Acute Crisis Joint Response

Over the past few months, South Sudan has been heavily affected by extreme floods. Many people have been displaced and are left without access to food and shelter. The humanitarian situation in South Sudan was already very worrying before the floods, and even more so now. The rainy season has become increasingly severe due to climate change, stretching communities’ ability to cope with the devastation, and in some cases causing permanent displacement of communities.

In order to respond to this humanitarian crisis, the @Dutch Relief Alliance (DRA) was able to allocate € 800.000 for an acute response to provide life-saving support to communities in South Sudan affected by the floods. This project started in November 2024, and we want to reach 22.200 people with immediate help, by distributing packages of shelter/NFI supplies and by providing cash to families that have lost their food sources to flooding amid an already critical food insecurity situation. The distribution is currently ongoing, and the team has shared some pictures of the distribution of shelter/NFI supplies in Paguir and Mareang.

Help a Child is in the lead in this project, which will be implemented by @Tearfund and the South Sudanese organizations Africa Development Aid (ADA) and Coalition for Humanity.

More on this response funded by the DRA, you can read on their website.