Provision of Multi-sectoral services ( Package 1)  targeting vulnerable communities living in Payams of Akobo  East of Akobo County. Community Initiative for Development Organization (CIDO), Community Action Organization (CAO) and The Rescue Initiative (TRI SS) are community based national NGOs with vast experience in delivering much needed support to vulnerable communities in Greater Upper Nile. A partnership led by CIDO and working with CAO and TRI SS seeks to implement a multisectoral project in Akobo East, Akobo county in the thematic areas of Health, Nutrition, WASH, FSL and protection targeting the traditional payams of Gakdong/Alali, Bilkey and Nyandit. This project targets a total of  26,158  Individuals.  Considerations have been made to avoid double counting and overlap as most of the beneficiaries targeted will benefit from the same services.Specific targets are broken down as  follows : 26,158 individuals to reached with Primary Health Care Services,15,000 individuals in WASH, 3, 266 individuals for Nutrition, 24, 000 individuals  for FSL and 8,000 individuals for protection .
Cessation of violence offers an opportunity to reach chronically vulnerable communities in these locations, some phasing IPC 5 levels of food insecurity. A total of 26,158 persons will be reached, over 60% of these females through livelihood support, health services, WASH support, nutrition support for SAM+MAM cases, PLW, children through Vitamin. A supplementation and deworming with the centrality of protection as the core of the response. 

In this response, CIDO will implement health together with TRI SS. Given the varsity of the payams within the county, CIDO will operate in the 3 payams for all sectors while TRI SS will run one PHCU in Konyi PHCU in Nyandit Payam. CAO will operate in Bilkey and Gakdong for both FSL and Nutrition services CIDO will address the 2 clinical packages (1 Mobile clinic and 1 ICCM) within this project. On the other hand, CIDO will jointly implement nutrition activities with CAO. CIDO together with the 2 Sub IPs will focus in Akobo East of Akobo County. FSL activities will be executed by CAO 100% while health and nutrition activities will be shared on 50/50 basis.  CIDO will directly deliver WASH and Protection activities in all the 4 payams .The 9 months project will seek to strengthen existing community coping mechanisms while working and creating synergies within the 5 clusters and also with existing projects implemented by other stakeholders. CIDO and the sub IPs will collaborate with existing partners i.e. Nile Hope, CRS, NRC, ACTED, SCI and local authorities to ensure that the response is collaborative and coordinated. 

In implementing these activities, CIDO and its sub-implementing partners will strictly observe WHO/MOH/National Taskforce guidelines/SOPS on COVID-19 and use RCCE taskforce approved COVID messages during entire project implementation. CIDO and partners will provide COVID-19 risk communication during the essential delivery of frontline activities and ensure protection of staff and beneficiaries from infection by observing social distancing, washing hands with soap, wearing face-masks. CIDO and partners will be guided by cluster -specific guidelines on distributions of WASH NFI during COVID-19.
CIDO will engage the Sub-IPs in a mentorship programme aimed at transferring skills in Finance, MampE and overall internal controls. This is based on the capacity gaps identified during the capacity assessment process. CIDO’s internal auditor and the MampE specialist will periodically travel to the field to support Sub –IPs field staff and build their capacity as per the capacity building action plan.
This response is costed at a budget of 1,200,00 for three partners shared as per SSHF1A strategy (60:40 ratio) 60% for lead agency who is CIDO while 40% shared by Sub IPs (CAO+TRI SS)