratory infection, and malaria. Risk of outbreak remains high, driven by displacement, poor sanitation and lack of clean water. Capacities to manage these and other health threats, such as HIV and AIDS and complications during pregnancy are limited and diminishing. While the number fluc-tuates and is reported weekly, currently 214 health facilities out of 410 (59 per cent) are no longer functional in Jonglei, Upper Nile and Unity States. Country-wide, although solutions between Government and development partners are under discussion, a “stock out” of essential drugs from October 2015 is expected to affect 1,400 health facilities, putting hundreds of thousands of people, mostly children, at risk of dying from easily treated diseases. Health partners will need to respond to the expected increase in illness.

1 Mine Action Database, 30 April 20152 "WFP Market Assessment: South Sudan." WFP, February 20153 UNICEF, Education cluster4 WHO, health cluster5 IPC Food Security and Nutrition Analysis, IPC, May 2015. http://bit.ly/1AvoJSB

May April October December August-Sept June November Jan-March 21ASG Kyung-wha Kang visits South Sudan and calls on all parties to respect their ceasefire commitments

22 Inter-governmental authority on development (IGAD) brokered peace talks adjourned

12 Feb ERC Valerie Amos and UNESCO special representative Forrest Whitaker visit South Sudan. $529 million in new funding is pledged in Nairobi, Kenya to support humanitarian response in South Sudan

2 HC calls for freedom of movement during the planting season

18Humanitarian assistance suspended in Akoka and Fashoda

11 Aid organizations withdraw from parts of Southern Unity due to insecurity, cutting off 300,000 from aid

20Secretary-General strongly condemns escalated fighting in South Sudan as “unacceptable”

1Secretary General condemns the expulsion of Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General and humanitarian coordinator Toby Lanzer from South Sudan

6 Aug Aid workers killed in Maban County, Upper Nile State

8 UN envoy on sexual violence warns rapes in South Sudan “is the worst I have seen in my almost 30 years in dealing with this issue”

29Bentiu town attacked

2013 2014 2015

Challenges to humanitarian actionIn South Sudan, the IASC-declared Level 3 emergency continues, reflecting not only the depth of the crisis but a continued need for humanitarian agencies to further enhance their capacities and resources as a corporate emergency. Notwithstanding high level proclamations in support of principled humanitarian action and the committed efforts by some civil servants, relationships between authorities and humanitarians are frequently tested. Access constraints are reported on a daily basis, causing delays and diverting human resources to continuous dialogue with authorities to ensure the movement of humanitarian personnel and supplies. More than a dozen aid workers have been killed since December

10 CHANGES IN CONTEXT AND NEEDS HumANITArIAN rESpONSE plAN 2015 | mIDyEAr upDATE

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Area would likely be at least 1 phase worsewithout humanitarian assisstance.

IPC phases

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Source: South Sudan IPC Technical Working Group, June 2015

Source: Nutrition cluster, June 2015

2013, many remain missing and some have been harassed, arrested and detained. Humanitarian convoys and compounds have been looted with impunity. Armed actors have terrorized, injured and killed civilians seeking refuge in UN Protection of Civilian sites. Where it has become too unsafe for assistance and protection work, humanitarians have been forced to temporarily suspend operations. Significant efforts were undertaken to maxi-mize the pre-positioning of humanitarian cargo during the dry season, but exceptionally heavy rains, a lack of investment in road maintenance and limited humanitarian resources for infrastruc-ture improvements continue to render the humanitarian operation exceedingly reliant on air assets, both fixed wing and helicopter.

Mapping needsWidespread malnutrition: This map is based on the nutrition analysis in the Integrated Phase Classification, which categorizes nutrition by county as: Alert, Serious, Critical, and Very Critical. 80 per cent of counties in Jonglei, Upper Nile, Unity, Warrap, and Northern Bahr el Ghazal States are at critical malnutrition levels.

Food and livelihoods insecurity: This map is based on food security analysis in the Integrated Phase Classification. County by county food insecurity is classified by various indicators, including mortality rates (where available), malnutrition, Body Mass Index, food consumption and availability, coping strategies, and changes in livelihoods. Counties with exclamation points indicate where the food security classification would have been worse without humanitarian intervention.

Death, injury and disease: This map is based on disease outbreaks, number of people per health facility per county, number of displaced people, Food security classification (IPC, May-July 2014), and number of people per water source.

Conflict and displacement: The map is based on number of displaced people, levels of market disruption, the number of functioning health facilities per person, number of occupied schools, and number of people per water source

STRATEGIC RESPONSE

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STRATEGIC RESPONSECoordinated action with resources prioritized to capitalize on the seasons, secure access and scale up

From the outset of 2015 aid agencies planned to:

I. Save lives and alleviate suffering by providing assistance to people in need.

II. Protect the rights of the most vulnerable people, including their freedom of movement.

III. Improve self reliance and coping capacity of people in need by protecting, restoring, and

promoting their livelihoods.

Achievements to dateThe Strategic Response Plan (SRP) reflects the combined efforts of the humanitarian community in South Sudan to identify the humanitarian implications of crises and threats and to deter-mine a coordinated and prioritized strategy to save lives, reduce suffering and mitigate its impact on the livelihoods of the most vulnerable populations.

The conflict that erupted in December 2013 rapidly escalated humanitarian requirements while crippling humanitarian capabili-ties in the most affected areas, including Juba. After the first diffi-cult months of the crisis, significant temporary surges of humani-tarian resources translated into focused humanitarian action that ultimately assisted 3.5 million people by year’s end. In 2014, humanitarian organizations returned to many original areas of operation, established static presence in new areas and innovated with flexible, rapid response modalities. Donor partners responded robustly to identified resource requirements. The risk of famine was

averted due to the combined efforts of the people of South Sudan, humanitarians and authorities, with a marked scale up in nutrition response over the past year. Efforts by health, water, sanitation and hygiene partners brought a cholera outbreak under control.

Similar challenges face the humanitarian community in South Sudan in 2015, and response continues. As of 30 April, 1.7 million people have been reached with assistance of some kind. 1.1 million have been reached with food assistance, 730,000 were reached with live-lihoods support, and over one million have been reached with clean water and sanitation. Each day, up to 140,000 people are protected within Protection of Civilians sites. Nearly 50,000 children have been admitted to treatment for severe acute malnutrition. Another 112,500 were admitted to treatment for moderate malnutrition. Over 200,000 children and mothers are enrolled in blanket supplementary feeding. Over 1.1 million outpatient health consultations have occurred in conflict affected states. Seventy-nine percent of disease alerts have been responded to within 48 hours. 700,000 children have been vaccinated against polio.

Food and livelihoods assistance plan

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Food assistance

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Food assistance to 1.1 million

Food assets, FFW, CFW, CG for .26 million

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Rainy season support

Vegetable production

Maximum in areas where communities have access to fish

Training, capacity building and small business support by humanitarian and development programmes

Regular food seurity situation analysis (IPC/FSMS/PDM)

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projected to be at risk of food insecurity

by September 2015 (stressed, crisis and emergency)

7.0m people

11.6m people*population estimate

(Mid-year 2015)

4.6m to be assisted

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3.5 million water, sanitation, hygiene

2.2 millionprotection

293,600refugee response

772,500NFIs/shelter

450,000education

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1.76 millionhealth

2.06 millionnutrition

879,150camp management

People in need and to be assisted

* Estimate based on projection of people living in South Sudan in 2015,

derived from census result of 2008 (8.26m), number of returnees since then, and

population growth of 2.5 per cent.

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Source: WFP, South Sudan National Bureau of Statistics

4 .6 millionPeople at crisis or emergency levels of food insecurity

Three strategic objectives: ● Save lives and alleviate suffering

● Protect the rights of the most vulnerable

● Improve self-reliance and coping capacities

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Adapting response to changing needs

Reaching people in the deep field

In 2015, aid agencies continue to manage multiple threats to the operating environment in the face of expanding vulner-ability. Generalized violence and direct attacks, such as those in Unity, Jonglei and Upper Nile State in the spring of 2015, again forced humanitarians to evacuate staff, cease critical services for profoundly vulnerable populations, and abandon humanitarian compounds and assets. In response, humanitarians innovated with enhanced coordination systems, including closer collaboration with UN and NGO security professionals, to minimize disruptions in services. The Rapid Response Modality, which assisted over 1.5 million people in 2014, is relied upon by a range of humanitar-ians to provide assistance where there is no (or only very limited) static presence of humanitarian organizations but where mobile teams can stay for short periods of time to conduct assessments, distributions and monitoring. The escalating violence in Unity and Upper Nile States has caused people to flee to small islands or other areas without air access, so humanitarians drawn from a range of organizations are developing lightweight, portable “survival kits” for delivery by low altitude helicopter drop, canoe or head carry. More support will be needed to fund the helicopters required to continue to reach people in highly inaccessible areas.

Improving efficiency

Humanitarians have focused on sharpening divisions of labor, capitalizing on complementarities and enhancing efficiency. In 2015, the humanitarian community utilized contributions from late 2014 and the dry season to procure and pre-position in deep field locations a portion of key commodities in advance of the rainy season, thereby realizing important savings in both terms of money and eventual response times. Logistics bases with nearly 7,000 m3 in expanded storage capacities have been developed to facilitate the pre-positioning of commodities. Humanitarian hubs have been constructed in Bentiu, Bor, Malakal, and Mingkaman. These maxi-mize efficiencies in common services and, within the PoC sites, afford enhanced protection to humanitarian workers. The Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) cluster relies on a system of county focal points drawn from agencies in static loca-tions to improve tracking of displaced people and related humani-tarian responses. The system has expanded to 19 counties in Lakes, Jonglei, Unity, and Upper Nile. Other clusters are innovating similar approaches. OCHA is supporting these and other partners by coordinating from operational centers in key locations outside state capitals where partners were already on the ground. The FSL cluster pipeline for emergency livelihood kits has developed and implemented a new information system that tracks inputs from the earliest stage of procurement to delivery to beneficiaries.

