Integrated WASH and Nutrition intervention in Kapoeta East County, Eastern Equatoria State” ltpgtltspan style="color: black font-family: Arial, sans-serif"gtIn 2022 South Sudan experienced early flooding and droughts,
devastating effects adding to the calamity of previous years. The impact of
droughts and floods, linked to the effects of climate change, are affecting the
gains made in expanding WASH infrastructure. Increased population displacements
due to subnational violence place an extra burden on existing WASH
infrastructure in IDP sites and put a strain on scarce resources for the
operation and maintenance of WASH services.lt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgt

ltp class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.95pt"gtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtLimited access to
safe water, sanitation, and hygiene services contributes to the high prevalence
of malnutrition, water-borne diseases, poor menstrual health/hygiene
management, risk of GBV at water points, absenteeism from school, and school
dropout. Women and girls have specific WASH risks and needs, for example, they
may face an increased risk of GBV when collecting water, accessing, and using
communal latrines: in 2020 more than 20% of people using water facilities
reported safety concerns, including violence and discrimination, particularly
in IDP sites and other crowded settlements. This proposed project will mainly
focus on Kapoeta East County in Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan.lt/spangtlt/pgt

ltp class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.95pt"gtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtKapoeta is mainly
arid with sparse desert vegetation. For a long time, Kapoeta has been a subject
of adverse humanitarian crises ranging from internal migrations due to hunger
to lack of basic WASH services, particularly water supply. This crisis is
driven by multiple intertwining factors identified during the assessment. Among
them was the changing climate patterns that led to drought in the last three
years. The three years drought wiped away crops on which food security depends
and this has deepened the rates of malnutritionnbspin the county. High food
insecurity, lack of adequate WASH services and inadequate maternal and childcare
practices are key drivers of malnutrition in Kapoeta. Outside of humanitarian
assistance, communities in Kapoeta could not produce food due to the impact of
climate change while the lack of pasture due to the prolonged dry season has
pushed the remaining livestock to distant places in search of pasture and
water. Lack of static humanitarian presence, services, and perennial water
sources have aggravated the situation. The estimated vulnerable population in
Kapoeta East is 38,000 people. Based on the humanitarian need in Kapoeta East
in Eastern Equatoria State, UNICEF will provide intervention in water supply
and nutrition services both in communities and nutrition centers.lt/spangtlt/pgt

ltp class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.95pt"gtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtUNICEF will provide host communities in Kapoeta
East with life-saving WASH services through the rehabilitation of the Jie dam,
the Motorization of high-yielding boreholes with solar power pumps, the rehabilitation
of non-functional water facilities in communities and Nutrition centers. The
intervention will ensure sustainability through the training of pump mechanic
technicians and Water User Management Committees. A total of 38,000 people willnbspbe reached with safe water in Kapoeta East. lt/spangtlt/pgt

ltp class="MsoCommentText"gtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtFor Nutrition interventions,nbspUNICEF will implementnbsplt/spangtltspan class="normaltextrun"gtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gttwo main components, i) a nutrition-specific component that will focus
on identifying and treating active cases of severe acute malnutrition and, ii)
and on preventive lt/spangtlt/spangtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtservices,
provided to the targeted 11,495 children 6-59 months,nbsppregnant and lactating women. UNICEFlt/spangtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtnbspwill work with its Implementing partner,nbspAndre Foods South Sudan (AFSS) whonbsplt/spangtwill screen, treat children with wasting, and provide counseling servicesltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gt.lt/spangtlt/pgtltdivgtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtltbrgtlt/spangtlt/divgt

ltp class="MsoCommentText"gtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtFor
WASH interventions, UNICEF will work through its Implementing
partnernbspNorwegian Refugee Council (NRC)nbspinnbspcommunity entry and engagement, capacity building of volunteers,nbsplt/spangtltspan style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) font-family: Arial, sans-serif"gthygiene promotional activities,nbsplt/spangtltspan style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) font-family: Arial, sans-serif"gtdistribution of WASH hygiene kits to SAM/MAM families, andnbsprehabilitation of the Jie dam. For the rehabilitation of lt/spangtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtbroken-down water facilitiesnbspand the
conversion to solar-powered motorized systems, UNICEF will harness the capacity of the private sector as it involves heavy equipment.lt/spangtlt/pgtltp class="sceditor-nlf"gtltbrgtlt/pgt