Multisector Humanitarian Assistance in Food Security and LIvelihood, WASH, Health and Nutrition, Education and Protection in Blue Nile

FSL: OPS Code HSDN19-FSC-157270-1 GAM Code G918438353
WASH: OPS Code HSDN19-WSH-157094-1 GAM Code G391116319
H/N: OPS Code HSDN19-HEA;NUT-157152-1 GAM Code G258611971
Protection: OPS Code HSDN19-PRO-CPN-157315-1 GAM Code G371920741
Education: OPS Code HSDN19-EDU-157276-1 GAM Code G734491844 To address severe food insecurity and malnutrition status as well as poor WASH outcomes, lack of access to health and protection services and education opportunities for children in AL Tadamom, Geissan and Kurmuk localities, Blue Nile.  World Vision in collaboration with VSF-Germany, IMC and PANCARE is proposing an integrated lifesaving intervention project to meet the immediate needs of the vulnerable communities in the three localities in Blue Nile State. The main goal of the project is provide humanitarian assistance to improve food security and nutrition status among target IDPs, Refugees, returnees and vulnerable host communities through provision of access to basic services including health and nutrition and livelihood support with integration of protection and education activities in Al Tadamom, Geissan and Kurmuk localities. 
The project will target 35,000 vulnerable individuals, of which 21,000 (60%) are IDPs, 7,000 (20%) vulnerable host community while 3,500 (10%) returnees and 3,500 (10%) refugees. The key project interventions will aim at 1) Increasing household food security and improving access to alternative household income 2) Increasing access to Primary Health Care services, particularly maternal and child health (MCH), and 3) Empowering communities to actively participate in activities that contribute increased household and community resilience thereby enabling them to respond to future shocks in their respective areas, 4) Increasing access to Education and Protection activities, 5) improving WASH conditions which will contribute to improvement on nutrition outcomes. The project contribute to a reduction of morbidity and mortality caused by food insecurity, poor access to health and nutrition services among the targeted groups and build the resilience of target communities through improved access to education and protection activities. The goal of the 12-month program is to contribute to Outcome 2 and Outcome 3 of the 2018 HRP by providing vulnerable displaced people, refugees, returnees and vulnerable host communities with livelihoods support and basic services to reduce their food insecurity and malnutrition status and allow them to build their self-resilience. The targeted localities are ranked as IPC 2-3 in Blue Nile state (IPC Report as of August 2019) and will be supported through the provision of integrated life-saving FLS, Health and Nutrition services to households with highest needs in food insecure and with highly malnourished populations and Protection and Education intervention.
The consortium members proposed activities that will help in strengthening existing livelihoods options among the target population. The FSL focused project is expected to make the targeted households food secure while reducing diseases and hazards resulting from deficient environmental health and nutrition conditions, provision of preventive and curative CMAM services to malnourished children under five years and pregnant and lactating women, unsafe disposal of feces, water-borne diseases, unsafe water sources, poor sanitation, and hygiene practices.
All consortium partners have presence in Blue Nile State implementing projects funded by various donors including ECHO, DFID, WFP, UNICEF and SHF (WV). The proposed activities are aligned to the needs and priorities of targeted communities as identified by the government and UN-led sector strategies and priorities. Rehabilitation of existing basic services and infrastructure will be prioritized over new construction in order to reduce costs and increase coverage. Existing coping mechanisms will be enhanced and strengthened so as not disturb community livelihoods systems but allow diversification within the target communities and will harness organizational, technical and operational capacities among the consortium members.