Basic Services Fund

Results achieved at the end of Phase II of the Basic Services Fund (September 2010) include: 31 primary schools (192 classrooms) built; 40 primary schools equipped with services (including furniture learning materials training and teachers’ salaries); the construction of five Primary Health Care Centres (PHCCs) and 15 Primary Health Care Units (PHCUs) completed. A further 25 PHCCs and 66 PHCUs were provided with services (including drugs training management support and complementary salaries where necessary); 143 boreholes drilled and 184 boreholes rehabilitated; 389 institutional latrines and 2 312 household latrines constructed The above results have contributed to an increase in the coverage access and use of basic services (primary education health and water & sanitation) for 1.6 million South Sudanese citizens.