South Sudan Crisis - Emergency Food Assistance - WFP Emergency Appeal 2014

February 2014 - The complex humanitarian situation in South Sudan has become much worse since fighting broke out between government and anti-government forces in Juba the capital city in December 2013. The United Nations estimates that over 1 000 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands more wounded. The fighting has displaced some 740 000 people from their homes within South Sudan and more than 123 400 South Sudanese refugees have sought protection in neighbouring countries (Kenya Ethiopia and Uganda). Agricultural production has been disrupted and essential basic services such as water points schools and medical facilities have been shut down or destroyed in the fighting. Immediate humanitarian assistance needs include food health care shelter protection water sanitation and hygiene. With the support of DFATD and other donors the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is providing emergency assistance to up to 400 000 internally displaced persons in South Sudan. The project aims to meet urgent needs by: distributing food to the most vulnerable internally displaced people and host communities throughout South Sudan with a particular focus on women and children; providing cash and vouchers in communities where markets are still open and food stocks are still available; and providing supplementary feeding and nutritional support to prevent or treat malnutrition in vulnerable people including children pregnant and breastfeeding women and members of female-headed households.

The expected outputs for this project include: food distributed to 400 000 internally displaced people throughout South Sudan including host communities; cash and vouchers provided in areas where markets are open and stocks available; and blanket supplementary feeding provided to 100 000 vulnerable people including children pregnant and lactating women and female-headed households. The expected intermediate outcome is reduced vulnerability of crisis-affected people especially women and children.