GBV EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROJECT- RAGA COUNTY The overall aim of the project is to contribute to strengthening prevention, mitigation and response to GBV issues as well as strengthening quality of care for GBV survivors.

This will be achieved by establishing  (1) Women and Girls Friendly Space in Dam Zubair and creat women support groups in Sopo and Raja Payam, supporting women livelihood groups in Raja and Dam Zubair. The women and girls friendly spaces will be constructed by using semi-permanent structure. AYA team will have community consultation meetings prior to the construction of centers.

The Women and Girls Friendly Spaces will be set in line with the eight guiding principles for Women and Girls Friendly Spaces which includes, Do No Harm, building on existing capacity and structure, participation or community based approach through community consultations, meetings focus group discussions to disseminate the objective of women and girls friendly spaces, empowerment of women and girls, focus on human rights, integrated support systems, tailor made approach and sustainability.

AYA shall from beginning of the project sort for community buy-in. This will be through outreach activities, such as house to house visits, information sessions in nutrition and health centers, and general meeting with the community to spread message about women and girls friendly space.  AYA will work closely with women and men community leaders and involve the leaders in decision making. This will enable the community to embrace and accept the concept of Women and Girls Friendly Space easily and sustainability.

While conducting Case Management and Psychosocial Support which is the corner-stone of the project, AYA shall ensure the guiding principles of safety, confidentiality, and survivor centered approaches and non-discrimination is upheld all the time. The organization will be guided by GBV Minimum Standards for implementing interventions. The staffs are trained and well versed of all the principles. Therefore, there shall be refresher training conducted to all project staffs and especially staffs of Women and Girls Friendly Spaces in order to re-emphasize the guiding principles for safe and ethical project implementation.

Women and girls are the primary target of the project. Community outreaches, psycho-social support services, case management. Community leader’s capacity building through community protection networks can be done throughout the project period.

AYA will have special indicator/activity on livelihood. The training and operation of salons for girls, running restaurants, support with grinding mill in Dem Zubair, training on tailoring and provision of tailoring machines for women and girls in the village. AYA will also promote use of locally available materials for pots making and cooking utensils.


AYA will work to enable capacity and continuous mentor-ship to the members of community protection network through monthly meetings, the organization will also conduct monthly service providers meeting. These meetings will start after the development of referral pathway for Raja. The simulation exercise will also be done to partners/persons dealing with the clients. There shall be refresher training to the Social Workers on Case Management.



AYA has already trained mobile staffs. The Women and Girls Friendly Space Manager, project officer and two Case Workers shall be relocated from Juba to Raja since these are technical positions and if newly hired staffs are brought on the board will take time with the issue of capacity building. However, AYA shall hire two Outreach Officers from Raja, Community Mobilizers, Women and Girls Friendly Space Guards and Cleaners. 

Given the above explanation and existence of staffs, the organization will immediately start the activity implementation in the first week of September. There is already preliminary arrangement on the ground for start of GBV response project in Raja. Project team is set ready for the purpose.