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Emergency WASH, shelter and food security assistance to IDPs in Melut County, Upper Nile state Upper Nile State was one of the most affected regions in south Sudan when  a violent civil conflict erupted in the capital Juba on 15th December 2013, creating widespread and severe humanitarian needs across the region  .   Malakal, Upper Nile State’s capital, changed hands three times with significant damage on the livelihoods of its people and the town’s infrastructure. Other urban centres in Upper Nile State were also affected by the clashes, among them Melut County. An estimated 15,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) fled to Mabek, Ashaba, Torkuach and Wunriang in Melut County where relative peace and stability has been maintained since the start of the skirmishes. 
 
Caritas Malakal, a strategic partner of CAFOD in South Sudan in collabartion with CAFOD are working closely to respond to the current crisis.  CAFOD and Caritas Malakal conducted an initial assessment mission to Melut in late May 2014.  Uprooted from their original homes, the IDPs in the areas most affected by the recent conflict have no access to shelter materials, food, water, sanitation facilities and other basic services.  Limited access to shelter materials and other non-food items has disrupted household capacity to provide shelter, utensils for fetching and storing water for domestic consumption. Limited access to clean and safe drinking water and sanitation facilities expose displaced populations to threats of water-borne and sanitation-related diseases.
Emergency food security for returnee IDPs in Gogrial state (Formerly Warrap State). This food security project seeks to provide critical humanitarian lifesaving food assistance in a way that contributes to community resilience and improvement of participant´s capacity to sustain their livelihoods and move away from dependency on food aid. The target group in this project is returning internally displaced people (IDPs), who initially fled the intercommunal violence resulting from the long-standing conflict between the Apuk and Ajugo communities in Gogrial state. This conflict has intensified along with the situation in the country. The efforts of DMI Sisters and other actors like the South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC) together with the local government and the women federation system involved in peace efforts, has enabled them to feel secure enough to return.
The project will be implemented by the local partner (Society of Daughters of Mary Immaculate, DMI Sisters).  DMI is the only actor responding to the emergency due to the insecurity in the area.
Operational support for Multi sectoral emergency response in Gogrial and Yirol East. This project is to support the operational costs for projects SSD211 (Gogrial) and SSD212 (Yirol).  The projects in question will adopt an integrated multisectoral approach that will focus on providing appropriate lifesaving relief support. This will include initiatives that help communities in transitioning to self-reliance and build resilience to reduce future vulnerability in Gogrial and Yirol East States. Focus will be on targeted humanitarian assistance, enhancing gender equality, improving protection needs of women, girls, boys and persons living with disability, psychosocial support, GBV case management, peace building, improving  participation of women in peace building dialogues and decision-making processes, WASH and building the resilience of communities to crises.
 Ongoing conflict has given rise to many challenges in South Sudan, not least food insecurity and displacement. Women and girls are affected in particular, with protection issues and sexual and gender-based violence faced by many women, who are disproportionately affected by conflict. This is true in Gogrial and Yirol East, the proposed project locations of this intervention. A multi-pronged approach is required to address the challenges. Women, men, girls and boys require lifesaving interventions to meet their food, protection, water, sanitation and hygiene needs and to build resilience to reduce future vulnerability.
South Sudan Council of Churches Capacity Strengthening project 2016 South Sudan, the world’s newest state, faces several challenges including weak government institutions, corruption and mismanagement of public and natural resources. Good governance structures and institutions are still nascent, and much must be done for the country to establish strong democratic institutions like south Sudan council of churches that are capable of combating corruption in the use of public and natural resources. Worldwide, council of churches plays a vital role in promoting good governance and providing oversight on government processes. However, South Sudan Council of Churches was actively involved in the peace process and literally went to “sleep” when the country got independence. This was then followed by years of misuse of resources and lack of accountability within the SSCC secretariat. Efforts were made to resuscitate the SSCC given the important role that the churches played in terms of peace building and conflict reconciliation not just in South Sudan but throughout the world. A new Secretary General was elected and is now in post.

In order to assist the Secretariat, a core group of resources partners were selected to assist the new secretary General to restructure the organisation and also develop a new strategic direction for the Council. Working with the core group, the Secretary General identified a consultant who is providing accompaniment support to the SG. The accompanier is working on restructuring the organisation by revisiting the policies and procedures and putting in place sound financial systems.

