On 15th of December 2013, armed clashes quickly evolved along tribal lines and caused an ongoing humanitarian crisis. The current crisis has led to devastating humanitarian consequences and the lives of millions of citizens have been shattered. Furthermore, disruption of market and livestock routes, cattle rustling, humanitarian access constraints and loss of assets through looting have exacerbated the food security situation in the country.

Contributing to the Common Humanitarian Fund to enable timely and coordinated emergency response for humanitarian interventions in South Sudan.

The CHF only supports humanitarian projects. Under the standard allocations, projects within the Crisis Response Plan are supported. Contributing to the CHF therefore helps targeting the most affected people in need.

An improved coordination amongst donors and the international community in general, funding of projects in prioritized domains.

Risultati principali attesi:  

Provision of life-saving emergency assistance for relevant projects within the cluster system.

Recipient international NGOs, local NGOs, UN agencies of the CHF South Sudan 2014

Synergies with SDC’s support to the cluster system and humanitarian coordination efforts, such as the support of the FSL- and the protection cluster.

Fase 1 01.11.2014 - 31.01.2015   (Completed)