Integrated Emergency Nutrition Services for Malnourished Children under Five Years and pregnant and lactating women in Bagari and Besselia areas, Wau Western Bahr el Ghazal The goal of this intervention is to provide quality lifesaving CMAM interventions to children 6-59 months and Pregnant and Lactating Women in 14 Bomas of Bagari and Besselia areas. 
Through this project, Johanniter will screen over 90% of children under five years 8,028 (4,094 girls and boys 3,934) and also over 90% of pregnant and lactating women (1,606) for malnutrition in the 14 Bomas of Bagari and Besselia areas. Additionally a total of 3,392 women and 400 men will directly be reached through MIYCN messaging and counseling at community level. The project will reach at least 80% of SAM and MAM in girls and boys 6-59 months 80% of PLW. The estimated number of SAM cases is 562, MAM in children under five years 1,846 and MAM in PLW  450.The project will be complemented by ongoing UNICEF and WFP projects in Wau, Jur River and Raga Counties during the proposed period. Indirect beneficiaries of this project will include 720 males who are caretakers of children under five, County health department staff, health workers and Community nutrition volunteers.

To contribute to cluster Objective 1, this project will focus on increasing the coverage of existing Community-based management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) by strengthening the community mobilization component of CMAM, micronutrient and deworming, opening new OTP and TSFP sites, strengthening linkage and referral to the existing Stabilization Center in Wau run by Johanniter and Wau Teaching Hospital, collaboration with other nutrition actors and increasing the number of mobile sites in areas  where structures have been destroyed by the fighting in all the 14 Bomas in the Bagari and Besselia areas.  Additionally, the interventions will improve program quality through trainings for Nutrition assistants and community mobilizers, and routine joint support supervision.  The commodities for management of MAM in this project will be provided for WFP and UNICEF through the current PCA and FLAs that will be amended. The proposed interventions will consolidate the gains already made through ongoing weekly responses to the different areas and also in the areas that have been receiving services from MEDAIR and ALIMA whose projects are ending in April 2018. 

To contribute to cluster Objective 2. The project will focus on MIYCN messaging at facility and community level, capacity building training to the MIYCN counselors and formation of mother to mother support groups who will be doing house to house visits and sensitizing the community on MIYCN approaches.  To mainstream inclusivity among the mother to mother support groups, Johanniter will ensure that women living with HIV, women with disability and men are included. Mother to mother Support groups will be integrated with OTPs and TSFPs to support mothers of children 0-24 months with breastfeeding complications such as those with small babies, not enough milk, emotional problems among others to re-lactate and successfully breastfeed their infants. Johanniter will also carry out promotion of nutrition education through schools as a good media for raising awareness on a number of key nutrition messages  on the importance for early detection, screening and treatment of acute malnutrition.

To contribute to cluster objective 3, JOHANNITER will conduct regular need based assessments, submit monthly NIS reports and analysis, participate in weekly nutrition cluster coordination meetings, share with relevant partners monthly sitrep reports.   

To contribute to cluster objective 4, JOHANNITER will integrate health and WASH components into nutrition through provision of safe drinking water equipment like buckets and jerrycans, hand washing facility and soap for daily operation of OTP/TSFP and emphasis on awareness raising on hygiene and sanitation, EPI activities, malaria screening and treatment and HIV awareness campaigns.