It was also agreed that the SSCC need to continue functioning and two agencies were identified which could temporarily house the funding for SSCC as they wait the finalisation of the audit. This was done so as to minimise any risk of the current funding being used to finance liabilities that SSCC has from the previous secretariat. NCA and CRS are the two agencies that are currently facilitating the process by having contract for staff currently being employed to carry out SSCC activities. CTP is thus assisting SSCC to cover for the cost of the administrative officer and the fund will be send directly to the office of Secretary general in SSCC.
EA 12/2010  Emergency Preparedness and Rapid Response Capacity: Dioceses of Yei and Tombura-Yambio The aim of this project is to strengthen the capacity of the Caritas family (diocese, national, and member organisations) in Sudan to respond to anticipated emergency situations in the country, including any scenarios that develop during the build up and aftermath of the Referenda as well as other man made or natural disasters.  The overall goal is; To strengthen Church and community structures to mitigate the impact of humanitarian disasters in Sudan. This intervention will focus on the 2 dioceses of Tombura-Yambio and Yei in Sudan with the following specific objective; The 2 Dioceses will develop effective emergency preparedness plans and have the capacity to deliver the responses in their target communities. The expected results are ; Diocesan and Caritas agencies staff strengthen their skills and knowledge in emergency preparedness and response, Communities in each diocese are prepared to respond to emergencies or disasters, Increased institutional capacity of Diocesan, Sudanaid and other Caritas members to respond to emerging humanitarian needs, Establish a Parish Based Information Systems in all 9 Dioceses in Sudan.
The direct beneficiaries of the project is the planned 25 staff each from the diocese of Tombura-Yambio  and Yei to be trained on emergency preparedness and response, additional 2 emergency coordinators to be recruited per diocese. CAFOD staff shall provide minimum capacity within the 2 dioceses and focused on likely hotspots, to enable them to respond effectively to any emergencies that may arise. Communities in the 2 dioceses will also benefit through participation in emergency preparedness and early response activities. These beneficiaries will be reached through activities such as community managed disaster preparedness. 

This contribution from CRS will be targeted to the Dioceses of Yei and Tombura-Yambio and will fund the salary of the 2 Diocese Emergency Coordinators for 1 year, as well as fund the EPR, EPP and CMDRR trainings, and purchase of communication/information systems. There are flexible funds for other urgent activities identified through the Emergency Preparedness Plans.
Empowering women peace ambassadors for effective participation in peace building This project is focusing on empowering women for constructive and productive participation in peace building. The goal of the project is “Strengthening women capacities for delivering peace in their respective communities”. Women are influencers in majority of South Sudan society/communities, but the issue is they were not provided the opportunity for effective participation in public life with intention of fostering peaceful co-existences. The lack of effective women participation in the process of fostering peaceful co-existence among communities was due to cultural and traditional perceptions of the society since leadership is based on male dominance in most of the communities of South Sudan. Therefore, public participation and engagement is more of male having greater chance than women. Due to this imbalance in the society, this project is intending to empowered women in the communities.Across the country the on-going violence resulted to rampant violation of the women human rights. Evidences generated by our 2018 workshops on women participation in peace building demonstrated that women representation and participation in communal peace dialogue is inadequate in both terms as facilitators or participants of the communal peace dialogue. Further, the women complained of their inadequate or low participation and representation in communal peace dialogue has contributed greatly for the community to undermine the special needs of women for peace and security. The women participants in CEPO 2018 peace building workshop consistently complained of all peace dialogue resolutions turn to be gender bias with high focus on drawing solutions on issues that are more of male needs and concerns driven in the communities. Based on this position of the women in Bor, Torit, Juba and Wau CEPO decided to establish specific mechanism that focus on lifting women voice on demanding genuine and effective participation and representation on matters of peace and security.
Support to conflict displaced households’ emergency needs of food, NFI and sanitation/hygiene The current conflict crises in South Sudan has made more than two million people to face severe insecurity; with famine narrowly avoided in 2014. But with the ongoing dry season  the protracted conflict is only making the disaster worse, and unless more aid can be delivered to those who need it, mainly IDPs, – famine remains a serious threat in 2015.  The Catholic Church and Caritas Yei in particular, have a mandate and commitment to assist the poor conflict-affected and vulnerable people. It does this, now, through a projects involving support to conflict and flood-affected populations in Kajo -Keji and Mundri Counties in Central and Western Equatoria states respectively. The conflict-affected persons, in Kajo Keji County, were as a result of cross border conflicts with neighbouring Madi tribe in Uganda. Whereas the conflicts in Mundri were of a dual nature; involving conflicts (between local famers and transhumant pastoralists from another state) and effect of floods. A total of 367 households are targeted. Of these 2,640 persons will be female and 180 males. Caritas Diocese of Yei (CDY) seeks to support these vulnerable people through provision of cash transfers to buy food and avert from the looming hunger.  As the affected people have also lost homes and livelihood assets, especially for women, CDY will also provide the targeted beneficiaries with Non Food Items (NFIs) to meet their needs for basic shelter, clothing and access to household items. Given the conditions of congestion and poor sanitation/personal hygiene that the people are living in now, providing cash-for-food, NFIs distribution, latrines construction and hygiene awareness promotion to these households will positively impact on and alleviate their living conditions.   Both men and women heads of households living in the camp will benefit from the project; with the host communities mainly benefiting from the hygiene awareness and promotion activities and earn incomes through the sale of their food produce to the IDPs. The project implementation, by CDY will be supported by the County RRC in Mundri-Western Equatoria state and the beneficiaries will also be involved in project implementation e.g. site designation and digging of pit latrines.
Strengthening GBV Coordination, Response and Mitigation in Kuajok Warrap State This project will support Women for Change (Women led organization) in South Sudan to Co- lead the GBV coordination at Sub national level with technical support and accompaniment through mentoring and training and capturing key ongoing learning, financial management support and follow up
This project will focus on 
1. women's leadership including collaborative leadership, negotiation and conflict resolution.
Technical GBV response including GBViE Minimum Standards , peer to peer support and Supervision.
3. Coordination skills through development of referral pathways, standard operating Procedures and resources mobilization.
This project is align with Trócaire's commitment to localisation, particularly increased voice and influence of local actors with a focus on Women Lead Organization (WLOs)
The Women Led Organization will take lead on quality service provision within the GBV sub cluster including on application of the minimum standards in collaboration with the National GBV AOR task team.
A Women's leadership resource package will be developed to support other women led organization that consider taking on Co leadership in the future and support GBV sub cluster coordination mechanism to adapt to and follow local women's lead
Supporting equitable access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene in Yei Diocese The project seeks to support the equitable access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene in Yei County, South Sudan. This objective will be achieved through improved access to new water points, rehabilitation and repair of existing water facilities as well as through creating awareness and behaviour change on good hygiene behaviours. 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. 

