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Addressing COVID 19 misinformation and vaccine hesitancy through risk communication TOCH designed to implement this project through two approaches
 risk communication strategies including.
The use of the media to provide reliable accurate information on COVID-19 Vaccines. A set of radio programs including jingles messages, radio talk show and callers’ feedback will be used for information sharing on COVID-19. Radio messaging has been chosen because its coverage is wider and its reliable source of information to the community. TOCH will use Kuajok FM because it has coverage of 20,000 People/Audience and can reach locations at the border with Western Bhar el ghazal State, Northern Bhar el ghazal State and Unity State.

Further TOCH will adopt risk communication and community engagement strategy. Risk communication is a recommended approach to community engagement during disease outbreak especially communicable diseases. It entails taking up activities that does not promote gathering. TOCH will therefore conduct awareness creation at household level and to self-mobilized community audience. These groups will be mapped and targeted by awareness creation session, Information sharing, civic Education, and communication materials (IEC). TOCH plans to print IEC materials and display them in public places to pass information to those marginalised groups of people such as the deaf and those who cannot read and write. TOCH will use the guidelines provided by WHO but Translate it into local language, Print and distribute to the community. The project will recruit, train, equip and deploy community health worker to sensitise the community.
Mainstreaming COVID-19 preventive messaging in all ongoing project activities implementation. This will promote the uptake of the preventive messages by project participant’s thus behavioural change.
Support for the administrative secretary in the office of the general secretary The south Sudan council of churches is in the process of implementation of the action plan for peace through delivery of 4 programme outcomes relating to advocacy, neutral forum, reconciliation and institutional capacity strengthening. through this church based , nation-wide and multi-stakeholder engagement action, the south sudan council of churches envisages the realisation of a peaceful resolution of conflict and restoration of peace in south sudan. the first phase of the action plan for peace 2016-2017 has ended and SSCC is now implementing a new phase 2018-2021 through annual funding of ecumenical partners including Norwegian church aid, catholic relief service, Finn church aid, CAFOD &Trocaire partnership and Christian aid and PAX , all working collaboratively under the structure core group whose work is to mobile funding and provide technical support to SSCC in the implementation of the APP.
Caritas Norway Humanitarian Emergency Repsonse Project in Gogrial - Warrap State, South Sudan This is Caritas Norway 4 years project which started in 2020.  The project was extended by 1 more year and this approval is raised for the implementation of the 5th and final year of thie project.  Programme components remain largely the same as in the previous years (1-4).  However, in this Y5 although the project will continue to work with the 1600 households, the nature of support will slightly change.  For example, inputs such as seeds and tools, ox-plough, life-saving food assistance, WASH NFIs will be targeted to returnees from Sudan. Working along the humanitarian, development and peace nexus the project will continue to strengthen community resilience to shocks through support for durable solutions in food security, through farmer trainings on climate change adapted farming practices, hygiene promotion, strengthen Psychosocial Support Services (PSS) groups and continued support of case management and referral networks. The project will continue to meet protection needs through Gender Based Violence (GBV) case management, strengthening referral pathways and psychosocial support groups. In year 5, advocacy work on Community Based Natural Resources Management will be strengthened through Community Natural Resources Management Committees, and engaging key stakeholders at county and state levels.  Groups will be encouraged to develop their proposals and grants provided to suppot those community projects.
Phase V (TOCH) Multi-Sector Response for IDPs and Vulnerable Host communities in Yirol East This project will be implemented in Yirol East, following on from previous CTP and Caritas Diocese of Rumbek (CDOR) work in the same area. CTP will implement this project (phase V) through Caritas Diocese of Rumbek and the psychosocial support component will be provided by TOCH, who has proven expertise in the PSS, in a neighbouring state. TOCH will provide and in-situ staff member to support the PSS activities and train CDOR staff. Self Help saving scheme will be introduced to women groups by another partner (DM&I) and funded via other donors. The overall goal of the programme is to improve livelihood resilience of vulnerable IDP and host communities in Yirol, Lakes State in South Sudan. The programmatic approach for CTP over the next years has a strong focus on strengthening the capacity of existing women’s groups and formulating new groups and provides psychological support through community care. Being part of a women’s group may provide psychosocial support through simple group dynamics and solidarity, providing safe spaces and community level psychosocial support – essential in conflict scenarios.
Community Based HIV&AIDS prevention, care and mitigation initiatives in South Sudan-Juba & Terekeka This is an 11 month bridging gap project as CAFOD continues to finalise write up of its new country strategy paper. The project is a continuation of the support that CAFOD has been providing to the diocese to address the HIV and AIDS situation whilst also complimenting other HIV and AIDS initiatives through raising community awareness around HIV and AIDS. The project is developed building on key recommendations from the 2013 HIV&AIDS final evaluation report and it is developed to target church structures in the Archdiocese of Juba with the main aim of strengthening its capacity in responding to the needs of PLWHAs while engaging in HIV&AIDS awareness campaigns at parish level so as to increase risk perceptions in selected church primary and secondary schools in order to reduce and prevent infection and re-infection, most especially among the youth and teenagers. The project is going to provide support to religious leaders as well as diocesan staff, people living with HIV&AIDS and other diocesan level actors in the response against HIV&AIDS and sustainable livelihoods support through horticulture and income generating activities to PLWHAs to address issues related to income/asset building and nutrition. The project also aims to promote positive living and abstinence as well as educating the communities around issues to do with HIV and AIDS. Implementation of the project will therefore support training of 160 peer educators whom among others shall include teachers and to reach out to at least 3,500 at risk youth and teenager population in six primary schools and four secondary schools targeted in the parishes of Juba Archdiocese and finally to support livelihoods and income generation initiatives of 140 PLWHA through support in provision of agricultural inputs (vegetable seeds and tools) as well as IGA support through cash grants and business skills training to the targeted beneficiaries.
Supporting Farmers Livelihoods through collective organizations in selected localities in Gogrial This project is an internal funding from Secours Catholique to support famers’ livelihoods through collective organization, improving resilience and food security of vulnerable households targeted, the project will focus on forming and strengthening existing self-help and informal farmer groups, into farmer associations (FAs). FAs will be capacitated to function as democratic structures acting to empower members through collective organizing and engagement with markets. FA’s are an entry point for integrated support delivered by the project. Support for FAs will strengthen food security, resilient livelihoods and coping capacities of members (particularly focusing on women-80% of FA members) increasing access to micro-finance, psychosocial support and GBV service provision. Addressing drivers and communities resilience to conflict and environmental shocks is crucial to supporting an enabling environment for FAs, as well as the broader community. FA members will participate in activities lead by peace and DRR committees supported by the project.  To improve farm productivity and production, seed sovereignty, reduce post-harvest loss and increase their household’s food security FA members participate in tool and seed fairs, receiving locally adapted varieties of seed and training on applying principles and practices in agroecology. Food security is the essential foundation  for building resilience and improving agri-based livelihoods.
Initial Rapid Needs Assessment CTP and Caritas Diocese of Malakal (CDoM) suspended humanitarian emergency response activities in Melut/Manyo Counties as result of the outbreak of fighting between the SPLA and SPLA-IO in the areas in April. The suspension was mainly informed by the fact that staff safety and security could not be guaranteed, the beneficiaries had fled the project areas and specifically CDoM staff could not work in the project area base (Melut) due to the ethnic and political implications of the conflict which was now being fought on tribal lines. The suspension of the Manyo Phase II project had a knock-on effect on the Phase III project which was in pipeline, with funds already allocated by Irish Aid, and initially supposed to start in September this year. 
After the suspension of humanitarian activities, CTP and CDoM started to explore the options of relocating to other locations where there are needy people with unmet needs; particularly focusing initially on preliminary information provided by CDoM, regarding the presence of needy IDPs in Unity state (Mayom County). The preliminary assessment information was obtained from the Catholic Church Parish in Mayom County. Similarly CDoM obtained preliminary assessment information regarding a large number of needy returnees and also information about an anticipated influx (early next year) of more returnees into GPAA. CDoR also initially reported that there were needy IDPs from Jonglei and Unity states; who have settled within host communities in Yirol East County in Lakes state. Therefore it was decided that, one assessment be carried out in Yirol rather than Mayom county, due to logistical and operational considerations, and also to expedite the need to start the Irish funded Phase III project in either Greater Pibor Area or in Yirol East County.   

