Sudan Joint Response 2022 & 2023 Program (Parent) SUMMARY: In response to the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, the Dutch Relief Alliance (DRA) established the Sudan Joint Response (SDNJR) in 2019. The partners joined forces to provide multi-sectoral assistance to respond to the immediate needs and protection risks of the most vulnerable and conflict affected people, through an effective and efficient humanitarian response throughout 2019-2021. Based on the persisting high needs in Sudan, the DRA has decided to continue to provide life-saving assistance in 2022 and 2023. The humanitarian situation in Sudan is driven by an economic crisis, localized conflict, protracted internal displacement, climate shocks, cyclical disease outbreaks, and pressure from hosting more than 1M refugees and asylum seekers. Furthermore, the economic crisis, including inflation (412.75% per 2021) resulted in record-high numbers of food-insecure people. According to the HNO 2021 report, the number of people in need in Sudan in 2021 is the highest reported in the past decade, with a total 13.4M people requiring life-sustaining support to meet minimum living standards. The C-19 measures significantly affected commodity movement, market functionality and cross-border trade and compromised livelihoods and daily labour opportunities. This reduced households’ purchasing power and access to basic commodities. According to the HRP 2021, the Health sector has the highest number of people in need – 9.2M, followed by WASH – 9M, and the FSL sector – 8.2M people in need and Education 2.1M children in need. Whilst, Protection needs are most severe in localities of Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile, and increasing in parts of eastern Sudan. The SDNJR4 will align its program with the 2023 HRP Strategic Outcomes (1-3) as well as the Sudan COVID-19 Country Preparedness and Response Plan (4). The objectives will be adjusted when the 2022/2023 HRP will become available. 
1. Provide timely multi-sectoral life-saving assistance to crisis affected people to reduce mortality and morbidity. 
2. Improve vulnerable people’s access to livelihoods and life-sustaining basic services. 
3. Mitigate protection risks and respond to protection needs through humanitarian action. 
4. Prevent and contain the spread of COVID-19 and minimize mortality and morbidity. 

Complementary multi-sector assistance, resilience building and protection mainstreaming will remain at the core of the SDNJR4 programming as has been the case during Sudan Joint Response 1-3. 

The overall objective on the SDNJR4 is formulated as following: The Sudan Joint Response 4 aims to address the needs in 2022 and 2023 by providing affected people with multi-sectoral assistance to respond to the immediate needs and protection risks of the most at risk and conflict affected people in targeted areas in Khartoum, North- Darfur, East Darfur, South Kordofan, White Nile and Gedaref. The primary target groups of the project are displaced communities in and out of camps, returnees, and host communities in North Darfur, South Kordofan, Gedaref, East Darfur and Khartoum. The program participants include children, adolescents, youth, men, and women from households below the poverty line or households that included persons with disabilities (PWD).