South Sudan Joint Response 5 (SSJR5) SUMMARY
With the conflict in South Sudan now in its sixth year, the humanitarian crisis has continued to intensify and expand. The SSJR5 project implemented by Plan aims at 1. protecting most vulnerable children and adolescents through community based child protection and comprehensive case management and to support adolescents and youth to access livelihood opportunities 2. supporting most vulnerable households with emergency livelihood interventions through provision of assets, capacity building and conditional multipurpose cash 3. enhancing most vulnerable households' access to cash through a community cash for asset program and unconditional cash transfers. The project targets about 7200 individuals. Malakal and Fashoda counties : Disruption of livelihoods, poor economic conditions and challenges faced in the delivery of humanitarian assistance have continued to drive food insecurity in South Sudan. As per the recent assessment done in the area, both Malakal and Aburoch counties are at IPC 4 or Emergency phase requiring continued FSL assistance in 2019, especially for the IDPs and recent returnees who lost all their assets. Due to the recurrent fighting, access to land and rivers was not regular and dangerous, but with the revived peace agreement, the situation has stabilized. As per FSL cluster, the humanitarian actors currently providing or planning to provide FSL support do not meet the needs as they are struggling with limited resources. 
Malakal Town, PoC and Aburoch are mainly inhabited by IDPs and returnees and the local government and community structures do not have the capacity to respond to their multi-dimensional needs. By multipurpose cash programming, we intend to offer a more dignified support to communities who have been affected by the crisis for a long period and to supplement/ fill in the gaps of the different services offered by the other actors, such as food, health or  education.   
Pibor County : South Sudan still primarily faces a severe protection crisis, with approximately 6 million South Sudanese women, men and children facing protection risks and violations. Causes for South Sudan’s protection crisis are multiple and interrelated, with at the core widespread conflict which is compounded by multiple shocks and stresses from food insecurity, destitution, disease, natural disaster and absence of essential services. The civilian population, including child,continues to be subject to deliberate attacks, conflict-related sexual violence, abductions, forced recruitment including of boys and girls, cruel and unusual treatment, destruction of housing and property, forced displacement and family separation. CPIE Protection and Response Intervention  :
1. Strengthen the PROTECTIVE environment for girls and boys through 
1. a.	Strengthening knowledge/skills of boys and girls to protect themselves and their peers
1. b.	Strengthening knowledge/skills of parents and caregivers to provide the necessary care and protection to children
1. c.	Strengthening community based child protection mechanisms                                    a.	Provide UASC, CAFAAG , children GBV survivors and other at risk children with access to multi-sector support through direct support and coordinated referrals
b.	Provide UASC with family tracing services and appropriate alternative care and children at-risk of separation receive prevention support services
3, Mainstreaming of Child Protection

FSL :
Criteria for beneficiaries’ selection for agricultural and fishing inputs will be validated with the community, with access to land/water as a key criteria. Community representatives (CPC members) will lead in the FSL beneficiary identification.  Verification of beneficiary will be done to minimize inclusion/exclusion error and ensure proper targeting. 
As recommended by the FSL cluster, we will prefer, when possible, organizing seed, agricultural inputs and fishing kits fairs and procure from small local farmers or local suppliers, rather than organizing in-kind distributions, this also to inject cash in the community and contribute to sustainability and resilience. Seeds will be tested on seeds germination, before distribution/fairs.  
All beneficiaries will be trained on sustainable agro-practices and climate smart agriculture, jointly agreed vulnerability criteria and procedures. 

MPC
CFW : a % of vulnerable HH in the incapacity to partcipate in the CFW will be provided with unconditional cash transfers, while other vulnerable HH will be invited to work at the contruction or rehablitation of community selected communal assets during 4 months. This will alos support social cohesion and dignity. 7200 targeted beneficiaries 
CPiE :  UASC, CAFAAG, child GBV survivors and other vulnerable children and adolescents + vulnerable youth +  Parents and caregivers, community leaders, influential members and other community members, MoE, MoGCWS, local authorities and service providers, staff from local NGOs  = approx. 5000 persons 
FSL : Food insecure and vulnerable households, who are smalls farmers or fishermen = 900 persons  
Multipurpose cash : vulnerable households whose head of household is physically unable to work, AND vulnerable household engaged in Cash for Work activities AND Food insecure and vulnerable households, benefitting from farming or fishing assets = 2400 persons