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Humanitarian overview
In 2011, South Sudan gained independence from
Sudan, putting an end to Africa’s longest civil war.
Two years later, violent conflict broke out after political
disagreement between President Salva Kiir and former
Vice-President Riek Machar, which has since forced
over four million people to flee their homes: More than
two million fled to neighbouring countries, and 1.9 mil-
lion were internally displaced.
The food security of the country has been continually
deteriorating, which led South Sudan to declare famine
in early 2017. The poor food security situation through-
out 2018 left an estimated 5.2 million people in food
crisis in early 2019.
The parties in the South Sudan civil war signed a
power-sharing deal in September 2018 and organised
a peace celebration in Juba, attended by Rebel leader
former VP and regional dignitaries. This has created
some optimism about the prospects for lasting peace,
but this is but one step in a likely very long process
and does not address root causes of the conflict. Even
if the newly signed peace agreement should hold, the
country will remain politically divided and fragile. If
peace is maintained, South Sudan will see continued
mass movement of populations and a huge demand for
service provision in urban centres, as IDPs and refugees
return and potentially settle in new areas.
NRC’s operation
NRC operates through both static and mobile modes of
response, to both chronic and acute emergencies. The
civil war and other bureaucratic impediments greatly
affected humanitarian response delivery by limiting free
access to people affected and creating constraints to
humanitarian organisations, including NRC.
Our emergency teams on the ground deliver lifesaving
aid. Our rapid response and mobile emergency interven-
tions are one of our largest activities in South Sudan.
We reach vulnerable people in remote hard to reach
areas that are difficult to access.
NRC’s operations in
South Sudan
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NRC South Sudan
Established 2011 International staff 29 National staff 258
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NRC South Sudan
Country office
Juba
Areas of operation
Static response: Central Equatoria, Norther Bhar el Ghazal, Western
Bahr el Ghazal, Warrap, Jonglei, Mayom unity with offices in Juba, Alek
(Warrap), Aweil (Northern Bhar el Ghazal), Twic East, Duk, Bor, Akobo
(Jonglei), Wau (Western Bahr el Ghazal), Mankien (Unity). Mobile
emergency response: throughout the country depending on the need
through WFP rapid response mechanism (RRM) and ECHO Emergen-
cy Preparedness and Response (EP&R) mechanism.
Education
Our education teams:
• provide children with education opportunities and give
Alternate Education to those who have missed school;
• provide youth with vocational training;
• give adults the opportunity to learn how to read and
write through basic adult literacy programmes.
Information, counselling and legal assistance
(ICLA)
Our ICLA experts:
• provide information and training sessions so that peo-
ple can learn about and exercise their housing, land
and property rights;
• help resolving conflicts over land to promote peaceful
coexistence in communities;
• support women in obtaining access to land and tenure;
• help people obtaining their legal documents.
Livelihoods and food security
We have food security projects in both conflict affected
states as well as in the more stable areas. We also have
emergency teams on the ground who deliver food to
people in extreme need. Our teams:
• distribute food in remote areas;
• provide cash assistance to people affected by dis-
placement;
• hand out seeds;
• distribute vouchers and cash for people to use at their
local merchants;
• support people in getting a livelihood by giving train-
ings on agricultural production;
• help farmers gain access to markets by repairing
roads and organising agricultural fairs.
Shelter and settlements
We distribute emergency shelters in remote areas.
Through our shelter activities, we:
• distribute shelters and kits containing kitchenware,
mosquito nets and plastic sheeting;
• teach people how to build shelters;
• instruct people on how to repair and improve their
shelters;
• construct schools and classrooms.
NRC South Sudan Country director: Rehana ZawarEmail: Rehana.zawar@nrc.no
Phone: +211(0)54981295 www.nrc.no/southsudanAddress: Tong Ping area
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Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) promotion
Our WASH activities aim to:
• provide displaced people with clean water and
latrines;
• spread knowledge about safe hygiene practices to
people affected by displacement.
Humanitaria Coordination
NRC in South Sudan is a co-lead of WASH and protec-
tion clusters. It is a member of the steering committee of
the NGO forum and member of Humanitarian Country
Team (HCT). NRC provides policy and context analysis
that serves the entire humanitarian actors, donors, diplo-
matic missions and the rest. NRC promotes inclusion in
humanitarian response and continually build its capacity
through partnership with specialized agencies such as
HelpAge.
NRC South Sudan is grateful for the generous support from our donors:
Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) South Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SSHF)
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