Ensuring humanitarian access

Responsibility for protection and assistance rests foremost with the Government of the Republic of South Sudan. Similar obligations pertain to other parties to the conflict. At a minimum, where unable to provide assistance and protection, all parties bear a responsibility to ensure unfettered access by impartial humanitarians, in line with international obligations as well as the 23 January 2014 Cessation of Hostilities Agreement. Notwithstanding, negotiating humani-tarian access and creating and preserving humanitarian space

Anticipated figures November 2014

Current figures as of June 2015

6.4 million 7.9 millionpeople facing stressed, crisis, or emergency levels of food insecurity

2.5 million 4.6 millionpeople facing crisis and emergency levels of food insecurity

1.95 million 1.55 millionpeople estimated to be internally displaced

610,000 Urban Vulnerable

293,000 293,600Refugees inside South Sudan

$1.8 billion $1.633 billionFunds required for 2015 response plan

Planning figures for 2015

Revised requirements for 2015

Cluster Revised requirements

Camp coordination and camp management $67.8 million

Coordination and common services $32.3 million

Education $41 million

Emergency telecommunications $1.6 million

Food security and livelihoods

$623.2 million

Health $93.3 million

Logistics $114.2 million

Mine action $14.5 million

Non-food items and emergency shelter $65.5 million

Nutrition $149 million

Protection $60 million

Refugee response $241 million

Water, sanitation and hygiene $129.5 million

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is a persistent challenge for the humanitarian community in South Sudan. There are multiple layers of de facto and de jure authorities which can impinge upon or facilitate safe humanitarian action. As a neutral community, humanitarians will continue to engage with all parties to safeguard principled humanitarian action, regardless of who or where such authorities are found. Humanitarians will continue to call upon authorities to ensure that those tasked with liaison functions within the Parties to the Conflict are appropriately funded, staffed and equipped so they can responsibly execute their duties. Denial of humanitarian access to children remains a grave child rights violation, with 13 incidents already reported and confirmed this year. The Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism on grave violations of children's rights in situations of armed conflict country task force will continue to document and report on this and the other five grave child rights violations.

Upholding the primacy of protection

In collaboration with UNMISS, partners are providing assistance and protection to an average of up to 140,000 people per day at six UN Protection of Civilian sites in five states. Whilst imperfect, the PoCs provide a form of comparatively safe refuge in the midst of violence for civilians at risk. Significant infrastructure invest-ments have transformed some PoCs from inhumane swamps to temporary communities with a modicum of dignity. All partners look forward to the day when civilians no longer need the protec-tion afforded by PoC sites. Until then, humanitarians will work with UNMISS, communities and authorities to make progress towards realizing minimum standards of humanitarian assistance whilst simultaneously doing their utmost to ensure that humanitarian assistance reaches vulnerable populations outside the PoCs. Humanitarians will continue to work to reunite families separated by conflict, such as facilitating phone contacts from PoCs between parents and children. Efforts to mitigate psychosocial distress also remain pertinent, with over 600,000 children believed to be in need of dedicated psychosocial support.

Operating in an economically stressed environment

Contingency plans include a range of measures, such as outsourcing additional humanitarian functions to neighboring countries or regional and headquarters’ offices to preserve value for money, protect staff and ensure continued operations. The

humanitarian community is working through business continuity strategies to ensure that humanitarians are able to “stay and deliver” in the face of potentially untenable operating constraints affecting offices, assets and staff.

Counting the costs As long as there is no peace, the South Sudanese people need the solidarity of the international community to help support their lives, livelihoods, and dignity. The Humanitarian Response Plan is a plea for support to save lives, provide protection, and support livelihoods where possible.

This mid-year review is the product of rigorous prioritization based on growing needs and considering organizations' capacity to deliver assistance. Even with rapid response operations and a fully funded air operation – an “ideal” scenario – there are limitations to logistics capacity and transportation infrastructure. This, the reality of crises elsewhere in the world that require donor resources, and the protracted nature of South Sudan’s overlapping crises, mean the aid community will not be able to reach everyone.

Some 7.9 million people – 68 per cent of the population – face food insecurity. Humanitarians aim to reach only the 4.6 million people at crisis and emergency levels of food insecurity: this does not include the 3.3 million people whose food security is stressed. People living at this level are skipping meals, foregoing heath care or school, or selling their assets to survive. As they stretch their resources to survive this season, they are putting themselves at even greater risk for next year.

Out of a projected 1.95 million displaced people by the end of the year, there is only capacity to reach 45 per cent with camp management services.

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Survival kits

Following recent clashes in Unity and Upper Nile states, up to 750,000 people have been cut off from aid, without access to food, shelter, drinking water, health care and protection. Some 291 aid workers from 27 agencies were relocated out of the area, as aid agencies’ compounds were damaged and relief supplies looted.

The delivery of survival kits is a quick, flexible and innova-tive approach to provide a minimum level of assistance to affected people in locations that cannot be reached through other approaches, including mobile, rapid, and static response modalities. Some 30,000 kits are expected to be delivered in phase one.

Each survival kit weighs 9 Kg, is designed for a household of five, and contains high energy biscuits, a fishing kit, vegetable seeds, oral rehydration salts, water purification tablets, 2 collapsible jerry-cans, 2 mosquito nets, and a kitchen set. Kits are distributed from helicopters following appropriate security clearances, supported by staff on the ground.


The most serious consequences may require humanitarian intervention.

Responding to needsAid agencies are focused on gathering information, data and anal-yses, including food security and nutrition surveys in urban areas.

Aid agencies are planning to provide life-saving assistance, espe-cially safe drinking water, access to sanitation, nutrition monitoring and treatment, livelihoods assistance, and public health support.

People’s food security and nutrition could be threatened. Livelihoods partners will work to support livelihoods alternatives, including gardens in urban and peri-urban areas. Nutrition part-ners will strengthen community outreach for early detection and referral of malnutrition cases. Plans are in progress to strengthen urban nutrition projects in Juba, Torit, Wau, and Yambio working in concert with emergency and development partners.

Due to rising fuel prices and other factors, economic stress limits access to safe water, as much of the population relies on trucked water. To respond, partners will need to prepare to provide purifi-cation tablets and chlorine, as well as information campaigns and community mobilization on their use.

Agencies are currently conducting assessments to understand potential concentrations of urban need and ways to respond should economic stress continue to worsen. They are collabo-rating with development partners, church and religious groups, schools, and health institutions to determine when and how food support could be provided.

Even if displacement hovers at 1.5 million total, over 500,000 people who are on the move will receive minimal support: aid agencies will work to provide as many as possible with basic supplies, but many will not be reached. Some two million children are out of school. Education partners will aim to reach 450,000 – less than one quarter - with assistance. That leaves hundreds of thousands out of school: a potential lost generation.

In half the country’s states, one in three children is malnourished. Nutrition partners estimate they can only reach 60 per cent of them: that means 85,200 will not receive treatment for severe acute malnutrition and 206,400 will not receive support for moderate acute malnutrition. Malnourished children are more vulnerable to disease, and they are more likely to die. The international commu-nity must continue to stand by the people of South Sudan. But not everyone who needs help can be reached.

Only with an end to the fighting, and the economic and social stability that follow, can millions of South Sudanese live in safety and dignity.

Managing economic stress The economic situation will expand and intensify threats to people’s lives and livelihoods.

An estimated 610,000 people living in poverty in urban areas will be negatively impacted by dysfunctional markets, high food prices, and other limitations on basic service provision.

People’s health, nutrition, food security, education, and dignity are threatened as cost of living rises due to inflation and basic service provision potentially suffers.

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CAMP COORDINATION AND CAMP MANAGEMENT (CCCM)

Changes in needs: new hostilitiesMass displacement continues, with more people on the move following increased hostilities in April and May. Many people have been displaced multiple times. The most acute needs are in Jonglei, Unity, and Upper Nile but inter-communal displacement in Lakes State is also driving needs. Continuous movement of people near the conflict's front lines is testing partners’ ability to reach people, especially as insecurity has caused some partners to withdraw.

Since the start of the crisis up to 145,000 people have sought protection within UNMISS Protection of Civilians (PoC sites).In Unity State, the cluster reports over 90,000 people newly displaced between 31 December and early June. Large and recurrent movement of displaced people into the PoCs has been reported. At the pace of 20,000 arrivals into PoC sites in April and May, site development will continue to be a priority.

Inter-clan violence and intimidation of humanitarian staff are on the rise. Focus group discussions and interviews reveal displaced people are not optimistic about the peace process – sites of displacement are becoming increasingly tense as people wonder when a solution will come. Meetings with people living inside PoCs indicate that most would not leave the sites unless provided safe transport and passage to their places of origin.

About one million displaced people live in host communities. The latest displacement tracking monitoring report (http://bit.ly/DTMApril) highlights that displaced people's main food sources are food distributions and host communities themselves, whose own stock of food is declining.

People affected and to be assisted

Based on the current CCCM response and the outstanding needs, the cluster assumes the following:

1. The number of people on the move within the country due to conflict and floods will be 1.95 million in 2015 including returnees.

