Tambura Nutrition Project Through the South Sudan Humanitarian Fund Second Allocation (SSHFSA2), World Vision South Sudan (WVSS) proposes to reach a total of 4,952 children under five ( girls:2,526  boys: 2,436) and 708 PLWs in Namutima and Tambura county with community based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) interventions  in 7 OTP/TSF sites, one mobile weekly outreach, and 1 stabilization centers. WVSS expects that out of the 245 cases of SAM that 37 will be managed at the stabilization center for medical complications. 

The project aims to provide critical lifesaving emergency CMAM interventions to the IDPs and most vulnerable populations, particularly children age 6 – 59 months and pregnant and lactating women. To ensure smooth implementation of this project, the project will use existing community structures such as home health promoters (HHPs), Boma Village Health Committees, community nutrition volunteers (CNVs), Mother to Mother support groups, men and women champion groups who will play a major role in the mobilization of the community members in order to increase utilization of CMAM services and also in providing to them nutrition education. Community nutrition volunteers will play a key role in community mobilization, nutrition education, MUAC screening in the community, referring  cases of SAM and MAM to nutrition sites for anthropometric measurement, admission in the programme and treatment as per the MOH guideline, and defaulter tracing as well.  

With the South Sudan Humanitarian Fund Second allocation (SSHFSA2), this nutrition project nutrition will be implemented across seven OTPs and seven TSFPs sites. Given that Tambura and Nagero currently lacks a stabilization center (SC) and considering the insecurity on the main road between Yambio and Tambura, WVSS proposes to establish a SC at the Tambura Hospital to management cases of SAM with medical complications. This project will seek a balance between the urgent needs of the displaced population and the long term approaches that will improve the general health system of Nagero and Tambura.

This project will be implemented in collaboration with other sectors such as health, WASH, and FSL to ensure that the nutrition emergency response is integrated and beneficiaries have access to continuum of care. For example, cases of MAM and SAM discharged will be referred to other programme such as FSL and health where they will have access to additional services.

From the phase of project design and to the phase of implementation and monitoring, WVSS will ensure that the beneficiaries are involved additionally, WVSS will put in place accountability to affected population (AAP) and feedback mechanisms.     

This emergency nutrition project will contribute to the 2018 - Humanitarian Respond Plan (HRP) objective of saving lives and alleviate the suffering of those most in need of help and protection, protect the rights and uphold the dignity of the most vulnerable, and support at-risk communities to sustain their capacity to cope with significant threats. WVSS will provide OTP and TSFP in all functional static nutrition sites, and strengthen rapid response mechanisms, and will support the nutrition cluster – when necessary – in the provision of survival kits in insecure and inaccessible or hard-to-reach areas. In line with the 2018 HRP, WVSS will strengthen the management of SAM with complications, for example through capacity building of nutrition and health staffs.

This proposed project will be implemented by World Vision South Sudan with the support of World Vision Taiwan.