Provision of integrated WASH and livelihood services for out-of-camp South Sudanese Refugees (SSR), IDPs and host communities in Adilla, Abujabra and Assalaya localities ARC is running an integrated emergency WASH and Food Security/Livelihoods program for South Sudanese Refugees (SSRs) who live outside of the camps, as well as for IDPs and the host community in Adilla, Abujabra and Assalaya localities. These localities are severely affected by compounded factors such as the current economic situation, malnutrition, disease outbreaks and the limited availability of water resources. Adilla, Abujabra and Assalaya localities are underserved in WASH needs with not nearly enough boreholes/ year round water points to meet demand. There is a low knowledge of basic hygiene standards and a low latrine ratio. As a result, open defecation is widely practiced, water sources are not safe, and there is a constant threat of waterborne disease exacerbated by communities living in overcrowded conditions in some areas due to displacement. 
To address water access, ARC will upgrade two boreholes to hybrid solar systems and assist with operation and maintenance of two other boreholes. To avoid drinking water contamination and to improve HH drinking water quality, ARC will distribute 20L jerry cans to vulnerable households. Sanitation infrastructure activities include construction of 200 shared latrines, made from locally available materials, and equipped with hand washing facilities, and 300 shared latrines backfilled and replaced to address safety concerns for vulnerable groups including women, children, elderly and disabled ARC will focus on CATs approach in latrine construction in side Adilla and Abujabra  and CLTs in rural villages around Adilla amp Abujabra. Introducing Wash’EM and Sanitation Social Marketing approaches empower people to play a role in improvement of their practices and living conditions. ARC will improve hygiene practices through community awareness of disease prevention, menstrual hygiene, infant and young child feeding, water treatment, food storage and waste disposal. Target population will be 50% refugees and 50% host communities and IDPs.
To improve community ownership and management, existing WASH committees, composed of men and women, will be trained and coached throughout the project period. ARC will conduct 24 community debris cleanup campaigns, hygiene awareness campaigns and solid waste management. To minimize vector borne and habitat disease incidence ARC will conduct quarterly vector control campaigns. 
ARC will mobilize communities for public clean up events, community level hygiene campaigns, presentations and ceremonies such as the Global Hand Washing day celebration. Through the WASH committees supported through this program and the ongoing communal structure of the Community Relief and Development Committees (CRDCs), ARC’s WASH intervention will be informed by the service demand and preferences of the customers enabling them to influence locations and design of the services. ARC will pursue gender-balanced approaches in participation and community management activities and mainstream GBV prevention in design of its infrastructure and awareness activities in accordance with the IASC protection guidelines for WASH.
South Sudanese refugees are particularly vulnerable to food insecurity because they have limited access to livelihoods strategies and with the rise in farming inputs, are unable to afford needed inputs to farm. Most farming is for subsistence, so the inability to farm will put families at risk. ARC livelihoods activities will focus on providing emergency and lifesaving services that will increase productivity of farmers, increase market supply of affordable nutrient rich foods, create new livelihoods opportunities, and increase access to emergency livelihoods to reduce food insecurity and build self-reliance of beneficiaries. Furthermore, ARC will integrate with WASH services to empower income generating groups with skills and training to produce soap which can be sold to ARC for hygiene sessions as well as sold in the local market to increase access to sanitati