Provision of Emergency shelter and Non Food Item to conflict affected People in South Sudan WVSS will contribute to the protection of lives of displaced populations by distributing Emergency Shelter and Non Food Items (ES-NFI) to the newly displaced households, protracted IDPs, those in formal IDP site, and the vulnerable households within the host community but are conflict affected. This project, running to February 2018 is designed to complement the ongoing SSHF ES-NFIs project that ends on 31st October 2017, targeting locations which were not targeted in the first standard allocation. All the projects materials for the ES-NFIs will be sourced from the NFI cluster core- pipeline. 

The project will focus on counties in the conflict affected states of Jonglei (Uror, Ayod, Nyirol, Duk and Akobo), Upper Nile (Nasir and Maiwut),  and Warrap (Tonj North amp South) based on the current trends of displacement. In addition to these, it is noteworthy that WVSS will use its front line Mobile teams to reach hard to reach locations and any locations with ES- NFIs needs within South Sudan, with a greater emphasis on displacement due to conflict. 

Where possible the provision of more sustainable and cost-effective non-food items (possibly could also be sourced from local markets).The project will target the most vulnerable households, looking out for any protection issues and referring such to relevant partners. The strengthening of community coping mechanisms and cohesion of vulnerable and at-risk communities will be encouraged.

WVSS will also use its experience in working with National NGOs, especially those new to responding to ES-NFI needs. In past year WVSS has worked with South Sudan Development Agency (SSUDA) and Africa Development Aid (ADA) to implement NFI projects in Upper Nile and Jonglei. By So doing WVSS will be building the capacities of such partners. WVSS will also use its good working relationships in continuation with this collaboration for greater impact and delivery of services to the neediest populations.

WVSS has ongoing operations in the Greater Equatoria Greater Upper Nile and Greater Bhar el- Ghazal states with staff equipped with skills to respond to the needs of conflict affected populations including the undertaking of the needs assessment and ES-NFI distribution. In addition to this, WVSS has teams positioned in strategic static locations Kuajok (Warrap), Yambio (Greater Western Equatoria State), Juba (Central Equatoria) and Melut, Aburoc, Renk and Malakal (Upper Nile). In addition to staff who can respond to any needs in these static Locations, WVSS has two mobile teams based in Juba adding an additional team through this project. The three Mobile teams will be deployed from Juba under the Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM). The three mobile teams will be competent to respond to ES-NFI needs anywhere in the country especially in locations which are hard to reach as well as carry out the assessments, verification, registrations, and distributions of NFI to the conflict affected groups.

The project will target 40,611 beneficiaries (8,122 households), comprising of 11,777 men, 11,371 women and 17,463 children affected by the conflict. The majority (30,458) of these will be the newly displaced people, while the remaining (10,153) will be from the protracted IDPs and other vulnerable groups within the host community. The priority locations will be, Jonglei, Upper Nile and Warrap States, though the project will have the ability to respond anywhere in the country mainly through its mobile RRM teams.
 
In order to be able to reach the neediest populations with lifesaving assistance, WVSS will respond to needs requiring immediate multi-cluster, multi- agency response. In such instances WVSS with other agencies and stakeholders will conduct the Inter agency Rapid Needs Assessments (IRNA) to determine the lifesaving needs of the affected populations.