2. Based on the current population in the PoCs and other settle-ments, it is estimated that the total number of displaced people living in the PoCs and other settlements will increase to 300,000.

3. The cluster will monitor the living conditions of up to 45 per cent displaced people living in various host communities.

4. The projected number of stranded foreign nationals to be assisted will decrease to 500.

$22.1 millionfunds secured

$67.8 million revised requirements

$77 funds per person

8 projects

Cluster lead agencyIOM: Karl Baker, [email protected]: Richard Ndaula, [email protected]

Government partnersRelief and Rehabilitation Commission

1.5 million people in need

848,000 people reached

879,150 people to be assisted

Key achievements

y Expanded the County Focal Point system to 19 counties total

y Expanded the CCCM Rapid Response Team to deploy to areas affected by new displacement

y Expanded and Improved the Bentiu PoC site and Malakal PoC sites

yCluster achievements: http://bit.ly/1G3D5sm

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The cluster will focus on improving living conditions for people living in PoCs, spontaneous settlements, and collective centers and monitor the conditions of people sheltering with host commu-nities. The number of people to be reached has been revised down from 1.5 million, taking into account logistical and security constraints as well as highly fluid population movements. The cluster’s priority states remain Jonglei and Unity, and parts of Central Equatoria, Lakes, and Warrap.

Strategy to respond

y Continuous improvement of living conditions of displaced people and decongestion of sites will be achieved through the development of new PoC sites. In Malakal and Bentiu PoC sites up to 98,000 displaced people will relocate to the newly-developed extensions before the start of the rainy season. More funding and development is needed, however, to accom-modate new arrivals.

y Continue to strengthen the county focal point program to estab-lish a relevant, up-to-date database of displacement within South Sudan. Displacement tracking, monitoring and reporting will be expanded to include Movement Trends and Tracking

(MTT), linking up existing information networks of OCHA, NGOs, and the existing Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), with the aim to increase the coverage of displacement sites to 100 per cent.

y Develop creative, long-term strategies to assist displaced people in PoCs as a way to transition to more sustainable models of intervention. Safety and security of displaced people, as well as their access to livelihoods and housing opportunities, are key requirements for voluntary relocations and the cluster is committed to supporting pilot programming to explore these options.

y Roll out improved capacity building programs in states, counties, and sites where training on camp management has been requested.

y Manage humanitarian hubs in displacement sites and settle-ments in Bor, Bentiu, Malakal, and Mingkaman.

y Accountability to displaced populations will continue to be mainstreamed in all site management activities to improve response through better and more transparent targeting and more involved community participation.

Sources: Camp Coordination and Camp Management cluster

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Cluster coverage

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Changes in needsThe escalated conflict and related displacement has led to a loss of static partner presence, assets, and infrastructure for education in Jonglei, Unity, and Upper Nile. In the short term, at least, partners will be unable to reach children and young people displaced by the fighting there. Psychosocial needs are likely to be acute.

The economic crisis makes it difficult to secure volunteer teachers, and increased pressure on children and young people to partici-pate in labour and livelihoods activities, disrupting education and exposing them, potentially, to protection risks.

Increased food insecurity will lead to learners and teachers coming to school hungry or with poor nutrition, disrupting teaching and learning. Reduced attendance of both teachers and learners is likely as they participate in labor or livelihoods work.

People affected and to be assistedSome 2 million children are affected by the crises, based on total estimated displacement, escalated fighting in Unity, number of teachers, and volunteers needed, and host community members. Of this number, the cluster aims to reach 450,000, including 350,000 direct beneficiaries of learning, supplies, and training and 100,000 indirect beneficiaries (through awareness campaigns, training, etc.)

Strategy to respondThe existing education strategy focuses on providing free educa-tion, psychosocial support and meaningful activities in protective environments to displaced children and youth, and to the host communities receiving them, in Greater Upper Nile.

The escalated conflict does not affect the clusters core strategy so much as the geographic areas of intervention. The cluster had a relatively strong presence in southern Unity, which has been severely disrupted by the recent conflict. Activities in the second half of the year will focus on resuming services to those displaced from southern Unity in any accessible locations they return or displace to, including PoC sites.

The cluster initially targeted only one third of people in need. Should populations in southern Unity and Upper Nile continue to be inac-cessible, there is a large case-load of children and young people in geographic areas which were de-prioritized in favour of the most acutely affected areas now inaccessible due to conflict, but which continue to host significant displaced people in need of emergency education (for example several counties in Lakes State). Existing partner presence in such locations will be scaled up.

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$21.7 million funds secured

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Cluster lead agencyUNICEF: Anna Barrett, edclusterjuba.un@ gmail.comSave the Children International: Cleopatra Nzombe, [email protected]

Government partnersRelief and Rehabilitation Commission

2 million people in need


450,000 people to be assistedmale: 171,000 / female: 216,000

Key achievements

y 65,700 children (40 per cent of target) are accessing Education in Emergencies

y 682 teachers (48 per cent of target), trained in psychosocial support, and referral mechanisms for protection, nutrition, and health



While maintaining the core focus on formal and non-formal educa-tion, cluster projects will also incorporate activities that can provide some short term support to those suffering under increased economic pressure and food insecurity, including allowances for volunteer education in emergencies facilitators in areas where teachers are not paid salaries, vocational education for adoles-cents, emergency school feeding, and, in areas where schools have been closed due to damage, support for school rehabilitation.

The perpetration of atrocities against children documented in recent conflict episodes highlights the continuing need for teachers and education volunteers to be trained in psychoso-cial support. The cluster will capitalize on the strong suite of psychosocial support, life skills and functional literacy materials developed with UNESCO for education in emergencies in South Sudan, and training of teachers and volunteers on education in emergencies, psychosocial support, school management and life skills throughout the rainy season.

The impact of the crisis on the education system means that the cluster must adjust its strategy to not only meet immediate needs but also to adapt to an ongoing crisis. The impetus is therefore on partners to:

a) Ensure that the quality of education in emergencies is as strong as possible, including an initiative in the second half of 2015 to audit and standardize the quality of education in emergencies training.

b) Continue and strengthen linkages between emergency-initi-ated learning spaces with development initiatives.

c) Consistently place the ownership of education in emergen-cies initiatives in the hands of communities – e.g. training and forming mobile community-based education in emergencies teams, emergency school management committees and youth committees into whose stewardship temporary learning spaces will be transferred.

In light of the likelihood of continued need, the education pipeline must be topped up now, both to cover the rest of 2015, and to ensure there is no break over the end of the calendar year, which is a crucial moment for pre-positioning and distributing educa-tion supplies at the return of the dry season and in preparation for the 2016 school year. Simultaneously, partners are exploring less resource-heavy and logistically burdensome ways to meet ongoing needs for education supplies, including local procure-ment and printing.

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Changes in needsDeepening food insecurity is a result of conflict and insecurity, limited market functionality, high food prices caused by fast-rising inflation and depreciation of the local currency, diminishing purchasing power, depletion of household food stocks and high cost of living.

In April overall food insecurity rose to 7.7 million (IPC Phase 2, 3, and 4) and is expected to further increase to 7.9 million people between May and July, with 4.6 million of these at crisis or emer-gency levels. Those people at stressed levels of food insecurity (level 2) cannot sustain their livelihoods or meet their food needs without engaging in negative coping strategies.

Renewed fighting in several areas in the Greater Upper Nile States has caused further population displacements during the critical time of planting, The loss of yet another harvest will contribute further to food insecurity In the affected areas.

Finally, reduced oil revenues is creating economic pressures that are impacting urban livelihoods. Staple food prices hikes have driven a 40 per cent rise in the minimum expenditure of house-holds on food and non-food items since January. Wage increases are not keeping pace with the rising cost of living, while market dependency is increasing towards the lean season and is higher than in comparison to last year. Data collected in April suggests that some 610,000 people in urban areas, or 25 per cent of the urban population, may already be affected. Half of these are in Juba and Wau. This number is likely to increase as needs deepen, giving rise to a new urban humanitarian need.

People affected and to be assistedFood assistance will cover 100 per cent of the emergency case-load (1,035,000), plus displaced people in PoCs (240,000), refugee populations, Abyei, and those participating in the Mingkaman cash voucher program.

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Government partnersRelief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Tourism and Animal Resources, Cooperatives and Rural Development, Food Security Technical Secretariat, Food Security Council

Cluster lead agencyFAO: Abdul Majid, [email protected]: Killen Otieno, [email protected]


3.5 millionpeople to be assisted (livelihoods)

2.1 million people to be assisted (food)

1.15 millionpeople reached (food)

414,180people reached (assets)

730,000people reached (livelihoods)

1.2 millionpeople to be assisted (assets)

Key achievements

y 1.15 million people reached with food assistance

y 730,000 million people reached with livelihoods assistance



Strategy to respondFood assistance will be provided to communities in IPC 3 and 4 based on needs and keeping seasonality and market access in mind. The FSL cluster and the cash and market working group are committed to exploring the feasibility of cash and voucher programme where possible. Support to the poorest urban commu-nities will be required. While unconditional food assistance in urban areas may not be appropriate due to challenges of security and targeting, the provision of food assistance through schools (school meals, take home rations), church groups (for destitute populations in particularly poor communities) and health institutions (ensuring food supplies for families with malnourished or sick members), offers opportunities to reach some of the poorest people in urban areas. Livelihoods will also be supported through kitchen gardens and small scale agriculture in urban and semi urban communities.

