Provision of Integrated Multi-Sector Assistance and Services to Internally Displaced Persons and Vulnerable Populations, in Twic and Tonj North Counties, in the  Former Warrap State of  the Republic of South Sudan. This proposed project aims to provide healthcare support in Tonj North, nutrition support and integrated protection support in Twic county in an integrated multi sectors approach.
Under health care support, WVI-SS will contribute to the reduction of preventable mortality and morbidity through the provision of life-saving primary healthcare services to 16,667 beneficiaries, among them the IDPs and the other vulnerable populations, especially women, under 5 children, girls and boys and the elderly people affected by armed- conflict in Tonj North. The lifesaving emergency healthcare interventions will be provided at the health facilities (1 PHCU and 1 PHCC) as per the recommendation of the health cluster in the SSHFSA2. Tonj North is prone to malaria and measles. It is also at high risk to cholera because of its proximity with Tonj East, which was affected by cholera outbreak in the past. WVISS through the SSHFSA2 will increase the capacity of the health system in the area of prevention, surveillance, detection and response to disease outbreaks and health education among the IDPs and host community in Tonj North. This project will work in collaboration with the SMoH , CHD and will complement services provided through HPF in Tonj North Countty. 

In terms of nutritional support, with financial support from the 2019 South Sudan Humanitarian Fund Second Standard Allocation (SSHFSA2) and in kind support from United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) and World Food Program (WFP), World Vision South Sudan (WVSS) proposes to implement emergency life-saving nutrition interventions in Twic County of South Sudan. Implementation will be in consonance with the critical needs prioritized by the Nutrition Cluster in the SSHFSA2 using Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) approach which will be complemented by other malnutrition prevention approaches including use of Mother to Mother Support Groups to manage kitchen demonstration gardens and dissemination of key messages on Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN at community level. These interventions will target children aged 6 – 59 months and pregnant and lactating women (PLW) in remote and hard to access areas of Twic County.  WVSS will provide life-saving nutrition interventions to a total of 869 children (443 girls and 426 boys) with severe acute malnutrition, 2520 children (1285 girls and 1235 boys) with moderate acute malnutrition. Children with SAM without medical complications as well as children and PLW with MAM will be admitted and be treated in Outpatient Therapeutic Program (OTP) and Targeted Supplementary Feeding Program (TSFP) respectively in 25 existing and functional health facilities.

Along with nutritional support, the integrated GBV and CP prevention and response is proposed to be implemented in Twic county.  This intervention aims to reach 11,350 individuals (IDPs and host community members), including specifically: 4,170 women, 3,205 girls, 1,945 boys, and 2,030 men. World Vision’s (WV) proposed intervention addresses the core programmatic areas that are priority for both GBV and CP allocations. For GBV, links to the allocation strategy as follows: (1) timely access to lifesaving psychosocial support (PSS) services, particularly via the establishment of one semi-permanent women and girl friendly space (WGFS), providing entry / access points for GBV case management (spaces to be informed by GBV safety audits and safety perception mapping to identify risks in intervention) (2) consultative approach taken with women and adolescent girls to identify topics, activities, and scheduling of WGFS, ensuring satisfaction and appropriateness and (3) community outreach activities for GBV prevention and information about availability of response services. With this phase of SSHF, WV will focus on conducting basic literacy and numeracy activities, life skills, and related activities as it will be the initial GBV and CP intervention in Twic.