The project will take deliberate actions to include women and girls in the implementation so as to build their confidence in decision making as well as participate in development projects in their community. It is anticipated that 31,500 people will benefit from the project with improve access to safe water as well as improved sanitation and knowledge on hygiene and sanitation.
Support market system development on ground nuts production and value addition in Yirol East. CTP has been providing seeds and tools to communities in Yirol East through its local partner CDoR for the past 7 years. The project was being funded by HPP (Irish Aid) that ended in December 2023, UKAM and Caritas Norway with both projects ending in December 2024. The project reached 800 HHs under HPP, 800HHs under Caritas and 3,200HHs under UKAM. The households were provided with agricultural inputs (seeds, tools, and ox-ploughs). According to the post-harvest assessment conducted by CTP and Local Partner, 55% of those supported reported that their harvest has increased compared to previous years and 66% of the farmers reported that they have reserved seeds for planting in the next season. The provision of seeds and ox-ploughs enabled farmers to increase the size of their farmlands. CTP noted through assessments and post-harvest surveys that groundnut production is one of the key cash crops which was most preferred by the communities because of its value addition elements. CTP anticipates that the growth in supporting market systems can increase productivity and enterprise wealth and inclusive growth in end markets that will subsequently reduce poverty. CTP and its partner CDoR will also use this as an opportunity to transition the assistance from a direct support approach to a market system-based approach as an exit strategy.
Support to Justice and Peace national desk The project is intended for capacity building and builds trust among the Churches, Religious/community leaders and communities in northern Sudan. 

During 21 years of civil war in south Sudan, SCC was divided into two: SCC proper in the north or government controlled areas and NSCC in the south or SPLA controlled areas.  This means relationships were destroyed by the war and must be rebuilt and sustained, underlying issues that caused the longest running conflict in Africa must be addressed and community based systems that promote dialogue and consensus must be build.  

This project is meant to prepare a ground for dialogue on these issues.  Three workshops will be organized on; Peaceful Co-existence and unity in diversity, Peace Building and Conflict Transformation and Good governance.

