Multi-sector humanitarian response to vulnerable communities in East El Galabat locality, Gedaref State, Sudan This multi-sector humanitarian response aims to respond to the Food Security and Livelihoods and Protection needs of vulnerable households in East El Galabat Locality in Gedaref State, Sudan. The locality has an estimated population of approximately 110,485 individuals, and the project will reach around 57,675 people. Of these, 39,500 are direct beneficiaries (13,600 women, 11,200 men, 8,550 girls, 6,150 boys), including at least 350 persons with disabilities. In addition, the project benefits indirectly another 17,825people (including seasonal laborers). 

The project aims to address immediate live-saving needs while building the resilience of the target population against future and recurrent shocks such as economic hardship, climate change and disease outbreaks such as COVID-19. At the start of the project, Welthungerhilfe (WHH) will establish community groups and facilitate establishment of group leadership committees’ structures for activity implementation. Linkage with relevant Line Ministries will offer the needed technical backstopping throughout the project implementation period and beyond. WHH will work closely with its national partner through out the project period on community mobilization, coordination with relevant line ministries, support to target vulnerable households through extension services and engagement with locality leaders to the success of the project.

In the area of FSL, WHH together with its national partner will provide the target groups with agricultural inputs (e.g. seeds and tools) and capacity building on improved agricultural practices such as conservation agriculture. By involving MoPER in the training, linkages between the target group and ministry extension staff will be created and the access of the target groups to such services will be improved. Livelihood activities will target specifically women with livelihood start-up activities including establishment of VSLA and training on small businesses startup for the diversification of household income. Across the project, the majority (56%) of direct beneficiaries are female.

Protection activities entail 24 community awareness sessions on protection-related issues, as well as COVID-19, floods and diseases outbreak preparedness and responses-related topics. Welthungerhilfe will train all persons of concern (POC) on COVID-19 prevention and control as well as train target community leaders on identifying persons in need of protection services, and protection-related issues. In order to cater for the special needs of women and girls, WHH will distribute dignity kits containing body soap, laundry soap and sanitary pads. All beneficiaries under the Livelihoods and Protection Programming will access measures established under WHH’s separate SHF-funded WASH project, more so on COVID-19 and hygiene messaging and other critical WASH infrastructure.

WHH will implement this project together with a national partner CSO via a service contract agreement to support WHH in various community mobilization activities.  WHH will maintain full responsible for procurement and distribution of project inputs.