Emergency Nutrition Action  services for disaster affected populations i.e (IDPs ,Host community ,Flood affected and Disabled  ) for U5s  in 12 payams in Mayendit County , Unity State ,South Sudan. UNIDO has continuously operated 12 OTP centers and 8 TSFP centers with coverage in all 12 Payam in Mayendit County since its operation in Unity in 2011. Sporadic political conflict , cattle raiding  and flooding witnessed in these areas continue to uproot and displace households, preventing many from planting as it’s their main source of Food and forcing them to sell off assets and livestock for food in order to survive post conflict. Recently renewed fighting which began in June 2016 worsened the situation by destroying available Health  systems already put in place by UNIDO through donor funding to tackle malnutrition in Under 5s. Worst hit payams are Rubkuay , Tutnyang’ng, Thaker  forcing the community to seek shelter in the neighboring swamps  , UNIDO being the Health and Nutrition lead agency in Mayendit County together with other Humanitarian actors seek to ensure continued Nutrition support to the affected population taking keen measures in promoting equitable access and participation of Men, Women, Girls and Boys in needs assessments and in programme activities Under SSHF  .The internal and external conflict has resulted to displacement of people as most of the community members are now seeking  refuge in the neighboring Panyijar county .The influx of IDPs in Panyijar will soon raise the level of vulnerability among county residents in competition for scarce resources. This is why UNIDO through the Nutrition cluster seeks to continue supporting beneficiaries in the greater Mayendit county so they don’t feel discriminated and marginalized at this time of need and relocate to other counties .This proposed 2016 SSHF SA2 project will continue to address, respond and scale up nutrition needs by targeting Under 5 (Both boys and Girls ) IDPs  and host communities in Mayendit County . The project is designed to provide both preventive and curative services with inclusion of a SMART survey which will enable the cluster and other stakeholders to better understand the nutrition situation in Mayendit.
Treatment of severe acute malnutrition ( SAM )  will be provided by UNIDO in the already existing Health facilities to prevent children under 5 from malnutrition related death. Treatment of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) will also be done with the aim of improving the health of children under 5 Boys amp Girls , thereby reducing the prevalence of severe acute malnutrition. Awareness campaigns on topics including IYCF, HIV awareness and hygiene promotion will be provided to beneficiaries in Mayendit as well . UNIDO which has presence Mayendit under Education, Child Protection and FSL sectors will work closely with CHDs to ensure that Mayendit county beneficiaries receive the needed services. UNICEF and WFP will provide food rations towards treatment of SAM and MAM in children Mayendit county of Unity State. Children under 5 boys and Girls as well as other vulnerable groups, will be screened in the community and referred accordingly. The requested fund is not a continuation of the previous funding and thus there is no unutilized resources from the previous allocations. This is an indication that we will have no duplication cases.