The cluster will also seek to re-assess the food security and nutri-tion situation and response in the Protection of Civilians sites and displacement sites, where approximately 240,000 people are currently residing. Depending on nutrition surveys and assess-ment, an appropriate strategy will be devised leading towards the bolstering of nutrition services and transition from unconditional monthly food assistance towards an appropriately targeted and/or conditional response.

The FSL cluster will also target populations affected by the renewed fighting in the Greater Upper Nile States. These popula-tions have fled their land and will miss the planting season. The FSL cluster will work in close collaboration with other clusters (NFI, Nutrition, WASH, Protection) in order to provide lifesaving inputs to those in need. Because of the foreseen increased food insecurity, especially in the Greater Bahr el Ghazal, the target beneficiaries of livelihood inputs will increase from 2.8 million people to 3.5 million people. Urban and semi urban areas will be included in the response in order to avoid hunger and malnutrition. These interven-tions are particularly critical in the Greater Upper Nile region but also in non-conflict states to avoid increased food deficits.

Strategies to help South Sudanese communities in their own efforts to address hunger, malnutrition and threats to their liveli-hood systems include:

y Timely provision of assorted crop seeds (e.g., sesame, sorghum, maize, cow-peas, and groundnuts), vegetable seeds, tools and storage.

y Animal health and production through supporting mass live-stock vaccination and veterinary support for the treatment of livestock against diseases; supporting cold chain systems; and human resource capacity.

y Support to fisheries and aquaculture for those who depend on fisheries as a source of livelihood, protein and income (e.g., for the majority of those who reside along main rivers such as Nile and Sobat) through the provision of fishing gear, reductions in post-harvest losses through improved fish handling equipment and marketing of catches.

y Support to urban and semi-urban communities on kitchen gardening as quick impact projects to cover monthly food basket gap.

y Exploring market based livelihoods options, like income genera-tion activities and trainings followed by business startup grants and market linkages to ensure sustainability.

y Partners will focus on supporting: creation and rehabilitation of assets, investment in human capital, promotion of alternative livelihood strategies.

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May–July 2015 Food insecurity is deepening. A total of 7.9 million people are facing emergency, crisis, and stressed levels of food insecu-rity. The IPC analysis takes into account the highly complex and dynamic nature of classifying food security situations, as well as varying data availability.

y IPC Level 4 (Emergency), is characterized by extremely high levels of malnutrition, excess mortality, and extreme loss of livelihoods. This is the phase before famine.

y IPC Level 3 (Crisis) indicates an acute food and livelihoods crisis. Malnutrition is very high. A significant portion of people are dealing with food consumption deficits and are adopting irreversible coping strategies to survive.

y IPC Level 2 (Stressed) Indicates people are already using negative coping strategies (skipping meals, selling assets, etc) to have enough to eat.


HEALTH

Changes in needsSouth Sudan faces a major public health crisis, with disruption of essential primary and secondary health services due to the conflict and limited capacity for basic service delivery.

Some 57 per cent of health facilities in the three states most affected by conflict are not functioning. Preventative care, vacci-nation campaigns, and cold chain capacity are compromised. Reproductive health services, and psychosocial services are limited.

As the rainy season approaches, partners expect a seasonal increase in water borne diseases including heightened risk of cholera. While partners have been able to respond to 77 per cent of outbreaks, capacity to respond to outbreaks on the ground is limited.

Trauma cases due to fighting continue to be reported: there is a lack of surgical capacity at state and county levels to respond. The rise in malnutrition will affect overall health needs considerably.

The expected end of the provision of essential medicines through the Essential Medicines Fund (EMF), if not replaced by govern-ment procured medicines, will have humanitarian consequences throughout the country. Some 768,400 people served by 1400 health facilities will not have access to lifesaving essential medi-cines in the last quarter of the year. The humanitarian pipeline is not designed to replace or cover routine primary health care essential medicines.

Even if funding for the essential medicines were to be availed by early June, the procurement delays and mechanism for deliv-ering medicines to facilities would not allow the medicines to be in country by the last quarter of 2015 and this will cause a stock-out of six to nine months, likely driving an accelerated spread of disease and illness to which health partners will need to respond.

People affected and to be assistedThe cluster is aiming to assist 1.8 million people, including displaced populations, host communities and the most vulner-able populations who are facing food and nutrition insecurity in IPC phases 3 and 4. The disruptions to the essential medicine supplies will render some of the most vulnerable unable to access affordable health care. A portion of this affected population is included in the cluster's target.




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Cluster lead agencyWHO: Dr Allan Mpairwe, [email protected]

Government partnersMinistry of Health


1.1 million people reached

1.76 million people to be assisted

Key achievements

y 1.1 million outpatient consultations in vulnerable states

y 77 per cent of communicable disease alerts verified and responded to within 48 hours

y 182,500 children have received measles vaccinations in emergency or returnee situation



Strategy to respondHealth cluster objectives remain to:

y Improve access to and responsiveness of essential and emer-gency health care.

y Enhance existing systems to prevent, detect, and respond to disease outbreaks.

y Improve availability, access, and demand for services.

The cluster will continue to focus on implementing the basic package of health services, including responding to increased infectious disease and illness due to the anticipated medicine stock-out.

The cluster will emphasize strengthening the capacity of cluster partners for rapid response and mobile capacities to extend services beyond concentrated displacement sites, and also provide emergency services in the deep field areas including surgical services.

The cluster will continue to monitor causes of mortality and address them through evidence based interventions, as well as ensure logistical support for referrals of emergency cases.

Engagement with the government and development donors to gap fill and manage stock-outs of the essential medicines will continue.

In addition, the cluster will work closely with:

y Médecins Sans Frontières and the International Committee for the Red Cross to avoid duplication of work.

y Nutrition cluster: screening and early referral of children with malnutrition will continue. Management of children with medical complications will be done jointly with health partners. Vitamin A supplementation and de-worming are interventions supported by both clusters.

y WASH cluster: For effective disease control, work integra-tion with the WASH cluster will continue to be emphasized to prevent/respond to water and sanitation related diseases including joint plans to respond to outbreaks.

Source: South Sudan Ministry of Health, May 2015

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changes in needsthe conflict continues to create new risks of explosive hazards particularly in the three most conflict-affected states of Unity, Upper nile and Jonglei, including unexploded cluster bombs, and reports of anti-tank land mines, man-portable air defence weapons systems (MAnPADs), and other explosive remnants of war (eRW). in Unity State, seven vehicles have struck anti-tank land mines on roads near Bentiu between January 2014 and June 2015, while cluster bombs have been found near Bor during this period. individual eRW such as mortars, rockets, hand-grenades and other explosive hazards litter areas and roads where fighting occurred.

Stockpiled ordnance has been abandoned in some areas, including near key infrastructure. Some 226 hazardous areas, including battle areas and unexploded ordnance areas are known to exist in the three most conflict-affected states as of April 2015. this represents a 29 percent increase from December 2014. explosive hazards are a direct threat to the safe delivery of humanitarian aid, with explosive remnants restricting move-ment on contaminated roads, and airfields in areas where fighting has occurred.

to date, partners cleared six airstrips and will continue to do so during the remainder of 2015. explosive remnants of war have also been found in premises belonging to aid agencies, at distri-bution sites, and warehouses, as well as within Poc sites. to date, the cluster has cleared more than 20 locations where humani-tarian partners are working to deliver humanitarian assistance.

elsewhere in the country, the risks of explosive hazards from previous conflicts remain, with some 814 hazardous areas recorded in the non-conflict-affected states. in Warrap and Lakes States, surveys have recorded 20 hazardous areas. overall, the number of hazardous areas is expected to be much greater than is currently known and recorded as new surveys will be conducted when security conditions permit.

Strategy to respondthe objectives are to:

1. enable life-saving humanitarian operations through survey and clearance of explosive remnants of war (eRW) including land mines and cluster munitions, and education of humanitarians.

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Cluster lead agencyUNMAS: Julie Myers, [email protected] Advisory Group: Pauline Ballaman, [email protected]

Government partnersNational Mine Action Authority (NMAA)

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internally displaced people in Poc sites and other displace-ment sites, communities hosting displaced people, refugees, aid workers and peacekeeping personnel are direct beneficiaries of mine clearance activities. Priority will be given to the most conflict-affected states.

Mine clearance and risk education activities will also continue in the equatorias, Warrap, northern and Western Bahr el Ghazal and Lakes where the legacy of contamination from previous conflicts remain. in the equatorias, surveys have located 575 hazardous areas with large amounts of unexploded ordnance, including land mines, remaining to be cleared.

Suspected or known contaminated areas will be cleared or surveyed to protect civilians and humanitarian workers in conflict-affected areas. this will include emergency survey and clear-

ance of roads and areas where aid agencies operate. it will also include data collection and mapping of new hazards and accidents and checking all land allocated for facilities such as displacement sites, airstrips and helicopter landing sites, and main road corridors.

common facilities such as markets will also be surveyed and cleared where risks are identified. Mine risk education and aware-ness training will be conducted for people living in high-risk areas and for humanitarian workers operating in contaminated areas. the sub-cluster will be coordinated from Juba, with permanently staffed sub-offices in Malakal, Bor, Bentiu, and Juba. the cluster will maintain a surge capacity to deploy to conflict-affected areas based on need. the cluster will also maintain a presence in Wau to increase response in Lakes and northern and Western Bahr el Ghazal.

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The lack of markets, materials, access to cash and livelihoods, as well as a shorter dry season (leading to the reduced availability of shelter materials), will decrease the ability of both displaced and host populations to cope with the crisis.

