PAG Empowering Local & National HUM Acto PAG-SDS: Project Title: Water, sanitation and Hygiene support within Refugees and Host communities in Rhino Camp.
 This project intends to support South Sudan refugees and the hosting communities in the Rhino camp co settlement by implementing sanitation, hygiene, shelter and psychosocial interventions over a period of 3 months starting from November 2016 to Jan 2017. The proposed activities are: -
1. Provision of Core Relief Items related to sanitation and hygiene
# Sanitary kits (including soap for menstrual hygiene andmanagement) to school girls and women in the cluster(s)
# Hand washing facilities
4,000 beneficiaries shall be targeted with the core relief items
Provision of core relief items, hand washing facilities, sanitary kits to help the girls and women on their personalhygiene management. This in turn will also help retain the girl children at school.
2. Construction of one (1) 5-stance standard drainable pit latrines with a shower room or urinal in one primary school for the Girls. Itwill contribute to the reduction in diseaseincidences resulting from poor feacal disposal. Working in close collaboration with the local government will create a sense of ownership because the infrastructures will revert back to the district local government when the refugees return home.
3. Hygiene education for pupils, teachers and residents within and around the cluster(s) aimed at increasing their knowledge and understanding of sanitation and hygiene activities e.g. washing hands after using latrine, cleaning the pit latrines on a daily basis, constructing dish racks, using 1 refuse pit per HH, 2 refuse pits per school and 1 hygiene promoter committee per 500 persons; thereby improving hygiene and sanitation situation and reducing incidences of disease spread in the settlement. This is further expected to decrease the risk of outbreaks of diseases like cholera hence improve general health and living conditions of refugees and hosting communities.
4. Construct 15 houses with a pit latrine for each house for Persons with Special Needs (PSNs) because they lack capacity to construct own houses. The project area is prone to attacks by termites on houses built out of mud and wattle. It is therefore proposed to construct the houses out of bricks and ironsheets in order to increase their durability. The PSNs shall include unaccompanied minors, child headed HHs, the aged and disabled persons.
5. Psychosocial support through counseling, music dance and drama, bible studies and prayer to enable the traumatized and stressed persons to cope with the new life. The multi ethnic background (particularly the Nuer, Dinka and Murule) that need support to avoid the negative replication of the conflict at the camp. The project will focus on improving the relationship with host communities whom the refugees share the natural resources with (grass <(>&<)> building poles).The project shall also work with the groups through prayer, counseling <(>&<)> guidance and bible studies at HH level and schools.
The project targeted the mostvulnerable households (PSNs) within the refugee#s settlement. In consultations with the local leadership, theproject aimed at strengthening emergency support for refugees and host communities on areas of WASH while taking care of the very vulnerable persons with special needs.
The Project aims to achieve:
1) Construction of houses for PSNs shall improve the quality of life of the PSNs.

2) Psychosocial interventions shall create peaceful co-existence between the conflicting groups. These avenues shall build resilience among the depressed communities and individuals.

3) Hygiene education in schools and at HH level will improve the level of participation of beneficiaries in sanitation activities

4) Provision of core relief items, hand washing facilities, sanitary kits to help the girls and women on their personal hygiene management. This in turn will also help retain the girl children atschool.