‘’RESTORING RESILIENCE THROUGH WASH SERVICES TO CONFLICT AFFECTED COMMUNITIES OF LAINYA CENTRAL EQUATORIA ’’ RRWASCAM Project Summary: 
Project Aim: 
The IRW emergency responds on ‘’RESTORING RESILIENCE THROUGH WASH SERVICES TO CONFLICT AFFECTED COMMUNITIES OF LAINYA CENTRAL EQUATORIA ’’ RRWASCAM focuses On targeting communities affected by Conflicts in Lainya County in South Sudan.’’ This responds aims on tackling issues emanating from conflict through providing emergency WASH services and related Non-Food Items (WASH NFIs) and hygiene kits. 
Lainya County: 
The July 2016 Crisis in Juba that escalated to Lainya and the whole of Yei River State resulted in massive displacement of population and destruction of properties. In July 2017, an inter-agency rapid needs assessment was then organized and conducted in Lainya County led by UNOCHA. The objectives of the assessment are to re-assess the population displacement, identify the current level of access to clean water, improved sanitation and hygiene practices and identify key gaps in WASH services in Lainya and its surroundings and make recommendations to meet pressing needs and gaps and the way forward.

While implementing the ongoing SSHF SA1 in Yei and Lainya, IRW reassessed Lainya county and observed that the communities in the rural areas have occupied the residential areas in the township of Lainya while the people who originally host the two counties took refuge in the neighboring Congo and Uganda and others fled to Juba town. Despite few partners are providing services, there still remains unmet gaps that still require continued WASH services so people could resume cultivation in the rainy season.

Target Groups and Beneficiaries:
This is an emergency intervention and it will link to life saving, recovery thus resilience building of the communities mainly through community WASH and NFIs distribution and infrastructure building to assist 16,500 (men 1,790, women 2,840, boys 2,750 and girls 3,8500) direct and indirect beneficiaries in Lainya County affected by conflict that erupted in July 2016 and Cholera preparedness that continued to claim lives in other parts of South Sudan. 11,230 people from IDPs (Men 1,90 women 2,840 boys 2,750 and girls 3,800) and 5,147 (Men 756, Women 1,713, Boys 1,042 and Girls 1,636) host communities will be provided with access to safe water as per agreed standards (7.5-15 litres per person per day) of whom the same population of 2,000 people will be provided with access to appropriate sanitation facilities installed with HWFs and WASH related NFIs and the target population will benefit from WASH infrastructure as the few existing facilities are already strained. Currently millions of displaced people cannot access basic needs given the volatility situation. 
Project Target Locations: 
IRW-SS field staff observations ascertains that the displaced population in Lainya County are at risk of contracting malaria, acute bloody or watery diarrhea though cholera outbreak was not reported and measles as deadly disease. There is an indication of famine due to limited food received from partners approximately 85% in the affected areas lost their livelihood. IRW-SS supports over 20,000 IDPs in Juba (Mahad and Mangatein), 5,000 starving population of Kapoeta East in Lopua and about 2,000 with assorted food items and NFIs with funds from other IR partner donors.
IRW has therefore selected Logwili, Lainya, Kenyi and Mukaya Payams in Lainya.