PROMOTING EMERGENCY FOOD SECURITY AND LIVELIHOOD RESPONSE PROGRAM TO  99,000 VULNERABLE PEOPLE   IN NORTHERN MAYENDIT AND CENTRAL WEST  PAYAMS OF  LEER COUNTIES,IN UNITY  STATE This is a 7 months   Emergency Food Security and Livelihood project to be implemented  by an active National Organization in High Food insecure Counties of Northern Mayendit payams of( Leah, Lang, MirynalTharjiath, Tutnyang, Thaker Dablual payams)  and part of  Leer Payams( JaguarPayam)  in Unity State. Strategically the project is very much relevant and critical as it fits into the dry season seasonal calendar and as well as   addressing   food gaps that will exist between   Novembers up to the time of next cultivation in 2017. Start dates are therefore will be from 1st September 2016 to 31st March, 2017. 
Programmatically, the project responds to the cluster approach as the key activities such as support to fishing, vegetable and livestock interventions will be implemented. The needs of the project are substantiated significantly from various sources such as FSNMS, IPC data, market information, SMART survey reports, Crop assessments, HRP review documents and internal assessments report undertaken by CISDA in the area. The target beneficiaries are vulnerable households including women, men, boys, and girls and particularly selected based upon gender perspective and on protection focus. Thus the project is ensuring protection mainstreaming, accountability to the affected population.
The project will be dependent on pipeline for fishing kits and vaccines whilst it remains independent on vegetable support intervention. Additionally, the project is implemented in an area where there is limited NGO operating in Northern Mayendit and part of leer County bordering northern  Mayendit.
The project strictly designed the cost per beneficiary ratio in the cluster response strategy and it is planning to reach 99,000 people (28,000HH) with the following target per intervention. Fishing 8000HH (48,000 people), vegetables (60,000 people, 10,000 HH) and livestock (10,000HH, 60,000 People).  These targeting beneficiaries will receive fishing kits and Training, vegetable kits and training, vaccination and treatment of livestock s based upon the standard pipeline package. CISDA has  over three vast experienced in implementing Emergency Food security projects  through FAO in high conflict areas in Nyirol County in  Jonglei both before and current conflict. In Mayendit, CISDA has submitted various proposals to doors to start implementing Food security project. This project will complement the proposals already submitted and it will also complement our current FSL project in Jonglei. At County level, CISDA is an active FSL partners in both Jonglei and in Mayendit. CISDA have the capacity both in terms of human resource and logistics both in Nyirol and Mayendit. With core and competent south Sudanese with degrees and certificate, the capacity of CISDA cannot be underestimated. CISDA will where possible jointly deliver the livelihood kits with other clusters operating in the same area. CISDA through the cluster network with other partners in order to avoid duplication. CISDA has field offices in Thaker in Mayendit County, Unity State   and in Lankien in  Nyirol County in Jonglei State