People affected and to be assistedGiven current capacity is unlikely to change dramatically in the coming months, the target figures have been reduced to focus on where need is greatest and capacity is available to deliver, using both performance to-date and the projected displacement figure as a guide. Overall the cluster aims to reach 772,500 people, including 150,000 newly displaced individuals with “survival kits,” host communities who are vulnerable, and people residing or moving to PoCs and other settlements.

Strategy to respondTo respond to new displacements, the cluster will aim to assist the people in two phases. The first will be aimed at providing multi-sectoral survival kits for displaced people who are currently residing in extremely volatile areas and cannot be served through the static response or rapid and mobile response which entails assessment, verification, distribution). These kits will consist of FSL and nutrition support items as well as the most basic NFI items such as mosquito nets and cooking pots, and will be more quickly transportable due to their size and weight. Once the displaced people are settled for the rainy season and less vulner-able to attack, the cluster will plan to provide them with more robust assistance so that they can withstand the rainy season. The focus will be the three most conflict-affected states.

To respond to poor markets, lack of access to cash, and poor livelihoods, as well as the effects of a shorter dry season on host populations, the cluster will move to target both host and displaced communities on a much larger scale. The cluster will continue to assess and respond on the basis of acute, life-threatening need but these are expected to be much higher as peoples’ ability to provide for themselves declines.

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Cluster lead agencyIOM: Laura Jones, [email protected] WVI: Persiana Kamberaj (Persiana_Kamberaj @wvi.org)

Government partnersMinistry of Gender, Child, Social Welfare, Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management; Relief and Rehabilitation Commission



male: 695,000 / female: 793,000

772,500 people to be assistedmale: 370,800 / female: 401,700

Key achievements

y 273,780 people (26 per cent of target) reached with NFI support directly

y 58,805 people (15 per cent of target) reached with shelter support

y 83 per cent of planned preposition locations reached

yCluster achievements: http://bit.ly/1G3d5sm


To support people in PoCs, the cluster will continue to provide shelter kits for new arrivals and shelter reinforcements for those who remain in the PoC.

In addition, the cluster will support independent transport options for partners to move stock to the field in order to increase the efficiency of response; enhance partner capacity in the areas of assessment, verification and distribution, focusing on providing quality needs-based assistance and taking into consideration reduced coping capacities; strengthen links with other clusters, including housing, land and property, and on the provision of livelihoods assistance, including through greater collaboration in the area of mobile response; consider the inclusion of basic tools that can assist people to build their own shelters; and, work closely with emergency response teams across clusters to expe-dite humanitarian interventions including through the identifica-tion of new response modalities.

The cluster will continue to work closely with:

y CCCM: on site planning in PoCs and spontaneous settlement areas. The cluster will work with CCCM also on issues regarding drainage and elevation to help improve the shelter conditions and avoid flooding inside the shelters.

y FSL: The cluster will work closely with FSL in the coming months to better coordinate responses, including through the planning

of joint missions during which both shelter and non-food items (S-NFI) and FSL goods can be distributed to further enhance beneficiaries’ ability to support themselves. Related to this, the cluster will continue to examine options for expediting delivery of life-saving items (e.g. through continued refinement of the survival kits modality).

y Logistics cluster: In order to best utilize the shared resources, the cluster will work closely with the logistics cluster in the movement of stock to field locations and in the sharing of common warehouses in key strategic locations. The cluster will be particularly reliant on the logistics cluster for helicopter based operations in remote field locations as well as for air transport of personnel.

y Protection cluster: Continued collaboration with protection cluster partners on the protective aspects of shelter design and upgrading in the PoCs (e.g. door locks, solar lights, etc), as well as designating safe sites for firewood collection. In particular, the cluster will work closely with protection on issues related to housing, land, and property.

y WASH: The cluster will continue to work closely with the WASH cluster to provide basic WASH items such as buckets and soap. Where possible the cluster will conduct joint distributions with WASH to maximize both resources and staff on the ground while providing more holistic support to people in need.

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Torit

JUBA

Aweil

Yambio

Rumbek

Kuajok

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Response by county

Source: NFI/ES cluster, May 2015


Changes in needsAs of April 2015, the nutrition situation remained above the emer-gency threshold (defined as global acute malnutrition greater than 15 per cent), with 80 per cent of counties in Greater Upper Nile, Warrap, and Northern Bahr el Ghazal at critical nutrition levels.

Lakes, Western Bahr el Ghazal, and Eastern Equatoria are clas-sified as serious while Western Equatoria and Central Equatoria are acceptable and alert status respectively. There were slight improvements in Panyijiar (Unity), Akobo (Jonglei), and Longuchuk (Upper Nile) counties, which transitioned from very critical to critical nutritional status.

From May to July, the nutrition situation is projected to remain above the emergency threshold in Greater Upper Nile, Warrap, and in Northern Bahr el Ghazal – the latter areas being particu-larly affected by the economic crisis due to high levels of market dependence. Malnutrition rates are further aggravated by the lean season, high food prices, and the increase in waterborne illness during the rainy season. In addition, economic stress will likely increase levels of need in urban areas.

People affected and to be assistedCluster partners estimate some 4.1 million people will need nutri-tion support. Taking into account capacities, the cluster will aim to reach 2.06 million people who are most vulnerable to acute malnutrition, including children under 5, pregnant and lactating women, and others.

The response continues to cover all states and counties, but priori-tizes states and counties with the highest global acute malnutrition rates and aggravating factors including poor food security, high mortality, and disease outbreaks. The cluster will also work with other clusters in delivering survival kits to people on the move.

Strategy for responseNoting the evolving security, access, economic and nutrition situa-tion, the cluster proposes a two-tracked response strategy: one for most accessible locations and a second for conflict affected areas.In the most accessible, secure locations, the clusters will maintain the initial response strategy to deliver quality life-saving manage-ment of acute malnutrition for at least 60 per cent of SAM cases in girls and boys 0-59 months and at least 60 per cent of MAM cases in girls and boys aged 6-59 months, pregnant and lactating women, older people and other vulnerable groups. Second, the cluster will work to increase access to integrated programmes preventing under-nutrition for at least 30 per cent of girls and boys aged 0-59 months and 60 per cent of pregnant and lactating women, older people and other vulnerable groups.

NUTRITION




37 projects

Government partnersMinistry of Health

Cluster lead agencyUNICEF: Isaack Manyama, [email protected]: Mungai Kirathi, [email protected]




Key achievements

y 885,000 children (423,000 girls) screened for acute malnutrition

y 87 per cent of children who are admitted for treatment for SAM or MAM recover

y 216,000 children and mothers (41 per cent of target) enrolled in blanket supplementary feeding programs



The cluster will continue to ensure enhanced needs analysis of the nutrition situation and improved monitoring and coordination of response.

In the more insecure conflict affected areas, the cluster will use a combination of strategies to reach people including: increased used of rapid and emergency response and mobile teams that are focused on preventive nutrition interventions, increased use of helicopters in delivery of supplies and the multi-sector survival kits, scaling up nutrition outreach services, strengthen existing capacities and community mobilization in sub urban areas across the country.

The cluster will continue to focus on robust data gathering, including SMART and qualitative assessments including post distribution of blanket supplementary feeding programs (BSFP) in Bentiu PoC site to have better understanding of the nutrition situation in surrounding areas, review the response modalities accordingly and reach as many severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) cases as is possible.

The cluster partners will manage existing acute malnutrition by: optimizing community outreach and referrals, strengthening existing service provision, building nutrition technical capacity, and strengthening supply chain management and support.

Preventing under-nutrition is equally critical. To do this, infant and young child feeding programming will be expanded, particularly in displacement sites, alongside blanket supplementary feeding programs. The latter will be implemented in the three conflict-

affected states throughout the year, in addition to Warrap, Northern Bahr El Ghazal, and Protection of Civilians sites. Micronutrient supplementation and deworming for vulnerable people – young children and older people – will be scaled up in the same areas.

To respond to increases in need in urban areas, the cluster will strengthen community outreach for detection and referral, and build partnerships with development and other organizations outside the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) to strengthen response to SAM and MAM in urban and semi-urban areas in Juba, Yambio, Torit, and Wau.

Finally, the cluster will work to enhance needs analysis of the nutrition situation in country by improving surveillance as well as monitoring and analysis: this will be accomplished by increasing SMART and qualitative assessments as well as post distribution in PoC sites as well as conducting coverage of nutrition surveys and strengthening reporting process, monitoring and sharing at local and state levels. The cluster will strengthen and coordinate the rapid response support mechanism to enhance delivery in hard to reach areas.

Cluster partners will continue to work closely with the Department of Nutrition of the Ministry of Health of South Sudan, which is responsible for the coordination and implementation of all nutri-tion activities in South Sudan.

The cluster also collaborates close with food security, education, health, protection, and WASH partners to enhance operational coverage and linkages.

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Source: Nutrition cluster

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Changes in needsViolence and related abuses have continued, with intensified fighting in Upper Nile and Unity from April, but also an increas-ingly complex intra-communal conflict in Lakes State.

The fighting has led to both new and secondary displacement and stretched already vulnerable peoples' coping capacities to their limits. Displaced people continued to arrive in UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites, notably in Bentiu and Malakal.

However most displaced people - an estimated 90 per cent - live in sites with no physical protection or basic services or are on the move and cannot access such services. In Lakes State, inter- and intra-communal violence continued to threaten civilians’ lives and livelihoods.

