Lifesaving Response to Vulnerable Crisis-Affected People from Sudan ltpgtThe Sudan crisis led to an influx of individuals seeking refuge from conflict. Many displaced individuals, especially women, girls, and persons with disabilities, have suffered or witnessed violence, exacerbating protection risks. The rising population in Renk Transit centers is straining essential services, worsening the well-being of the displaced. IRC is already active in Renk, providing integrated protection, information and legal services to population displaced by the conflict, with a focus on women, girls and persons with specific needs. ltbrgtThe proposed action will scale up life-saving protection services, including monitoring, analysis, identification, and referral of individuals with protection needs for specialized psychosocial support, comprehensive case management services, legal aid, shelter, and other targeted assistance. It will also provide tailored information services during emergencies. Furthermore, the response will engage affected populations to develop harmonized key messaging and strengthen the capacity of humanitarian actors in GBV mainstreaming, responsive information and quality, safe referral processes to support vulnerable individuals. ltbrgtThe IRC will implement protection activities that monitor, reduce or eliminate protection risks promoting equitable access to essential protection services for individuals and groups through static approach in Renk TC and mobile approach at Joba border point, Abdukadar and Zero TCs. The protection team will identify, mitigate, and address protection risks that deprive target individuals of essential services. For those who face risks that threaten survival, IRC will provide individual protection assistance including emergency protection cash, quality information service and referrals, to services, targeted in-kind assistance and legal aid to women and other vulnerable people to access justice. Group Psychosocial support will be provided to address acute stress and support the communities with strengthening their existing coping mechanisms to manage stress.  The teams will also conduct community-level protection monitoring to identify, document, and analyze key protection issues in the affected communities, while identified community-level protection issues will be prioritized for response by the IRC Protection team in consultation and close coordination with the affected community, service providers, and other relevant actors. ltbrgtThe proposed action will integrate general protection and GBV interventions. Static services such as GBV prevention, response, and risk mitigation, will be carried out in both new and old transit centers, where the IRC have already safe spaces. Furthermore, the GBV team will provide mobile services including house to house visits along with the protection team to the new arrivals. Existing safe spaces will serve as an entry point for GBV survivors to access the services while the static protection desks will support registration complains and providing safe referrals for GBV survivors. IRC will hire case workers and train them on basic GBV concepts and inter-agency case management guidelines focused on survivor centered approach. Along with case management services, recreational activities centered on women and girls will be conducted at the safe space for provision of Psychosocial support. Multisector referral pathways will be established/updated to provide case management services to GBV survivors. Cash for Protection will be provided to the vulnerable women and girls in the community for risk mitigation and GBV response. Along with the protection team, the GBV team will conduct awareness raising activities in the community (including information sessions, distribution of IEC materials) through engaging community leaders to prevent GBV. IRC through this project, will conduct trainings of stakeholders to mainstream GBV in other sectors and also capacitate frontline workers for quality service to women and girls.ltbrgtlt/pgt