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[email protected] Coordinating Office South Sudan Assistance to Returnees & Local Communities in Ikotos and Kapoeta Counties - AFSD82 Appeal Target: US$ 1,781,269 Geneva, 7 May, 2008 Dear Colleagues, For South Sudan the Comprehensive Peace Agreement CPA means that a history of war, with societies ’ influx, has been replaced with a transition – again with societies influx. ACT member the Lutheran World Federation Sudan Country program is facing many challenges to address both humanitarian assistance and sustainable development which are the two main premises of LWF/DWS work. In 2004/2005, the LWF Uganda/Sudan implemented an emergency response and development project in Torit County in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria Region. Now, Torit County has been divided into three counties namely Ikotos, Torit, and Lafon. In the year 2007 under ACT appeal AFSD 71 emergency response to the Sudanese refugee and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) returnees continued in Ikotos county. This emergency response project provided food, agricultural tools and seeds, and Non-Food Items (NFIs) to the Sudanese refugee returnees, the Internally Displaced People (IDPs) and the resident communities. Also, the project supported capacity building of local government authorities and construction of boreholes and schools. The arrival of both UNHCR assisted and spontaneous returnees continues to increase and UNHCR and Southern Sudan Government projections indicate a higher number of returnees in 2008. This Appeal will be implemented in Ikotos and Kapoeta counties and is designed to fulfil the immediate needs of the Sudanese refugee and (IDPs) returnees and assist the resident communities to cope with the increasing number of people.