Provision of Sustainable WASH and Health services for South Sudanese Refugees and host community population in El Nehoud, and Ghubaysh Localities in West Kordofan Sate (envelop 3) Concern Worldwide (CW), in collaboration with WES/UNICEF, SMoH/WHO and SOS Sahel proposes to provide an integrated lifesaving WASH and health intervention for 21,431direct beneficiaries (at least 11,666 South Sudanese refugees 9,008 host community population) in Ghubaysh and El Nehoud localities in West Kordofan State. This project is aimed at addressing the immediate WASH and health needs of target beneficiaries in addition to strengthening already existing services which is currently overwhelmed by the high influx of refugees from South Sudan and IDPs from East Darfur and Central Darfur. According to West Kordofan ministry of health and localities administrations most of South Sudanese refugees are residing in areas around Umlilia and Ghubaysh health facilities in Ghubaysh locality and Elthawra and Sakami health facility and villages in El Nehoud locality. According to health facilities managements there are acute need for service improvement, facilities hygiene sanitation, hand washing facilities, water trucking and provision of drugs. The water points around these health facilities are operating below the Essential environmental health standards in healthcare (WHO, 2008 page 29) and SPHERE standards requirement in terms of water supply and sanitation. Water yards also run short of the Sudan  PWC standard  I terms of the engineering layout, and important items like fencing, good water drainage systems system, donkey loading ramps etc. The environment around these community water points also need to be improve. 

The WASH component CW will provide portable water supply for 20,000 population, improve sanitation services in schools for 2,000 children, provide HH latrines for 2,400 individuals and will build the capacity of the local population and refugees to improve their resilience to shock. The health component aims to strengthen the existing primary health care services in 4 rural health facilities unit for 20,674 beneficiaries through a primary health care package including reproductive health (PLW care package), EPI services, treatment of communicable disease, linkage to existing referral services, and build the capacity of the health providers for early warning system detraction and response.
The project will closely link to the strategy of the Refugee Response Forum South Regional Refugee Response Plan (January — December 2018) by upholding the quality of asylum for South Sudanese refugees in the region, the majority of whom are women and children, by meeting their lifesaving needs and upholding their dignity according to applicable minimum standards. providing life-saving services for new arrivals and stabilize the situation for the existing refugees and host community population to achieve at least minimum emergency standards across the WASH and Health sectors with cross cutting of protection, gender mainstreaming and environment protection. This involves the provision of essential basic services, including food, health, nutrition, shelter, education, non-food items (NFIs), water and sanitation to the existing refugee community and new arrivals anticipated in 2018. The project also aims to provide sustainable solutions for refugees through capacity building and establishing sustainable mechanisms that will increase their self-reliance and host community support.