Shelter and Non-Food Items (S-NFI)2019 | Quarter 3 Report

In Quarter 3, the Shelter-Non-food items (S-NFI) Cluster responded to the needs of 167,736 crisis-affected individuals with the provision of life-saving and life-sustaining non-food items. Cumulatively as of 30 September, the Cluster achieved 71 per cent of its 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan target, reaching 709,082 individuals since January 2019. The Cluster coordinated 36 assessments in areas including in Central Equatoria, Upper Nile, Western Bahr el Ghazal, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Unity, Lakes, Eastern Equatoria, Western Equatoria and Warrap states addressing S-NFI needs for newly displaced, returned individuals and some flood affected populations. The S-NFI Cluster successfully reviewed 22 proposals for the South Sudan Humanitarian Fund 2nd Allocation Round with 18 proposals recommended for allocation of an emergency grant. Out of 18 grants, nine were allocated to national non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

The S-NFI Cluster

IOM SOUTH SUDAN

77,936 individuals assisted with S-NFI

167,736reached by S-NFI Cluster partners

6 assessments completedwhich resulted in an IOMresponse

6 coordination mechanisms conductedto enhance the response

Returnees’ beneficiary verification during a cash based intervention in Wau. © IOM 2019 / Loyce NABIE

IOM continued to provide S-NFI assistance to the affected population in Western Bahr El Ghazal, Upper Nile, Jonglei and Abyei Administrative Area. IOM, in coordination with the S-NFI Cluster and national partners, completed six assessments in concerned areas and provided in-kind S-NFI support to 44,124 individuals (23,463 females and 20,661 males). Support included shelter construction, rehabilitation and the provision of plastic sheets, kitchen sets, blankets, sleeping mats, mosquito nets, solar lamps and kangas (cotton cloth). The majority of the beneficiaries surveyed reported that assistance was timely and supported them in meeting their urgent S-NFI needs.

Realizing the importance of cash assistance, IOM provided vouchers and multipurpose cash assistance to 33,812 (18,884 females and 14,928 males) returnees and vulnerable internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Western Bahr El Ghazal.

IOM S-NFI Frontline Response

Settlement ProjectFrontline Activities

Wau Jur River

Koch Ayod

NyilwakAbyei

RajaJonglei

Upper Nile

Lakes

Unity

Warrap

Western Equatoria EasternEquatoria

CentralEquatoria

NBeGWestern Bahrel Ghazal

Asar Muhammad UL HAQ | Programme Managermulhaq@iom.int

The cash assistance particularly targeted women and child-headed households in protection of civilians (PoC) sites and other areas of returns in Wau and Raja. According to 99 per cent of the beneficiaries, the cash assistance has resulted in improved purchasing power, independence and empowerment. IOM was selected as the Co-lead for the Cash Working Group (CWG) and is supporting the Joint Market Monitoring Initiative of the CWG through monitoring the prices of food and non-food items in Wau.

Housing, Land and Property (HLP)

Supporting Returnees Become Self-reliant

IOM staff conducting beneficiary exit interview during a cash based intervention in Wau. © IOM 2019 / Loyce NABIE

“My name is Henry Guda Uvo, a resident of Hai Jebel Kheir in Wau, South Sudan. I am 48 years old and I have two children. When I was twelve years old, my right leg became paralyzed after a penicillin injection.

In 2016, when fighting broke out in Wau, I fled with my family to Baggari, a village approximately 30 km away from Wau town. I was not prepared for this journey, and when I arrived, I did not know anybody there. Everything was new. Given my lack of familiarity with the community and with the complications caused by my physical disability, I found it very difficult to look after my family in this new environment. We had no home, no garden where we could grow food. My two children became sick after the two-day-long journey on foot.

Before we fled Wau, I had a small business making and selling cooking sticks. However, in Baggari, I did not know anybody whom I could send to the forest to fetch the small sticks I required to produce cooking tools. My disability prevented me from gathering these materials myself.

When I returned home at the end of 2018, I resumed my work. It was not long before some people came to my house and registered me and my family. They said they had come from IOM - the International Organization for Migration - and they were registering vulnerable families for humanitarian assistance.

In September 2019, all those who were registered were provided a small cash grant depending on the size of their households.

We were informed about the day, time and location of the cash distribution. I was given priority being a disable person with special needs. It was the happiest day of my life. The IOM support came right at the time when my children were going to be dismissed from school because I had not paid their school dues for two terms. I used part of the money to pay the overdue school fees and we bought food with the balance. I saw happiness in my family’s eyes for the first time in a very long time.

God blessed me with these children. I will do all I can to make sure they have a good future. It is only my leg that is paralyzed, not my whole body, therefore I can still use my mind to think and my hands to work.”

After the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) was signed in September 2018, many displaced people started to return home. This was the case in Wau, a town ravaged by war in 2016, from which many families were forced to flee.

IOM recognized an opportunity to help returning families restart their lives in the Wau area. After conducting a market assessment, IOM launched the Cash Based Interventions project with support from the multi-donor South Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SSHF). Targeting women, children and individuals with disabilities, the project has reached more than 28,970 individuals with multipurpose cash assistance, which enables self-reliance and allows families to meet their basic household needs.

Continuing the long-term support provided to the Parliamentary Committee on Land and Physical Infrastructure, IOM significantly advanced passage of the national draft Land Policy in October and November through a thorough process of technical review

and amendment, led by two international land policy experts. The policy is currently undergoing a final review by top government officials and is slated to progress to the floor of parliament for final tabling and adoption into law before the end of the year.