Strengthening Emergency Nutrition response and providing critical lifesaving agricultural assistance to IDPs, Returnees and Vulnerable host community in Nasir County. Geopolitical and socioeconomic situations in Nasir have remained dire since 2013 with various shocks that aggravate the plight of the population. The continued insecurity, yearly flooding, drought and poor farming practices among the predominantly pastoralist with minority peasantry community are major contributors to food insecurity, poverty and environmental degradation.
Nasir County has remained relatively stable from the beginning of the year to-date. The anticipated improvement in security following the September 2018 peace agreement, plus intensifying inter-clan clashes in camps in Ethiopia, has led to a number of people to return to South Sudan, particularly through Maker and on to Jikmir, Burebiey, and Mandeng, who were integrated into the host community. These individuals and families would need humanitarian assistance such as nutrition and food security and livelihoods since coping mechanisms of the host community are overstretched. . 
The FSNMS round 22 surveys conducted in December 2018   revealed GAM rate 18.2% for Upper Nile of which Nasir is part. The last IRNA assessment led by MEDAIR conducted in March 2019 targeting selected locations in Nasir (e.g. Maker, Makak, Burebiey, etc) revealed a GAM rate of 29% in Burebiey. From the existing health programme data from January to September, diarrhoea accounts for 19% of all common childhood ailments. This increases the suffering of children and Pregnant and lactating women in the county and eventually the over-all socioeconomic dynamics of the county. 
UNKEA intends to support the affected communities of Nasir County with agriculture inputs (Combined Vegetable Kits and fishing kits, agriculture inputs (seeds amp Tools and fishing kits), establish 6 demonstration farms (near to OTP sites) and training of farmers/PLWs/MSG/CNV in order to better sustain their food security.
This project will also aim at increasing access to better quality live-saving nutrition services for under 5 years children (boys and girls), and PLWs in Nasir County by continuing to support 5 OTP sites in hard to reach areas (Kier, Wanding, Nasir Hospital, Dhek dheek, and Homkor) and establishing 3 mobile/outreach nutrition services in Burebeiy and Kiechkuon in order to intercept incoming cases from Ethiopia. 
UNKEA will scale up service provision by providing the most critical interventions such as
Train 60 health/Nutrition care providers on the management of SAM (CMAM guideline)
Conduct routine screening of children in the OTP site and community by the community mobilizers)
Conduct quarterly training of 60 CNVs on MUAC screening and Conduct Mass MUAC screening in the community.
Provide routine nutrition services to children with SAM in OTP site.
Train 40 nutrition staff on nutrition supply chain management and appropriate use of supplies.
Provide care and management of SAM children with medical complications in Stabilization Centers
Conduct routine screening/test for Malaria in children with SAM at each nutrition site.
Train 12 Health/Nutrition workers on SAM with Medical complications (SAM-ITP).
4 community mobilizations and sensitization conducted in all project locations 
One distribution of fishing kits, and one distribution of vegetable seeds conducted.
2475 women and 2025 men technically guided on recession irrigation who have adopted and are involved in vegetable production. A total of 300 shall receive direct training while others will benefit from mentoring and extension support provided by UNKEA extension workers.
2 Environmental awareness sessions held to 1000 women and 800 men in all project locations. 1200 women and 750 men technically guided on sustainable agronomic practices in vegetable crop production and have planted their seeds
Total estimated budget is $ 376,377.12 (69% for Nutrition and 31% for FSL).