The ongoing conflict, increasing food insecurity, and economic crisis all contribute to heightened protection risks. The targeting of civilians by both parties to the conflict continued with reported cases of denial of freedom of movement, forced recruitment and use of children, and conflict-related sexual violence. At the same time, displaced people continued to be caught in the cross-fire as armed elements advance or when fighting occurred near PoC sites. Family separations, gender-based violence and psychoso-cial trauma also continue. The economic situation increases the risk of negative coping strategies, including survival sex.

The capacity of partners to respond was constrained by active hostilities that reduced access, disrupted services and forced the temporary evacuation of staff. Like other humanitarian actors, partners also face difficulties tracking and meeting the needs of a highly mobile population. Despite the escalation of conflict in Greater Upper Nile, the generally stable situation in PoC sites such as Wau, Bor and Juba provide opportunities to engage in activities that constitute groundwork for transitional solutions.

People affected and to be assistedThe cluster will continue to prioritize counties most affected by conflict, including in Lakes and Central Equatoria.

Protection actors will continue to focus on the most vulnerable people:

y Sex and gender based violence survivors, pregnant and lactating mothers, adolescent girls and widows.

PROTECTION

$31 million funds secured



30 projects

Cluster lead agencyUNHCR: Joan Allison, [email protected]

Government partnersMinistry of Gender, Child, Social Welfare, Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management




Key achievements

y 1,757 children released from armed groups (59 per cent of target)

y 35,000 dignity kits distributed to women and girls (35 per cent of target)



y Children and adolescents released/exploited by armed groups/forces/other entities.

y Unaccompanied and separated children /disabled children and adolescents.

y Vulnerable heads of household (child, single/persons with disabilities/elderly caregiver with many children).

y People with disabilities.

y Boys and men when they are at risk of violence and abuse, including forced recruitment.

Strategy for responseThe cluster will continue to work to ensure that:

1. Displaced and conflict-affected populations facing protection risks and threats are provided with timely protection response and prevention services.

2. Protection needs of the most vulnerable displaced people and conflict affected people are identified through effective protec-tion monitoring, reporting and response, including promoting safe movement and durable solutions.

3. Ensure vulnerable people affected by violence have the skills, opportunities, and positive coping strategies required to return and reintegrate into the communities in safety and dignity.

The cluster will focus on:

y Consolidating the gains achieved through existing interventions to ensure that protection capacity is maintained and sustain-able, especially through greater attention on quality, effective-ness and adherence to minimum standards.

y Scaling up innovative practices to ensure that vulnerable groups are provided with protective services. Facilitating the release of children associated with armed forces and/or groups to communities in a dignified manner.

y Actively promoting a multi-sectoral approach to the overall response and ensuring protection mainstreaming by clusters adopting minimum protection standards.

y Enhancing the capacities of national NGOs and community based organizations to expand coverage and ensure targeting of protective services to vulnerable and excluded groups.

y Strengthening programming on youth, elderly, people with disabilities, as well as targeted livelihood support for these and other vulnerable groups.

y Using the Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) approaches to ensure that the isolated or remote and hard to reach locations are provided basic protection services.

y Rationalizing partners to ensure smart use of resources.

y Adequately identifying the most vulnerable children and providing timely integrated care and support, based on a

structured case management system that ensures that all the phases are accomplished in the best interest of the child.

y Continuing multi-sectoral psychosocial support programs for children and adolescents in psychosocial distress, working alongside education, health, and other partners to ensure work is not duplicated.

y Undertake family tracing and reunification of unaccompanied and/or separated children in line with minimum standards.

y Scale up the GBV lifesaving minimum services package - health-clinical management of rape, psychosocial support, case management and safety/security services per population of 10,000.

y Develop the safety guideline for the safety options for the SGBV survivors-South Sudan context.

y Livelihood programs will be implemented to reduce/prevent exposure to future acts of violence.

y Building the groundwork for durable solutions by continuing to engage on Housing, Land and Property, Rule of Law issues and other development actors and the Government. Relevant activities include strengthening the analysis and response capacity of partners by undertaking extensive protection moni-toring, participatory consultations, profiling exercises and link-ages with development actors.

y Two activities which the cluster can reduce: trainings and capacity-building, especially training for government actors; awareness-raising and information campaigns (especially those which do not contribute to linkages with service providers).

y All other cluster activities are critical and cannot be reduced. However, the ability of cluster partners to carry out those activi-ties will largely be influenced by the evolution of the conflict, which restricts access to affected populations in Greater Upper Nile. Lack of access is a major concern for the protection part-ners in Unity and Upper Nile, as the continuing conflict poses new protection challenges and makes the old ones more acute.

Target and beneficiary status by State (000)

Source: Protection cluster, May 2015

WESWBeGWarrapUNSUnityNBeGLakesJongleiEESCES

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650

240

404421

330

65 66

496

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26% 78%

13%

41%

61%

12%

106%

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target and beneficiary status by state (000)

Source: Protection cluster, May 2015


REFUGEE RESPONSE

Changes in needsOverall needs of refugees remain unchanged. Refugees remain without a prospect for voluntary repatriation and continue to rely largely on humanitarian assistance.

The ongoing conflict in South Sudan has increased their vulnerability, deteriorating protection environment and exac-erbated the challenge of preserving the civilian character of asylum.

A sharp and rapid increase of refugee new arrivals from South Kordofan has overstretched the existing reception capacity of Ajuong Thok camp in Unity state, requiring urgent interventions for the expansion of the camp and the scale up of delivery of essential services.

The number of refugees and asylum seekers in urban settings is growing, requiring increased targeted protection and assistance interventions. Closer attention needs to be placed on the needs of host communities who have been affected also by the conflict and face various challenges due to the scarceness of resources. Such an intervention is critical to foster peaceful coexistence between refugee and host communities.

People affected and to be assistedPeople who are/will be affected and assisted are refugees in South Sudan.

As of 30 April, South Sudan hosted 261,925 refugees, of whom 91 per cent are from Sudan, 6 per cent are from Democratic Republic of Congo, 2 per cent from Ethiopia and 1 per cent from Central African Republic.

Most refugees are hosted in Upper Nile, Unity, Central Equatoria and Western Equatoria states. 51 per cent of refugees are women and 49 per cent are men. Some 47 per cent of refugee households are vulnerable female-headed households.

With the continuing population growth with new arrivals, the number of refugees in the country will further increase during the rest of the year. Hence, no change of the planning figure is proposed at the time of the mid-year review.



$821funds per person

10 projects

Government partnersMinistry of Interior / Commission for Refugee Affairs, Directorate of Nationality, Passports and Immigration, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health

Cluster lead agencyUNHCR: Fumiko Kashiwa, [email protected]

293,600 people in need


293,600 people to be assisted

Key achievements

y 40 per cent of leadership and camp management structures are female

y 62 per cent of primary school aged children enrolled in education



Strategy for responseThe cluster will continue to work to:

1. Provide protection, basic services, and sustainable assistance to refugees and asylum-seekers in South Sudan.

2. Improve self-reliance and coping capacities of refugees, returnees, and host communities.

3. Strengthen the capacity of national stakeholders.

The overall strategy of the refugee response is to ensure continuity of life-saving activities, while promoting refugees’ self-reliance and self-management, including through the gradual upgrading of emergency structures in camps. The latter aims to enhance refugees’ coping mechanisms in view of potential challenges in aid delivery during crisis as well as for the longer-term sustain-ability of assistance with increased cost-efficiency. Protection

interventions will continue to focus on child protection and prevention of and response to sex and gender based violence, promoting community based protection and utilizing educational activities as protection tools. Advocacy will continue to preserve the civilian character of asylum. The refugee response will also continue to support and engage with the relevant national / local authorities, especially the Commission for Refugee Affairs, and aims to address host community needs to preserve asylum space. Whenever possible, the refugee response seeks to improve a synergy with and support from development actors, advocating for the integration of the needs of refugees into national programs. Increased atten-tion will be paid to the needs of urban refugees, with a develop-ment of an appropriate response program.

The cluster continues to work closely with the nutrition and WASH clusters for the potential support of host communities and inclu-sion of refugees in area-based interventions where relevant.

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Rumbek

Kuajok

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Source: UNHCR, 30 April 2015


Changes in needsRenewed insecurity in Unity and Upper Nile has reduced WASH partners’ capacity, even as people are displaced and needs rise. These displacements will likely increase the population living in PoC sites and other settlements. Economic stress is also creating the potential for major increases in need in urban areas - espe-cially as the rainy season approaches. The majority of urban populations depend on untreated water trucking and treated bottled water. New levels of need in urban areas come at the time of the year when water-borne diseases are on the rise.

Strategy for responseIn settlements and PoC sites, partners will need to better use available resources. The cluster will work to rationalize services inside settlements and PoC sites and encourage partners to cover areas outside where possible. A single organization will be responsible for WASH in each PoC site. The cluster will also work on the implementation of longer term, more sustainable services where possible. Community participation in the operation of maintenance of WASH facilities (e.g., cleaning of latrines) will be encouraged. Similar rationalization will be implemented in other areas. Implementation of longer-term, sustainable services (e.g. shared household latrines rather than communal toilets; sustain-able water service rather than water trucking) will be considered where possible. WASH partners will also work to make better use of existing local networks and capacity, e.g. Red Cross networks of hygiene promoters. NNGO partnerships will also be strengthened.

In urban areas, partners will need to prepare to provide chlorine as well as organize information campaigns and community mobi-lization on their use. Where possible, partners will work to reduce costs by using solar power for generators for boreholes, espe-cially as fuel costs rise. As the rainy season approaches, partners are focusing on cholera preparedness in hotspots and high traffic area where risks will be on the rise. For this and other risks, the cluster will strengthen focus on preventive activities, including a hygiene promotion strategy focused around behavior change. This will require mapping capacities and gaps.