Workshop participants will include Church Leaders, Local community Leaders (Chiefs), Women, Youth, and Local Authority Leaders.
Emergency response to Sudan crisis - South Sudan returnees and IDPs in Upper Nile Upper Nile State: sharing the largest border with Sudan is receiving the biggest number of the people fleeing the conflict in Sudan through the border entry point at Joda, north of Renk town. People have been entering Upper Nile State in tens of thousands from the onset of the conflict until today. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in partnership with the Government provided transport to tens of thousands of people. The Catholic diocese of Malakal, through its Caritas Office, provided transport to about 4,000 people mostly from Upper Nile State. The great challenge in the State is now short-term humanitarian support to the returnees who reached their home areas and intend to resettle. Caritas Malakal has received multiple appeals from the following locations: Malakal transit camp where 8,000 returnees are hosted, Kodok (Fashoda County), where more than 10,000 returnees have resettled and Wadakona (Manyo County), where 7,000 returnees have resettled.  The conditions of most of the returnees are of high vulnerability. “The main needs identified are food, nutrition and health services, Shelter and NFIs, Clean water and sanitation, core relief items for women and girls “.  The commissioner of Kodok, reiterated the same needs during a visit CTP and Caritas Malakal made in November 2023. 
It is very important to intervene now because, as the emergency continues, people who fled the conflict in Sudan have lost all belongings and require basic human needs in order to survive, among which are food, shelter, protection services and to support resettle them once the returnees reach their home areas, for instance Kodok and Wadakona
Caritas Norway Multi-sectoral emergency response in Gogrial, and Yirol East South Sudan. Programme so far, support provided will continue to include life-saving food and livelihood assistance, WASH and protection services for recurring shocks such as floods, droughts and conflict induced displacements. Working along the humanitarian, development and peace nexus the project will strengthen their resilience to shocks through support for durable solutions in food security, through targeted seed distributions and 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 4, advocacy work on GBV issues and Women’s Empowerment will continue to be strengthened through PSS groups, engaging key stakeholders.
Emergency and Recovery Assistance for Host Communities, Returnees and Refugees in Maban, Upper Nile SCIAF has been funding Emergency Response for The Catholic Development Office in Maban since 2012. In 2013/14 SCIAF provided a total funding of £ 150,000 towards Emergency Assistance in Maban up to October 2014 with a further commitment to continue funding CDO intervention in Maban, Upper Nile State from January 2015.

This created a funding gap for two months - November and December when staffing and other administration costs were not covered. CAFOD was at the same time working on its Country Strategic Paper with a view to inform future engagement with CDO Maban.

In order not to let go of key staffs and to be in a position to continue activities implementation with the resumption of additional funding from SCIAF in January 2015, CAFOD committed a stop gap grant that will ensure essential partner staffs and operations of CDO is sustained during the two months period ending December 2014.
Financial support for the position of Administrative Officer & Finance Officer The South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC) is in the process of implementation of the Action Plan for Peace (APP) 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 envisage 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 Services, Finn Church Aid, CAFOD & Trocaire Partnership (CTP) 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. 
Given the peace agreement signed, the SSCC would like to scale up its operation in Equatorial region and Malakal. The council under capacity strengthening outcomes, would like to request Caford/Trocare partnership to support administration officer at head office and finance officers for Equatorial region.
The position of Administrative Officer existed since 2016 when the APP was launched and followed by the recruitment. This position offers overall administrative support to the General Secretary and generally to SSCC Secretariat. It is conveniently located within the office of the General Secretary offering day to day clerical and administrative duties to support the effective functioning of the office of the head office. The position contributes to the effective work of the head office, hence contribute to the overall efficient management of the APP. This position was previously covered by the EU grant support to institutional strengthening of the SSCC but this funding will formally ends in December 2018, and no confirmation has been made for renewal.
The stability in all l regions is paving the way for full implementation of APP activities in all the location. Secondly, if the peace process holds and return of refugees from Uganda is effected, there will be high expectation on the council to promote reconciliation among communities. As part of preparedness, SSCC would like to recruits finance officer for equatorial region who will be based at the head office. The finance officer will be responsible for managing all financial records of the region including partners and donor funds for implementation of activities in the region and also give support to the finance department at the head office. The finance officer will report directly to Finance manager at SSCC headquarters and shall administrative supervised by regional coordinator equatorial region.