The overarching objective of the assessments conducted by CTP, CDoM and CDoR in Yirol east and GPAA was:
To complete a humanitarian programmatic needs assessment in the locations of Lekakudu, Adior, Malek and Pagarau Payams in Yirol East county and Pibor, Lekuangole and Vertet Counties in Greater Pibor Administrative Area and also to do a operations/set up feasibility to identify the prospects and realities of setting up a new CTP/CDoM and/or CTP-CDoR base in either Pibor or Yirol town(s).
Healing from Stress/Trauma This project is raised to support Solidarity with South Sudan to organize training of trainers (ToT) workshops. Solidarity with SS Pastoral Services have given workshops in Healing from Stress/Trauma throughout South Sudan since 2009; for example, in Malakal, Juba, Bor, Duk, Bentiu, Yambio, Nzara, Yei, Wau, Rumbek, Molou, Maban, Torit, Agok/Abyei, in many Protection of Civilian Camps.  We also taught Psychosocial Support for two years for the Education in Emergencies Program throughout SS, and then supervised field work in some areas, and we incorpoarate it into our Teacher Training Programs.  Workshop participants represent a wide range of South Sudanese population, many tribes and various age ranges including children and elderly; for example, women’s groups, men’s groups, teachers, medical staffs, prisoners, the sick, homeless, special needs, youth, ecumenical/interfaith, staffs of organizations and some government personnel.
SADI training for CTP and Partner staff in Juba South Sudan. CTP is  organising for the SADI training for its staff and partners in South Sudan. The training is planned to take place from 9th to 12th April 2019 in Juba and facilitated by a CAFOD staff from CAFOD Headquarters London. The training is intended to strengthen the capacity of CTP  as well as staff from six partner organizations involved in actively implementing CTP funded projects. This is expected to further strengthen and improve quality of programme delivery as far as  Safe, Dignified, Accessible and Inclusive programming is concerned. 

