Addressing food insecurity through livelihood support for 57000 (9500HH) Vulnerable IDPs and Host Communities in Akobo County of Jonglei State This project will reach the most vulnerable 57,000 people which corresponds with 9,500 HH (60% Host community and 40%  ,the project is aimed at preventing food shortage between now and the next planting season in 2018 in the target County of Akobo , by providing fast maturing vegetable seeds which will improve food production and provision of fishing kits which will enable them to immediately engage in fishing activities for HH consumption as well sell the surplus and this will contribute to better nutrition, improvement of household income and also better their livelihoods ,this will take place between August 2017 and January 2018 .The vegetable and fishing kits will be given to 57,000 beneficiaries , 34,200 Female (20,520 girls and 13,680 women) and 22,800 Male (13,680 boysamp9,120 men) which corresponds with 9,500 HH (vulnerable Host Communities and IDPs). Special focus will be given to people with disability to make sure they are not left out the modality to be used will be one fishing kit and vegetable kit per HH. Capacity building training will be conducted for 8 days on improved vegetable and fish production to selected recipient beneficiaries through an aptitude test  at the Payam level as TOTs to the rest of the Community for sustainability purposes targeting 1000 people (600 women and 400 men). The selection of the trainees will done in collaboration with the County Agriculture Department and other stakeholders in an inclusive selection meeting to identity the right TOTs that will meet the criteria that will be agreed upon ,ensuring decisions are collective and representative . The overall project objective is Protecting vulnerable populations affected by the crisis against hunger, malnutrition and destitution at HH level for 57,000 people (9,500HH) vulnerable IDPs and Host community in the target location of Akobo County. This project is aimed at scaling up the ongoing intervention in partnership with FAO in Akobo County, also to compliment other ongoing WASH, Nutrition projects in partnership with UNICEF, health intervention in partnership with IMA in Akobo County, as well as the ongoing WASH intervention in partnership with UNICEF. Nile Hope shall liaise with FAO to get in kind support for the fishing and vegetable kits for 57,000 individuals which corresponds to 9,500HH
Nile Hope has conducted the necessary own  assessments, also involving other agencies like for example in Akobo , we participated in several IRNAs . We also worked closely with the County authority, RRC, local leaders, IDPs and host community representatives in mapping the emergency needs. This is corroborated by reports from our field coordinators and staff. The needs were captured through various tools (questionnaires, case studies) and methodologies including interrogative observation, interviews and discussion meetings with key community leaders and local actors, focus group discussions with IDPs and host community members. A post distribution monitoring will be conducted targeting 15% of the beneficiaries to obtain feedback from the community for example regarding, timeline, quality and quantity of the kits provided. This also helps Nile Hope and its partners to learn and also improve future programming. The outcome of the post monitoring distribution (PDM) will reflect in the interim and final report