Life saving Protection assistances to Returnees, Refugees, and other vulnerable host communities in Renk and Melut Counties affected by the conflict in Sudan. ltpgtThis project seeks to scale up on the ongoing protection monitoring activities as well as strengthen referral pathways, provide cash and non-cash protection assistance for persons with critical needs, and where appropriate, provide urgent case management to the vulnerable returnees and refugees in Renk and Melut. This action is designed against the backcloth of increasing influx of displaced population due to current armed conflict in Sudan. The humanitarian situation in the border entry points and temporary transit sites in Renk and Melut continues to deteriorate due to the absence of adequate basic services and limited onward transport options, with thousands of displaced populations remain stranded. Consequently, majority of the displaced persons remained stranded in the transit centres in Renk with deteriorating vulnerabilities, particularly among persons of concerns such as women, children, including unaccompanied, girls, elderly, persons with disabilities and chronic illness. Protection risks and needs has heightened with highly anticipatory risk of sexual exploitation and abuse due to the living conditions, economic hardship women and girls are exposed. In line with the 5th reserve allocation for South Sudan response to Sudan crisis, this action will collect protection data and information related to the personal security of the displaced persons, including incidents of GBV, sexual violence and abuse, and other forms of human rights violations targeted on communal background against the displaced persons. The evidence stemming from the continuous protection risk monitoring will be shared with relevant stakeholders to inform humanitarian interventions and support efforts to improve the personal and collective security of individuals, particularly women, children, including unaccompanied, girls, elderly, persons with disabilities and chronic illness in the transit centres, entry points, informal settlement sites and host communities.lt/pgtltpgtltbrgtThe following actions will be undertaken: a) protection monitoring and sharing of protection related information b) referral of cases to available services provided by existing operational partners, and c) provision of individualized cash and non-cash protection assistance to persons with specific needs (PSNs) and advocacy at actors’ level for cases as well providing linkages with other services. The project will ensure that referrals and information are shared with the informed consent of the individuals. Greatest safeguards will be put in place to protect the confidentiality of information and ensure the safety and security particularly of survivors of violence and sexual abuse. To achieve these objectives, this action will establish a static and mobile protection monitoring team that will provide services at the entry points and transit centres, as well as provide outreach to monitor, identify and document specific protection risks, and needs of displaced persons in the informal settlement sites and those integrated within the host communities. The team will analyze information collected on the ground, triangulate with results of collective methodologies such as FGDs and key informant interviews and produce reports to inform re-alignment services, scale-up access to essential services through strengthen referral pathways as well as increasing awareness among the target population on protection related risks including GBV, sexual exploitation and abuse.ltbrgtlt/pgt