SHO - South Sudan 2017 SUMMARY 
While South Sudan was experiencing famine and emergency levels (IPC 4) of food insecurity, the country was also confronted with an escalation of violence, high inflation and an increase in human and child rights violations. As a response, this project was implemented from March 7th 2017 to February 28th 2018 by Plan International in Pageri County. It supported emergency food for the most vulnerable households and helped communities rebuilding their (farming) livelihood, while considering the high needs of children, especially adolescent girls, who are more at risk in times of crisis. It focuses on providing children in school with meals as well as adolescent girls with Take Home Rations to keep them in school. Parents and community members will benefit from Cash for Work activities, rehabilitating the WASH facilities in schools, or receive training and agricultural seeds and tools for farming. Hygiene kits and sensitization will be done in school to increase nutritional intake. Food insecurity situation in South Sudan is still severe and requires more attention and support. The situation is expected to deteriorate further due to the current lean period and ongoing insecurity, which will continue to hinder the free movement of the population to trade and cultivate their crops. Last year limited rainfall in some part of the South of Eastern Equatoria had already negatively affected agricultural production and crops yield, this year many people were reportedly affected by the drought situation in these locations or counties including Pageri / Nimule where the project is being implemented. Current economic crisis that South Sudan is experiencing is a major challenge to people in improving their livelihoods. Food commodities shortages and sky rocketing prices in the markets make life more difficult, especially for the vulnerable population. 

Moreover, it was assessed that 5 schools do not have the proper WASH facilities (latrines, hand washing facilities, water pumps or wells) as recommended in the SPHERE and INEE standards, which prevents children, especially adolescent girls from attending school or limits their time in school. (especially during their menstruation). School feeding:
-	Improve access to food by distributing food parcels (Take Home Rations) and meals at schools within the school feeding programme.
-	Improve longer term access to food by distributing drought-resistant seeds and agricultural tools and trainings for the upcoming harvest season. 
-	Provide trainings to improve eating habits.
WASH:
-	Improve access to clean and safe water by rehabilitating water, sanitation an hygiene facilities in schools alongside the school feeding programme. 
-	Improve hygiene by distributing hygiene kits to girls and female teachers. 3,173 school age children (1,656  boys and 1,517 girls) benefitting from school meals and WASH improvements
750 girls benefitting from Take Home Rations
857 individuals (496 female, 361 male) participating in Cash for Work activities
1,071 HH (557 HH are female headed Households) = 6,426 individuals 
214 HH representatives (107 female and 107 male)
571 parents trained (291 female and 280  male)
17 female and 71 male teachers School going children are provided with 1 nutritious Corn Soja Blend meal a day at school, for 1 semester.
Most vulnerable households are provided with food through Take Home Food rations for school going adolescent girls for 4 months.
Individuals from most vulnerable households are enrolled in Cash for work activities to rehabilitate schools in the frame of the school feeding program (kitchen, storeroom, latrines, handwashing points, wells, fencing, etc.) 
Most vulnerable households are provided with drought resistant seeds and  agricultural inputs, with focus on short season crops.
Most vulnerable households are trained in climate-smart agriculture.
Parents of school going children will be trained on nutrition, food groups and hygiene in order to improve their children dietary intake.
Gender segregated latrines, hand washing points and wells are rehabilitated/build in schools in line with School feeding program.
Lifesaving hygiene and dignity  kits are distributed to  most vulnerable boys, girls and female teachers.
Timely and appropriate awareness raising  sessions provided to teachers (ToT) in the  targeted communities on best practices for sanitation, hygiene and child protection. Food support ends end of February, and we do not know if the community will be able to support the costs for school feeding. Mobilization of the PAT and parents will be very important, but political, economic and weather constraints in South Sudan will make it difficult. We are looking into partnering with WFP to maintain school feeding in the schools including the Take Home Rations.  For agriculture, support in seeds and tools should ensure households to make a livelihood.