Integrated Food Crisis Response in FSL (58%), Health (24%) and Nutrition (18%) to the affected community in Central Darfur [CONSORTIUM]. ltpgtThe Food Crisis Response project integrates agriculture, livestock, cash assistance, health and nutrition sectors to alleviate human suffering attributed to drought and conflict among IDPs, and Host communities in southern corridor of Central Darfur (CD) including Umdukhun, Mukhjar and Bendisi. Targeted population is 136,875 (44,652 women, 32,629 girls, 33,979 men, 25,615 boys) individuals among which 42,959 IDPs, 59,466 host community, 15,457 Returnees  18,993 nomads. The project is designed to address the multifaceted humanitarian needs that resulted food crisis attributed to ongoing conflict in Sudan since April 2023, that left over 200,000 displaced and many unconfirmed deaths in CD. The project scope and coverage in consideration of prioritization of areas where cluster severity was classified at IP4 and above and where high severity across clusters overlapped and considering access related issue. The project adapts gender and conflict sensitive approaches including multi-sector and area based consortium strategy. The needs assessment and proposed intervention has been informed by engaging the vulnerable community groups, community leaders and local authorities to ensure conflict sensitivity and equitable distribution of resources during implementation process. The consortium (WR, TGH, VSF-G, HOPE) targets to distribute seeds of the staple food crops (sorghum, millet, vegetables) to the 28,500 most vulnerable farmers who have their own farm plots or who have other options. The partners will distribute non-hybrid, early maturing and adaptable seed varieties mobilized within the state, linking lifesaving Nutrition with FS. Provide agricultural training sessions, facilitating improved practices both at agricultural level and utilization level (awareness-raising on good feeding practices). Emergency livestock vaccination support (500,000 head). Emergency animal treatment (62,500 head) through voucher system for 3000 HH. Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA) to 800 HH facing crisis and emergency levels of food insecurity in areas where markets and supply chains are functioning in order to ensure the utilization of seed stock for planting and maintenance of herd stock. Health and nutrition services in five health facilities in above mentioned localities. The Consortium has technical capacity to implement similar project under current context based on past experience. The project  design has considered the conflict dynamics in CD. The RSF transitioned to the de facto ruling authority in CD, and encouraged local communities to form autonomous governing entities. Even with the prevailing dynamics HAC department is still functional and is overseeing humanitarian aid in CD. With that in mind, this project adapts conflict sensitive approach by ensuring maximum consultation with local authorities and communities’ leaders at locality and state level. This balanced approach of resources allocation is aimed at creating platforms for social cohesion and calm down the existing tension. To further ensure conflict sensitivity, joint committees for multisector project aimed at helping to support community cohesion will be established at the onset of the project and actively engaged throughout the implementation phases. Consultative targeting of project's sites and beneficiaries to ensure vulnerable segments of the communities’ inclusiveness of all gender, age and tribal groups will be targeted to minimize tensions over access to scarce resources. Activities designed to meet the analysis on conflict dynamics include rehabilitation of water sources for livestock, provision of health and nutrition services in shared facilities, established and training of social cohesion committees under FSL sector among others. Focal point for conflict sensitivity for this consortium will be WRS Program Development and Quality Assurance Director. ltspangtAll the selected localities and sites are accessible and secure to allow implementation of this project.lt/spangtlt/pgt