Accelerating emergency Nutrition response in Maruwo, Kaziongora, Gumuruk, Pibor, and Lekuongole payams in Pibor County and Education response in Wunroc, Turalei, Aweng and Ajac Kuac payams in Twic County in support of highly vulnerable groups affected by increased violence and food insecurity. Joint Aid Management (JAM), in partnership with Peace Corps Organisation (PCO), is proposing a 12-month Nutrition response project in Pibor County, Jonglei State, and an Education response in Twic County, Warrap State. With an overall objective of accelerating emergency nutrition and education response to meet the increasing needs of the most vulnerable populations (internally displaced persons (IDP), persons with disabilities (PWD), women, men, and children, the project will target a total of 33,962 people (1109 men1774 women 14256 boys amp 16823 girls) of which 5094 will be PWD. The project will integrate key child protection (CP) and gender-based violence (GBV) interventions within the education and nutrition sectors by collaborating with protection cluster partners working in the project's targeted locations. The key considerations underpinning the design of this project were: the selection of locations with existing gaps in current programming, a targeting criterion that is responsive to the needs of the most vulnerable groups, and an approach that ensures complementarity with ongoing interventions to maximize efficiency and impact. 

In Pibor, JAM will contribute to increasing equitable access and utilization of quality lifesaving nutrition services by scaling up nutrition-specific interventions to extremely remote and border areas of Pibor County. JAM will implement the nutrition, response in Pibor, Maruwo/Labarab, Kaziongora, Gumuruk, and Lekuongole targeting 1324 children under five with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), 3638 U5 children, and 2752 pregnant and lactating women affected by moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) reaching 7714 beneficiaries with lifesaving curative and preventative treatment and management of acute malnutrition. Through Outpatient Therapeutic Program (OTP) and Targeted Supplementary Feeding Program (TSFP), active screening and treatment will be done, whereas complicated cases will be referred to Stabilization Center for inpatient treatment. Additionally, the project will target caregivers with Maternal Infant amp Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) services. In total, the proposed nutrition scale-up will target 30,107 beneficiaries (7000 boys, 7500 girls, 15137 women, and 470 men) by supporting 10 static and 5 outreach OTPs in Eastern and Western Pibor and 3 TSFP in Eastern Pibor County respectively. Attention will be paid to scaling up and increasing access to nutrition-sensitive actions that address key drivers of acute malnutrition as well as key protection concerns including training local staff on CP, GBV, and Prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA). 

 In Twic county, PCO will implement the education response in Turalei, Wunrock, Aweng, and Ajac-Kuac to ensure that children affected by conflict and flooding have increased and equitable access to quality education with improved education outcomes. Education will target a total of 3,855 people including 3,750 (1830 boys, 1920 girls) school-going children, 25 teachers, 55 Parents Teachers Association (PTA)/ School Management Committee (SMC), and 25 community education committee members and officials. PCO will ensure the delivery of lifesaving emergency education services to out-of-school children and adults including in IDP sites.  5 Temporary Learning Spaces (TLS) and 5 latrines will be constructed. In collaboration with protection partners, the project will integrate essential CP and GBV prevention interventions in accordance with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) guidelines.

JAM  will lead the project in consultation with PCO leadership. The project will be run by a dedicated core staff including a Project Manager, Grants amp Partnership specialist, and a Monitoring Officer. During the partnership, JAM will roll out a capacity development plan for  PCO. JAM will further ensure PCO’s compliance with South Sudan Humanitarian Funds (SSHF) guidelines through monitoring of activities and spending