It is expected that by the end of the training, participants will have acquired knowledge and skills on the SADI framework and safe guarding profile and how they fit with other CAFOD approaches, commitments and standards. A total of 30 participants are expected to participate in the 4 days training in Juba.
Financial support for the position of General Secretary and Finance officer. The South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC) has been implementing Action Plan for peace (APP) since the the development of APP through statement of intent which developed delivery of 4 programme outcome relating to advocacy, neutral forum, reconciliation, and institutional development. Through this church based nation wide and multi-stake engagement action, the SSCC envisage the realization of a peaceful resolution of conflicts and restoration of peace in South Sudan. The first phase of the the APP 2016-2017 has ended and SSCC is now implementing a new phase 2018-2021 through annual funding from all its partners including CTP, and Christian Aid, and PAX, all church Aid, working collaboratively under the structure core Group whose work is to mobile funding and provide technical support to SSCC in the implementation of APP
South Sudan like many other countries is constrained unprecedentedly by social and economic systems breakdown because of COVID-19. Not only is the COVID-19. Not only is the COVID-19 pandemic a threat to physical health and the economy. it has a well affected funding for partners and SSCC is not an exception. Given the peace agreement signed is seemly taking shape continue the SSCC would like to continue scaling up its operation in Equatorial and Greater Upper Nile Regions. The council under capacity strengthening outcomes would like to request CTP to support the General Secretary and Finance officer (Accountant) in the secretariat. 
The position of the General Secretary existed before when the Action Plan for peace (APP) was launched and it manages all the functions in the SSCC Secretariat. This position is covered solely supported by SSCC through its assets which is also badly affected by the economic setback leaving all percentages for support of SSCC secretariat whose financial support tremendously reduced due to reduction in its retained income.
The stability in all regions is paying the way for full implementation of APP activities in all the location, SSCC has also already recruited a Finance officer who is based at the head office. The finance officer is responsible for managing all financial records of the regions including partners and donor funds for implementation of activities in the regions and gives support to the finance department at the head office. The finance officer will report directly to finance manager at SSCC headquarters and shall administration have supervised by regional coordinator equatorial region.
Multi sectoral emergency response in Yirol East. This project is designed to target highly vulnerable households and individuals including poor female headed households, households with persons living with disability, those with low income, and the most food insecure with malnourished children in Yirol East. Women and youths will be at the centre of this project.  Targeting will be based on humanitarian principles of humanity and impartiality to save lives and alleviate suffering with aid being provided based on need, in proportion to identified needs. To achieve this, the CTP protection and safeguarding framework will be used which considers safety, meaningful access, dignity and inclusivity.  A participatory and consultative approach will be used to agree targeting criteria that ensures the most vulnerable individuals/households are identified and benefit from this support, building on the methodology used in previous CTP interventions. The project will target at least 10 percent of the beneficiaries based on the membership of person living with disabilities. 
After setting out the criteria, women groups containing 5 members are established as targeting committees (3 from host, 2 from IDP HHs) in different locations. These committees will identify and present a list of potential beneficiaries who meet the criteria. Following this, mass verification and validation will be conducted. The final list will be presented and posted at community level for further verification as well as to give an opportunity for residents to raise any grievances which will be handled in accordance with locally established complaints handling mechanisms. The process promotes active participation, inclusiveness and ownership of the project by the community.
Strengthening the delivery of the governance ansd peace building programme in South Sudan This project  focuses to achieve the following:- 
•	Support the proposal development with the partners (partners workshops, support partners as they undertake needs assessments) currently planning the proposal development for GAC through Development and Peace and also possibility of another proposal development initiatives later in the year. 2 proposal developments have been planned for the financial year.
•	Facilitate the half yearly reviewing and planning workshops with the partners (the first such meeting was in February and planning another one in September and also facilitate peers learning for the partners- partner exchange visits later in the year)
•	Facilitate partner reflections of the capacity strengthening plans of partners focusing on areas which the partners failed to meet the minimum standard. This will be tailored for each partners as the areas vary from partner to partner and the focus will initially be on the areas which there has been consensus (soft areas” with the partner and then gradually moving towards issues which are the “hard” ones.
Phase VIII Multi sectoral emergency response for IDPs and vulnerable host communities in Yirol East This will project build on CTP's Multi-sectoral Response programme supported by Irish Aid and others since 2017/18. The overall goal is to save lives, reduce suffering, maintain and protect human dignity. Ongoing programme surveys, HRP 2021, Yirol WASH Project Review Jun 2021, HPP Light Internal Review Nov 21 and HPP External Evaluation 2021 and the 2017 HPP and 2018 HPP Reviews show that humanitarian needs continue to be widespread and multi sectoral response is required to save lives. The project takes a nexus approach, combining humanitarian, development and peace approaches to address food insecurity, strengthened by improved coping mechanisms for women and girls, and safe water access. This project will equip communities with climate sensitive agroecological skills, tools and technology for long term food security beyond humanitarian food aid. An agroecological approach builds on traditional knowledge including context specific practices that regenerate the environment, improve biodiversity, increase resilience to shocks and manage pests at low or zero cost to farmers, combined with tools and seeds to increase productivity and production of diverse foods. A survivor-centred and women’s empowerment focused approach will support women to secure their safety and wellbeing, enabling them to recover, provide for their families and become food secure. The project will provide specialised GBV case management, women’s and girls’ safe spaces, PSS, referral systems, dignity kits and socio-economic supports through access to livelihoods and VSLA to women and girls in Yirol East. To  tackle poor access to safe water and poor hygiene/sanitation practices in the community, the project will provide safe water through borehole repair, establishing WUCs and training pump mechanics and distribution of hygiene items along with hygiene messaging. This project will be implemented by consortium of 3 local partners (TOCH, DMI and CDOR). TOCH will implement the protection component.
Emergency WASH  Assistance to Returnees in Maban This GBP £75,000 proposed four month rapid response aims to provide urgent humanitarian assistance through emergency latrine construction and hygiene promotion to individuals affected by armed conflict in South Sudan..

