Situation Report No. 8 on the response scale-up for highly food insecure areas
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JUBA, South Sudan, 21 July 2021
JUBA, South Sudan, 21 July 2021 / PRN Africa / — HIGHLIGHTS
In June, the Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) Cluster partners reached more than 96,000 people with food assistance in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA). This represents 94 per cent of the people targeted. To date, the FSL Cluster reached 1,000 households in the six priority 1 counties with main-season response support.
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Cluster partners reached 131,000 people with WASH/NFI kits and basic hygiene messaging in communities with children who have high global acute malnutrition (GAM) and/or high incidence of diarrheal diseases. This represents 75 per cent of the people targeted. Eight water points were rehabilitated in nutrition facilities and 11 were rehabilitated in the six priority counties.
The Health Cluster provided consultations for 32,847 people in the six priority 1 counties in June. Trainings in comprehensive management of rape cases, integrated disease surveillance and response system were provided.
Nutrition partners treated 3,360 children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM), 8,942 children with moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) and 8,749 acute malnourished pregnant and lactating women (AM-PLW) in the six priority 1 counties during the reporting period. Prepositioning of nutrition supplies is ongoing. Funding shortages limit the ability to provide sufficient nutrition programme coverage to reach people in remote areas.
The Logistics Cluster transported 345 metric tons (MT) of humanitarian cargo by road and air in June for partners in priority areas. Pibor is no longer accessible by road and road convoys to Pibor are unlikely to resume until next year. Some 240 m2 of common storage space was made available to the humanitarian community in Warrap town in Tonj North. The Logistics Cluster is planning to establish a 240 m2 mobile storage unit (MSU) in Tonj South in July.
In June, Protection Cluster partners reached 1,632 people with general protection interventions including through protection by presence, protection monitoring, awareness raising, protection and cash assistance. A total of 10,372 people was reached with various gender-based violence (GBV) services, including Women and Girls Friendly Space (WGFS) activities. Child Protection (CP) partners provided services to 17,288 people, including (6,235 girls and 6,922 boys) through case management, family tracing and reunification services for unaccompanied and separated children, life-saving message and community-based psychosocial support to children and caregivers.
SOURCE Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in South Sudan