To respond to new displacements, WASH partners will collabo-rate with other clusters on the development and delivery of multi-sectoral “survival kits.” These light packages will be delivered to people on the move in order to help support their most basic needs. The cluster will also review the content of WASH distribu-tion kits to ensure they are suitable to mobile populations. WASH partners will work with rapid response teams and NNGOs and Red Cross partners on the ground to better reach populations on the move. The cluster will also develop strategies for continuity and accountability to affected populations.

WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE (WASH)




34 projects

Government partnersMinistry of Water Resources and Irrigation

Cluster lead agencyUNICEF: WASH cluster, washclusterjuba@ gmail.com

6.4 millionpeople in need

3.5 millionpeople to be assisted

1 million people reachedmale: 516, 884 / female: 529,646

Key achievements

y 1,004,285 people reached with access to safe water for drinking, cooking, and hygiene


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COORDINATION AND COMMON SERVICES (CCS)



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Cluster lead agencyUNOCHA: Esteban Sacco, [email protected] Sudan NGO Forum Secretariat: Hosanna Fox, [email protected]

Government partnersMinistry of Gender, Child, Social Welfare, Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, and the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC)

261 organizations

261 organizations participating

Key achievements

y 77 per cent of partners satisfied with OCHA country office support to enhance the effectiveness of coordination mechanisms

y 34 security risk assessments carried out in support of humanitarian operations

y 5 joint advocacy papers/policy documents published by NGO forum


Needs AnalysisSix months into the year, an increasingly complex conflict and worsening economic downturn are compounding needs, as the operating environment becomes increasingly challenging.

Geographies of vulnerabilities are expanding, with the economic downturn layering new complexities on top of existing dynamics. This also impacts on the operational capacity of aid organizations who face higher costs and may face greater insecurity.

Effective coordination is needed to negotiate access, respond efficiently, and align advocacy, while seeking efficiencies within a resource-stressed environment.

Response strategyThe humanitarian community is led by the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) and the Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator (DHC) who focus on strategic direction, advocacy, and resource mobilization.

OCHA works in support of the HC and DHC to ensure a coherent and principled response to emergencies, whereby lives are saved and the needs of some 4.6 million people are met, on time.

The NGO Forum is an independent coordinating body of approxi-mately 160 national and 142 international NGOs that serves and facilitates the work of its members to address the humanitarian and development needs in South Sudan.

The UN Department of Safety and Security provides operational support to and oversight of the security management system to ensure the safety of UN agencies and implementing partners operating in South Sudan.

Secretariat support

OCHA facilitates the development and implementation of the Humanitarian Response Plan, and engages with authorities and humanitarian partners at the national and sub-national levels in support of its implementation.

OCHA acts as the secretariat for the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT), composed of cluster lead agencies, NGOs, and donors. The Inter-cluster Working Group (ICWG), chaired by OCHA, is responsible for day-to-day humanitarian operations. It is a subsid-iary body of the HCT and promotes synergy, efficiency and maximum impact of the response through inter-cluster coherence. OCHA advises the HCT on operational priorities, concerns and gaps in the humanitarian response, and formulates inter-cluster plans and proposals for endorsement by the HCT.

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The Operational Working Group (OWG) brings together cluster coordinators and operational partners to implement the priorities set by the ICWG.

OCHA will continue to support the HCT, ICWG, and OWG in responding to rapidly changing needs, enhancing coordination and improving efficiency by capitalizing on complementarities across organizations.

Coordination of rapid response mechanism and deep field response

This will include continued support to the coordination of the deployment of Rapid Response teams to assist people in hard-to-reach locations where there is insufficient capacity of humani-tarian organizations on the ground. OCHA will also facilitate the rationalization of partners in PoC sites and other displacement settlements.

Given the economic situation’s potential impact in urban areas, OCHA will support agencies in developing and implementing a response plan to provide life-saving support, especially in terms of safe drinking water, sanitation, malnutrition, and public health.

At the same time OCHA will facilitate the development and imple-mentation of innovative modalities such as the delivery of survival kits to those most affected by hostilities in the field.

OCHA is deploying roving deep field coordinators to improve response coordination outside state capitals, working with clusters to improve the delivery of assistance while decentralizing coordi-nation structures and decision making to the extent possible.

In addition, OCHA is scaling up the capacity of its own field offices by deploying more experienced officers where needed. A dedicated specialist has been deployed to build the capacity of national NGOs and their engagement with the coordination system.

The renewed fighting will necessitate ad-hoc security risk assess-ments and support to access negotiations by the Department of Safety and Security as aid agencies endeavor to assist as many vulnerable people as possible in highly volatile areas.

With the renewal of the L3 emergency for the next 3 months, OCHA will continue to advocate for funding and personnel to support humanitarian response in South Sudan.

Humanitarian hubs

In order to manage escalating operational costs and greater inse-curity as a result of the economic downturn, IOM on behalf of the humanitarian community is proposing to establish humanitarian hubs where basic office services would be provided to aid orga-nizations. Five hubs are being considered, in Wau, Rumbek, Torit, Aweil and Juba that can house 50 to 250 people. Resources are required to upgrade current hubs, and to cover running costs for six months for new hubs and subsidies for the existing hubs.


EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS (ETC)

Changes in needsFurther funding is needed to provide emergency response data connectivity and secure telecommunication services to priority locations as mandated by the Inter-cluster Working Group (ICWG) in response to the ongoing complex crisis.

Three out of six sites should be completed enabling humanitar-ians to deliver their life-saving services efficiently. The humanitarian community needs an improved ICT assistance. To achieve this service the ETC will train technicians to use, among others, appro-priate software and applications.

The ETC will introduce standardized systems and procedures such as a centralized help desk service reachable in locations were ETC services are available.

Strategy for responseThe cluster will focus on:

1. Completing the implementation of data services to the two ICWG prioritized sites.

2. Provision of internet connectivity in all sites.

3. Training of staff and technicians.

4. Maintenance and monitoring and evaluation.

Ongoing information on the ETC response can be found here: http://ictemergency.wfp.org/web/ictepr/countries-south-sudan

Key achievements

y 150 humanitarian agencies benefitting from data connectivity services

y 26 operating centres in crisis affected areas equipped with security telecommunications networks and data connectivity

y 3 operating centres in crisis affected areas equipped with secure telecommunications networks and data connectivity on a cost sharing basis

y 80 per cent client satisfaction with ETC services

y Link to indicators: bit.ly/xxxx

$1 million funds secured


1 projects

Government partnersMinistry of Telecommunication and Postal Services

Cluster lead agencyWFP: Nono Kukimunu, [email protected].

150 organizations in need

150 organizations targeted

154 organizations reached

Sources: ETC cluster, June 2015

ETC cluster response activities

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LOGISTICS

Changes in needsIn November, the cluster anticipated that most deliveries would be made by road, however, due to a longer than expected rainy season and ongoing insecurity there was and will be a heavier reliance than expected on air assets to reach people and pre-position supplies. As of June, limited funding has reduced the air capacity available, but the need for air assets is increasing.

While the barge had been expected to deliver a significant amount of cargo to Upper Nile, to date, only one barge has been dispatched and took 5 weeks to reach Malakal – due to insecurity and technical issues.

The cluster will need to continue to rely on helicopters, especially as roads become impassible with the rainy season – for example, the route to Bentiu will be closed in one month. Road conditions are expected to be worse this rainy season than usual, there was little investment in infrastructure improvement, and the rainy season was longer than normal. This will likely increase the need for spot-repairs.

Strategy for responseThe Logistics cluster strategy will remain the same for the remainder of 2015 with the below specific objectives:

1. Provide logistics coordination, support, and advisory services to the humanitarian community carrying out the humanitarian response.

2. Provide logistics, cargo, and passenger air services to the humanitarian community to address the needs of the affected population.

3. Provision of infrastructure works to ensure the humanitarian community is able to access affected people.

A significant reduction was made to infrastructure projects due to the lack of funding in the pipeline. However, the cluster is asking for additional resources to expand helicopter capacity in advance of the rainy season and taking into account the need to reach more people on the move than was previously anticipated.

Operational modalities y The cluster intends to push to maintain as much services as possible at no cost to user in the prioritized locations.

y At current funding levels, from June, the air fleet is reduced with a remaining capacity to deliver 70 metric ton (MT)/month. Given the need for increased mobile response, the logistics cluster is appealing for $22.2 million dollars to scale up the helicopter

Key achievements

y 79 organizations provided with logistics and coordination services

y 8,972 passengers served by humanitarian air services per month

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Cluster lead agencyWFP: Fiona Lithgow, [email protected]

Government partnersn/a

80 organizations in need

80 organizations targeted

79 organizations reached


fleet and support the delivery of 30,000 emergency survival kits. Without this scale-up, aid agencies will not be able to reach people quickly and efficiently.

y Dispatch hubs for cargo will remain Rumbek and Bor. This allows cost saving by using surface transport while roads remain open between Juba to Rumbek and Juba to Bor not to mention reduced airport congestion in both hubs.

y The humanitarian community is encouraged to explore the option of utilizing the Ethiopian corridor by road. Although the Sobat river seems to be a good transport option, in reality in can only serve Nassir due to insecurity and lack of transporters willing to continue more interior.

y There are 10 common storage facilities. Additional mobile storage units are available for rapid deployment in response to requests received from humanitarian partners.

y Common trucking services are provided by IOM on behalf of the Logistics cluster in order to facilitate transportation of humanitarian cargo. If no funding is provided, a cost recovery system could be adapted.

y UNHAS is providing a common service to the humanitarian community to facilitate access in hard to reach location in South Sudan. Provision of timely security relocation and medical evacuations.

y UNHAS is currently serving 58 locations in its regular schedule of which 21 are only accessible by helicopter during the wet season. The UNHAS User Group reviews the regular schedule on a monthly basis to ensure optimum air asset utilization in line with case load and served locations not to mention occupancy rate.

y On a quarterly basis, UNHAS reviews operations targets and policies vis a vis set objectives and funding modalities under the steering committee forum. The steering committee includes UN agencies, the NGO forum and donors.

