Delivering integrated GBV prevention, response and risk mitigation services to affected women, girls, boys and men in Leer and Uror Counties of Unity and Jonglei States of South Sudan Nile Hope seeks to implement integrated GBV prevention, response and risk mitigation activities by providing quality and timely age appropriate case management and psychosocial support to GBV survivors in Leer and Uror Counties of Jonglei, and Unity States. This project  is designed to improve responses to cases of GBV, enhance the ability of survivors to recover  from GBV, and make progress towards changing the social norms that perpetuate GBV, with the intent of fully mitigating the effects of GBV and preventing future cases. It will provide GBV response services and address critical gaps in information and knowledge among women and girls on GBV response, which limit access to services and heighten GBV risk. Nile Hope will encourage health-seeking behaviors among GBV survivors, facilitating referrals, and creating supportive structures to prevent GBV. Nile Hope will work in collaboration with local authorities, community leaders and women leaders and will establish and operationalize women and girls’ friendly spaces and provide individual and group psycho social support for women and girls. This will include dialogue sessions, psychosocial support through group counseling sessions, skills building activities, production of reusable sanitary pads using locally available materials, alternative fuel strategies through production of fuel efficient stoves, information sessions on pertinent issues to women girls on access to available services, sexual and reproductive health  issues on safe deliveries, family planning , personal hygiene, menstrual hygiene management, decision making  and peer to peer support groups. This project will support the healing process of GBV survivors by providing community based case management and psychosocial support services and engage men and boys in community dialogues and awareness raising sessions on GBV, its effect and consequences and their roles in prevention. Protection interventions will be integrated within Nile Hope’s Health, Nutrition, Education, WASH and FSL programs to compliment holistic activities within the project locations. Assistance to communities through static and mobile services. Nile Hope will ensure commitment to diversity and gender equity as Nile Hope’s core priority is on women and girls’ empowerment and therefore will strive to periodically carry out gender and protection analysis including assessments of vulnerabilities related to age, sex and diversity, and will give priority to vulnerable population. Nile Hope will ensure protection from sexual exploitation and abuse for beneficiaries through awareness and training to Nile Hope’s staff, partners, volunteers, local authorities, contractors and awareness to ensure beneficiaries are aware of PSEA and reporting mechanisms. In many instances, women play multiple roles in relief and recovery activities, as participants, organizers and leaders. Nile Hope takes a deliberate focus on women by recognizing that disaster and conflict increase women’s vulnerability to poverty, violence and other human rights violations. To this end, Nile Hope will work with women’s rights organizations to build their capacity to take leadership of, participate and be represented in humanitarian coordination. The project will ensure that women are engaged and supported to become first responders within their communities. Nile Hope will work to advance women’s rights, voices and leadership through increasing their knowledge and their participation in humanitarian coordination. This will contribute to women’s protection and empowerment and will transform women’s position in emergency response and resilience, while helping to address the core issues that affect communities in emergencies.