Enhance safe access to life-saving non-food items and, appropriate emergency shelter to IDPs, returnees and vulnerable host communities through resilience and positive coping mechanisms strengthening in South Sudan. Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH) will provide life-saving emergency shelter materials and life-sustaining non-food items to the most vulnerable populations, focusing on internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returnees in: Kajo-keji in Central Equatoria state. Canal/Pigi, Akobo and Bor south in Jonglei state and Panyijar in Unity state as well as in other priority locations in South Sudan prioritized as result of active conflict. This will be done through mobile response modality lasting up to 7 months, which will contribute to the reduction of protection risks, livelihood opportunities building and reduce exposure to diseases attributed with poor shelter conditions and lack of non-food items. 
PAH will use both in-kind and CBI modalities to support conflict-affected communities with skills training, including trainings on sleeping mat weaving and producing fuel-efficient stoves to limit environmental degradation from charcoal overuse and reduce protection risks to women and girls due to regular collection of firewood. Environmental, protection and HLP awareness campaigns will also be done depending on the needs and locations. Wherever feasible, beneficiaries benefiting from trainings will be linked with the vendors to enhance their livelihood opportunities and strengthen local markets and savings.

PAH will conduct 5 interventions (3 for mobile and 2 for CBI responses), conduct in-depth needs analysis with the involvement of protection staff and the participation of the targeted populations through consultative community meetings, key informant interviews, focus group discussions with men, women, boys and girls, household level and individual interviews. Joint and in-depth market assessments and monthly price monitoring will be conducted in Kajo-keji and Bor south where CBI is feasible. The CBI in Bor South and Kajo-keji will include detailed multi sector needs and market analysis to identify the needs, the vulnerabilities of the targeted community and coping strategies employed by the affected population. The project design aims to integrate with Health, WASH and FSL sectors for holistic response. Education, with WASH component in Bor south and FSL activities in Kajo-keji and Pigi. The activities will be planned and implemented jointly in collaboration with Nutrition, FSL, Health, Education, and S/NFIs actors working in Bor South, Akobo, Pigi, Panyijiar and Kajo-keji. PAH will target 11,233 beneficiaries (6,515 IDPs, 3,595 returnees and 1,123 most vulnerable host community) focusing on most vulnerable households and individuals of protection risks.

PAH will deploy 3 staff per intervention (50% gender sensitive, including protection officer where feasible based on capacity) for a minimum of 2 weeks to conduct in-depth needs analysis in the community, risk analysis, safety audits, form committees, and conduct trainings on the leadership/communication skills, train newer static partners and local leaders on basic concepts of CBI programming and phases of implementation. State Focal Points (SFPs) and cluster coordinators will be involved in the planning, coordination and reporting of interventions. PAH, will also support Cash Working Group by collecting market prices on monthly bases in Bor South and Kajo-keji county.

Joint Post-distribution monitoring (PDM) exercise will be conducted 1 month after the intervention (where possible, 1 PDMs for the CBI and 2 PDM for mobile response) by the MampE team, programme team, RRC leaders and the beneficiaries to measure the impact of the projects and to determine if the assistance reached the most vulnerable groups. Community committees will be formed for complaint/feedback mechanism and to insure community participation and empowerment at all phases of project cycle. Whereas continuous rapid monitoring will be conducted during distribution days. Feedback on the findings will be shared with SNFI Cluster which will feed into ICWG.