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ETHIOPIA

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Sources: Logistics cluster and UNHAS, 2015

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Overview of transport corridors and cluster operations

Air Assets Current scenario

1 Mi8 for humanitarian delivery (approx. tonnage: 70 mt/

month)

1 Mi8 for EMF drugs

(approx. tonnage: 70 mt/but not available to aid agencies)

0 Mi26

1 fixed wing plane

Planned

5 Mi8 - US$15,000,000 (app. tonnage: 350 mt/month)

1 Mi26 - US$7,200,000 (app. tonnage: 200 mt/month)

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FINANCIAL REqUIREMENTS 2015

Cluster number

of projects

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per person

revised requirements

$ millions

Secured funding

$ millions

percentage

Camp Coordination and Camp Management 8 77 67.8 22.1 33%

Coordination and Common Services 4 n/a 32.3 3.7 11%

Education 32 91 41 21.7 53%

Emergency Telecommunications 1 n/a 1.6 1 66%

Food Security and Livelihoods 71 178 623.2 176.7 28%

Health 31 53 93.3 57.3 61%

Logistics 4 n/a 114.2 48.9 43%

Mine Action 5 n/a 14.5 7.3 50%

Non Food Items and Emergency Shelter 15 85 65.5 22.1 34%

Nutrition 37 72 149 45.8 31%

Protection 30 27 60 31 52%

Refugee Response 10 821 241 54.2 22%

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 34 37 129.5 57.3 44%

Un allocated CHF & fees (4.6)

Unspecified 93.2

total 282 1,633 637 .9

REqUIREMENTS BY CLUSTER

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oCha South Sudan: http://www.unocha.org/south-sudan

South Sudan humanitarian response plan (hrp) 2015: http://j.mp/SouthSudanHRP

Cluster objectives and achievement tables: http://bit.ly/1G3D5sm

revised requirements and by project: http://bit.ly/1FY4Say

revised requirements and Funding by Gender: http://bit.ly/1AW7idI

revised requirements per organization: http://bit.ly/1JA7aSI

For the most up-to-date information on the appeal, use the Financial Tracking Service ( http://bit.ly/SouthSudanfts ) to navigate to the below tables:

Table C: Requirements and Funding per organization

Table D: Requirements and Funding per cluster

Table E: Requirements and funding per project

Table G: Donor contributions to projects in the HRP 2015

Table H: Donor contributions to projects in the HRP and Non HRP 2015

LINKS

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ACRONYMSa

AAR Japan Association for Aid and Relief JapanACF-USA Action against Hunger ACTED Agency for Technical Corporation and

Development ADRA Adventist Development and Relief AgencyAET Africa Educational Trust AHA Africa Humanitarian Action (NGO)AMREF African Medical and Research Foundation ARC American Refugee CouncilARD Action for Rural Development (NGOASMP Alaska Sudan Medical ProjectAVSI Association of Volunteers in International Service AWODA Aweil Window of Opportunities Development

Association

B

BSFP blanket supplementary feeding programme

C

C&D Church and Development CADA California Association of Directors of Activities CARE Int Cooperative for Assistance and Relief

Everywhere CASS Canadian Aid for South Sudan CBOs Community-based organizationCCCM Camp coordination and camp management

(Cluster)CCM Comitato Collaborazione MedicaCCOC Confident Children Out of Conflict CERF Central Emergency Response FundCESVI Cooperazione e Sviluppo CHF Common Humanitarian Fund CINA Community In Need AidCMA Christian Mission AidCMD Christian Mission for Development CMR Clinical Management of RapeCOSV Coordinamento delle Organizazzione per il

Servizio VolontarioCRP Crisis Response PlanCRS Catholic Relief ServicesCUAMM Doctors with AfricaCW Concern Worldwide

d

DCA Danish Church AidDDG Danish Demining GroupDRC Danish Refugee CouncilDRR Disaster Risk ReductionDSRSG Deputy Special Representative of the

Secretary-GeneralDWHH Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e. V. (German Agro

Action)

e

EiE Education in Emergency EMF Essential Medicines FundERW explosive remnants of war ETC Emergency Telecommunications (Cluster)

F

FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation FCA Finn Church AidFEWS NET Famine Early Warning Systems Network FLDA Farmer's Life Development Agency FSL food security and livelihood

G

GAM global acute malnutrition GBV gender based violence GUN Greater Upper Nile

h

HC Humanitarian Coordinator HCO Hold the Child Organisation HCT Humanitarian Country TeamHeRY Help Restore Youth (National NGO) HI Handicap International HLSS Health Link South Sudan HRP Humanitarian Response Plan

i

IAS International Aid Services IBIS Education for Development ICG International Crisis GroupICRC International Committee of the Red CrossICT Information communication technology ICWG Inter Cluster Working GroupIDP internally displaced personIGAD Intergovernmental Authority on DevelopmentIMA Interchurch Medical AssistanceIMC UK International Medical Corps INGO International nongovernmental organisationINTER SOS IOM International Office for Migration IPC Integrated Food Security Phase ClassificationIRC International Rescue Committee IRW Islamic Relief Worldwide IYCF-E infant and young child feeding in emergencies

J

JDF John Dau Foundation JEN Japan Emergency NGO

K

KHI Kissito Healthcare International

l

LCED Lacha Community and Economic DevelopmentLDA Lead Development Agency LWF Lutheran World Federation

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MAG Mine Advisory GroupMAGNA Magna Children at RiskMAM moderate acute malnutrition MT Metric Ton

n

NBS National Bureau of Statistics NFI non-food itemNGO Nongovernmental organization NMAA National Mine Action AuthorityNNGO National nongovernmental organisation NPA Norwegian People’s AidNRC Norwegian Refugee Council NRDC National Relief and Development Corps

o

OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

OSIL Operation Save Innocent Lives OVCI Organismo di Volontario par la Cooperazione

Internazionale OXFAM GB Oxford Committee for Famine Relief

p

PAH Polish Humanitarian Action PCO Peace Corps Organisation PIN People in Need PLW pregnant lactating women PoC Protection of Civilians

r

RI Relief International RRC Relief and Rehabilitation Commission RRM rapid response mechanismRUWASSA Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency

S

SAM severe acute malnutrition SC Save the Children SCA Street Children AidSGBV sexual gender based violence SMART Standardized Monitoring and Assessment of

Relief and Transition SMC Sudan Medical Care SPEDP Sudan Peace and Education Development

ProgrammeSRP Strategic Response Plan SSS Solidarity for South Sudan SSUDA South Sudan Development Agency SUFEM Sudanese Fellowship Mission

t

TdH Terre des homme Foundation THESO The Health Support Organisation TSFP therapeutic feeding programme

u

UN United Nations UNAIDS United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDSUNDP United Nations Development Porgramme UNDSS United Nations Department for Safety and

Security UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and

Cultural OrganizationUNFPA United Nations Population Fund UNHAS United Nations Humanitarian Air Service UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNICEF United Nations Children’s FundUNIDO Upper Nile Initiative and Development

OrganizationUNKEA Upper Nile Kalaazar Eradication AssociationUNMAS UN Mine action Services UNMISS United Nations Mission in South Sudan UNOPS United Nations Office for Project ServicesUXO unexploded ordnances

V

VSF Veterinaires Sans Frontieres

W

WASH Water, sanitation and hygiene (Cluster)WCDP Women Child Development Project WFP World Food Programme WHO World Health Organisation WVI World Vision International

GUIDE TO GIVINGKey ways of contributing to the crisis response in South Sudan

CLUSTERS AND PROJECTS IN THE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLANThe Humanitarian Response Plan includes the planned projects of international and national NGOs as well as UN agencies.

To support a specific project or organization, visit bit.ly/SSOCHAFTS for detailed information on all partners and projects.

COMMON HUMANITARIAN FUND SOUTH SUDANThe Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF) for South Sudan was set up in 2012.

It is a country based pooled fund that supports the allocation and disbursement of joint donor resources in South Sudan to meet the most critical needs. Visit bit.ly/CHFSSdonate to contribute directly.

CENTRAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND

The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) is a global pooled fund which provides funding

to underfunded emergencies as well as rapid onset emergencies around the world.

In order to maintain the CERF's readiness to respond rapidly and its flexibility for meeting gaps,

contributions to the fund cannot be tied to a particular country.

Information about how Member States, private organizations and individuals can contribute towards the CERF can be found at unocha.org/cerf/our-donors/how-donate

REGISTERING AND RECOGNIZING CONTRIBUTIONSOCHA records all humanitarian contributions reported by donors or recipients (cash, private, bilateral, multilateral, in-kind) through its Financial Tracking Service (FTS).

The FTS aims to give all donors due credit and visibility for their support, and to show the running total of current funding and resource gaps for each emergency.

All information is self-reported by donors and recipient organizations: either with an email to [email protected], or through the online contribution report form at fts.unocha.org.

Updates on funding for South Sudan can found at bit.ly/CHFSSdonate.

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