South Sudan drought response South Sudan has been facing unprecedented multi-dimensional nature of crises for many years. In 2021, humanitarian situation in South Sudan deteriorated with the country facing social and political instability due to violence and a series of interconnected shocks including conflict, persistent and unprecedented flooding, inflation and the impact and economic weight of COVID-19. Torrential rains in 2021 led to severe flooding in large areas of South Sudan, affecting 835,000 people in about 33 counties, in a country where are majority of the flood affected people were already in IPC 3+ prior to the floods. The impact of all these crises is showing as well in 2022: according to the HNO 2022 people’s physical and mental wellbeing, living standards and coping mechanisms are expected to further deteriorate, with 8.9 million people (including 4.6 million children) estimated to need some humanitarian assistance. These include 8 million South Sudanese women, men, girls and boys and 310,000 refugees and asylum seekers. South Sudan is also ranked the most vulnerable country to COVID-19 in Africa and food security is a major concern in the country. According to the IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis (April 2022), in South Sudan, 0.4% (about 55,000 people) of the population are in Catastrophe (IPC phase 5) or worse from February 2022 to March 2022 and 0.7% (87,000 people) are in catastrophe (IPC phase 5) or worse as from April 2022. 
While people are struggling with the food insecurity, which was severely aggravated by the 2021 shocks, drought and renewed fighting has hit some areas in South Sudan adding to already the worst situation existing in the country. Although information available on affected people and locations is scarce, reports are coming from various states and counties, indicating already over 100,000 people affected by the drought and conflict in Magwi and Kapoeta and by floods and renewed violence/conflict in Pigi/Canal.
The most affected states are Eastern Equatoria and Jonglei state. Already around 67,000 people were in IPC 5 in Jonglei and 151,000 in IPC 4 in Eastern Equatoria (HRP 2022) prior to the drought and conflict, which has been aggravated by the current drought and displacements in both counties. The number of vulnerable people is likely to increase as the rains have started and will continue causing floods of which the waters are only expected to recede in January 2023 causing more displacements especially in Pigi/Canal. Unfortunately, this will leave the people with insufficient time to plant, further worsening people’s food insecurity. To provide life-saving assistance to 12,000 people affected by Droughts in South Sudan.
Cordaid will receive from the WASH cluster core pipeline. This will address the urgent needs for food and clean drinking water. 
Cordaid will hire and supervise the services of private drilling company to drill five (5) Boreholes and equipped with handpumps and for each of the new boreholes, water management committees will be formed and trained by ADA including the village hand pump mechanics
Cordaid will integrate hygiene promotion from the on-going project of BMZ/Amref Germany to cover the areas and locations of the new water points and beneficiaries.  
Cordaid will request WASH items from the core pipeline and ADA will receive items to be distributed to 2,000 HHs in Pigi/Canal; distribution will be done by Cordaid Partner ADA. 
Cordaid will map other service providers and strengthen referral pathways
Cordaid will maintain a strict Do No Harm approach. COVID-19 measures are taken to reduce risks for beneficiaries and staff.
Cordaid will liaise with all key actors (e.g. both government and opposition) to coordinate for humanitarian access, with support from OCHA
Cordaid will always work towards maximizing the benefits to the communities e.g. local procurement. Cordaid is working closely together with the RRC and OCHA, local authorities and community leaders on access and security for the project locations
Cordaid will seize opportunities from its engagements with the community to protect vulnerable communities in high-risk areas from sexual exploitation and abuse
Cordaid will make every effort to reduce any the risk on negative side effects of the assistance provided, taking into account specific vulnerabilities of beneficiaries. 
Cordaid will use the S/NFI and WASH clusters protection mainstreaming/ GBV checklist.
Cordaid will explain this information verbally, in addition to providing information in writing. The general beneficiary selection criteria for the livelihood inputs includes: Farmers with total crop farm failure/loss by drought; Farmers with partial crop failure/loss; Households/Farmers previously faced repeated crop failure as a result of consecutive rainfall failure; drought affected households/farmers with large family size/dependent family member; drought affected households with chronically ill, Elderly, and disabled family member; drought affected women headed household; drought affected households with nutritionally impacted family members (pregnant and lactating women, children under 5). 
Whereas the Cash transfer assistance will specifically target drought affected households/farmers with large family size/dependent family member; drought affected households with chronically ill, Elderly, and disable family member; drought affected women headed household; drought affected households with nutritionally impacted family members (pregnant and lactating women, children under 5).
Total beneficiaries:	12,000
Women: 	3,960
Men:	1,440
Children:	6,600