Provision of safe, dignified and equitable emergency WASH services to IDPs, host communities and returnees, through integrated EPR and WASH-GBV interventions, as part of a coordinated response in Tonj North County (Warrap State) and Morobo County (Central Equatoria State) and/or other SSHF Priority Locations flagged by the WASH Cluster, in South Sudan The project contributes to the WASH Cluster Strategy in South Sudan, by providing timely, equitable access to safe and sufficient WASH services to 17,500 direct beneficiaries (4,620 women, 4,568 men, 5,003 girls and 3,309 boys) through integrated EPampR WASH-GBV interventions, as part of a coordinated response with GBV Sub-Cluster, EPampR and Static partners. 

The proposal addresses critical needs in Tonj North County (Warrap State) and Morobo County (Central Equatoria State). Delivered through IOM’s EPampR mechanism, IOM remains flexible to respond to new and evolving needs on any of the SSHF’s 26 Priority Counties, following guidance from the WASH Cluster (WC) (triggered by alerts from NAWG and ICWG, coordinated through WC EPampR weekly meetings). This is in line with the WC EPampR Strategy (2018) whereby “mobile partners are mandated to respond to sudden crisis in any locations where static partners cannot respond”. The same principle applies to activities proposed, whereby these can be tailored “to the situation found in the field” (ibid). 

IOM’s package addresses the most acute and urgent WASH gaps, whilst increasing access to accessible, safe, dignified and accountable water and hygiene promotion services. Considering protection issues in South Sudan, this intervention is also designed to increase focus and support for women and girls, including tackling gender‐based violence (GBV) by mainstreaming GBV and protection considerations through WASH service provision. 

IOM will thus support affected communities by:

a)	Repairing water sources, whilst providing hardware and software tools. The team will work through the existing community structures to restore water points functionality in order to guarantee a minimum level of sustainability, whilst encouraging community engagement and ownership of the water system and building its capacity and skills to manage it. To achieve that, IOM will conduct borehole rehabilitation and provide training (or provide a refresher training to) for pump mechanics in order to build capacity of local residents to operate and repair the boreholes after the project is concluded. 
b)	Training (or provide a refresher training to) water management committees and Community Hygiene Promoters (CHP) to support communities’ adoption of good hygiene practices that help mitigate the risk of diseases outbreak such as cholera and acute watery diarrhea. 
c)	Providing WASH NFIs items to the most vulnerable IDPs and returnees
d)	Conducting MHM promotion, training and kit distributions to ensure women and girls of menstrual age can safely manage their menstruation with dignity.

Considering current protection issues in the country, GBV and protection considerations will be mainstreamed across the project cycle, in coordination with the GBV SSHF endorsed partner. Coupled with Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) strategies, such as complaints-feedback reporting mechanisms, IOM will thus ensure ‘do no harm’ and that activities mitigate risks of GBV related to WASH programming whilst helping IOM tailor activities to existing needs. 

The project relies on IOM’s UN added value attested by its rapid response operational capacity and its humanitarian access in hard-to-reach areas which will help address both main activities (EPampR in the 26 counties and WASH’GBV in Morobo).

To ensure coordination and complementarity, IOM will work in partnership with WASH static partners, GBV partners operating in the areas, as well as other EPampR partners.

BUDGET SPLIT 
Total: $300,000 USD
75% ($225,831) Outcome 1 (EPampR) 
25% ($74,169) Outcome 2 (WASH/GBV) 
VFM: 17 USD per Beneficiary** 
**Within the range of EPampR/USD$16,