The project will build on lessons learnt by CAFOD in previously implemented and ongoing  work with the same implementing partner in the target regions. CAFOD and partner- the Catholic Development Office (CDO) have a long term presence in the proposed locations and hold well established community relations and linkages with the relevant stakeholders, including; South Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (SSRRC) and the local mainline state departments in Maban and Renk. 

Expected project outcomes are twofold: 

1)	To reduce diseases through improved hygiene practices and access to latrines. 
Feedback from the previous “Emergency and recovery assistance for host communities, returnees and refugees in Maban, Upper Nile State” (SUD089/1E, December 2013 to 31 July 2014) indicated that latrine coverage is still very low and there is more need for intensive hygiene training to facilitate long-term behaviour change. Low cost latrines will be constructed, coupled with house-to-house hygiene promotion, school-based hygiene promotion and soap distribution. 

2)	To mitigate tensions between refugees, host and returnee communities. By relieving pressure on restricted resources and by linking relief with rehabilitation and development, this project aims to support the 2 communities to coexist in a peaceful manner providing both with sanitation facilities and hygiene promotion. In general, more humanitarian attention has been paid to refugees, resulting in the returnee and host communities feeling that their similar needs are not been supported, supporting returnees and host communities will ensure that there is a balanced humanitarian support and reduce tensions between refugees and returnees/host communities. Upper Nile is one of South Sudan’s worst affected States, from the current conflict.
Proposed activities include: Construction of latrines, and hygiene promotion in Maban
Improving Hygiene and Sanitation in the Catholic Diocese of Yei, South Sudan. This is an 8 months project and was designed based on the information collected during previous project monitoring visits conducted by CAFOD, Caritas Australia and the implementing partner. Additional information was also collected during an assessment conducted in November 2011 by Caritas Yei with support from CAFOD, county authorities and the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission after Caritas Yei requested for support to undertake priority needs assessments to inform the direction of relief and development initiatives in the Diocese.
The project seeks to support an Improved household sanitation and hygiene levels that will lead to reduction in disease outbreaks. The project will contribute towards enabling the communities in the targeted areas of Yei Diocese to live together in a safe and clean environment with dignity.  This will be achieved through the promotion and support of good hygiene and sanitation practices in the communities. This initiative will go a long way reducing water borne diseases as well as increasing the time families, particularly women; have to engage in productive activities thus improving their economic status.