HUMANITARIAN
2 0 1 9 RESPONSE PLAN JANUARY-DECEMBER 2019
APR 2019
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SUDAN :PART I
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02 :PART I
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I: COUNTRY STRATEGY
Overview map ���������������������������������������������������������������������� 04 Foreword by the Humanitarian Coordinator ���������������������� 05 The humanitarian response plan at a glance �������������������� 06 Overview of the crisis ���������������������������������������������������������� 07 Multi-year humanitarian strategy outcome ����������������������� 08 Response strategy �������������������������������������������������������������� 09 Planning assumptions �������������������������������������������������������� 13 Humanitarian access ���������������������������������������������������������� 14 Strategic use of pool fund �������������������������������������������������� 15 Operational capacity ����������������������������������������������������������� 16 03 Response monitoring ���������������������������������������������������������� 17 Summery of needs, targets & requirements ���������������������� 18
PART II: OPERATIONAL RESPONSE PLANS Sector response ������������������������������������������������������������ 20-44 Participating organizations & funding requirements �������� 45
What if? ... we fail to respond ��������������������������������������������� 46 :PART I
43.7 5.7 4.4 1.1 80 million million* million billion Total population People in need People targeted Funding requirements No. of humanitarian of Sudan (US$) pratners * Based on highest sectoral figure (FSL)
OVERVIEW MAP EGYPT R e d S e a
LIBYA
Port Sudan RED SEA Dongola CHAD 446,441 in North Darfur RIVER NILE NOTHERN Ed Damer NORTH DARFUR 183,725 in West Darfur KHARTOUM KASSALA ERITREA NORTH KORDOFAN Khartoum Kassala AL GEZIRA GEDAREF 8,300 Wad Madani WEST in West ordofan Gedaref El Fasher DARFUR WHITE NILE 04 El Geneina El Obeid Singa Rabak Zalingei 84,859 SENNAR Map Legend in East Darfur CENTRAL Country capital DARFUR Nyala El Fula Ed Damazin SOUTH KORDOFAN State capital BLUE NILE SOUTH Ed Daein WEST State boundary DARFUR Kadugli EAST KORDOFAN No. of internally DARFUR displaced persons (IDPs) Abyei 47,392 in lue Nile 388,371 in Central Darfur SOUTH SUDAN 168,084 ETHIOPIA in South ordofan CAR 537,023 in South Darfur
NO. OF REFUGEES NO. OF RETURNEES by state 1,143 3,741 by state elow 10,000 elow 10,000 14,259 10,000 - 40,000 10,000 - 40,000 40,001 - 70,000 21,089 40,001 - 70,000 54,028 441,677 118,623 70,001 - 100,000 9,626 70,001 - 100,000 Above 100,000 17,660 Above 100,000 285,770 436 22,926 14,705
6,662 3,832 175,079
8,303 40,202 109,704 68,521 43,845 18,243 53,342 8,931 PART I: Foreword by the humanitarian coordinator
FOREWORD BY THE HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR
Sudan is one of the world’s largest protracted humanitarian are hosted by Sudan; those who have begun to return to their crises; since 2018, it has been beset by an economic crisis places of origin; and the communities who host them. This HRP characterised by spiraling inflation, bread, cash and fuel sets out a comprehensive response plan based on technical shortages, and a growing number of people faced with assessments of needs across the range of humanitarian failed livelihoods, poverty and resorting to extreme coping sectors. mechanisms. This is against a backdrop of Sudan’s inability to The current economic situation has also impacted a significant access concessional financing, including to support a series proportion of the population who previously did not require any of economic reforms initiated in 2018. The Government has assistance but now require support to prevent them sliding into thus been unable to mitigate the social impact of austerity a state of increased vulnerability and poverty. Recognising the programmes, with the poor and vulnerable groups affected fluidity of the current political and economic environment, further most. analysis and a mid-year revision of the HRP will be necessary However, as this Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) goes to to consider potential additional needs and new programming. 05 press, Sudan is in the midst of a profound political transformation Monitoring and analysis will be further strengthened using on- following the overthrow of the regime of President Omar el going and planned assessments nationwide, including crop Bashir. While the transition remains fragile, the stated intention and food security assessments, the food security monitoring of all parties is to improve the lives of Sudanese people, system and nutrition surveys, whenever possible. including protection. In this context, expectations are high for To achieve all this and ensure that the most vulnerable an effective improvement in the operating environment moving are reached with timely assistance requires sustained and forward in 2019. This will be critical for ensuring timely and unfettered humanitarian access. We therefore call for a effective deployment and utilisation of donor resources in collective and sustained effort to establish an enabling support of the ongoing large-scale humanitarian response. framework for humanitarian response and to improve the This 2019 HRP - part of a multi-year humanitarian strategy - operating environment, including lifting of all bureaucratic has been designed to prioritize life-saving response across the impediments and facilitating independent and impartial needs country, as well as to bolster essential services and livelihoods assessments. in the most severely affected areas. The HRP endeavours to Our commitment and collective efforts, supported by the support 4.4 million people, which is about half the population generosity of donors, has already contributed to saving lives estimated by the international community to be in need. and prevented others from further suffering. Now, not only do Assisting these people - the most vulnerable in the country - we need to do more, we need to do it with a view to ensure that, will require US$1.1 billion. This includes requirements for the in the long-term, gains made thus far are not reversed. nearly 2 million people who remain displaced following years of conflict; refugees from South Sudan and other countries who
Gwi-yeop Son Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator PART I: The Humanitarian Response Plan at a glance
THE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLAN AT A GLANCE
OUTCOME PEOPLE IN NEED OPERATIONAL PRESENCE No. of partners
Populations affected by natural or per state man-made disasters receive timely assistance during and in the 5.7 1 aftermath of the shock million* 80 total no.of partners 11
OUTCOME PEOPLE TARGETED NOTHERN RED SEA Displaced populations, refugees, 1 2 returnees and host communities 31 RIVER NILE meet their basic needs and/or 4.4 access essential basic services 13 16 2 million KHARTOUM while increasing their self-reliance N. DARFUR 3 KASSALA N. KORDOFAN 2 23 AL GEZIRA OUTCOME RE UIREMENTS (US$) 17 GEDAREF W. DARFUR WHITE SENNAR 7 Vulnerable residents in targeted C. DARFUR W. KORDOFAN NILE 2 areas have improved nutrition 21 S. KORDOFAN 32 BLUE NILE status and increased resilience 1.1 S. DARFUR 20 E. DARFUR 06 3 billion 30 Abyei 37 29 8
* ased on highest sectoral figure (FSL)
FINANCIAL REA DOWN
FINANCIAL RE UIREMENTS HRP 2019 (million$)** Outcome 1 Outcome 2 per state $651.6 million $407.4 million $1.1 billion total funding requirements
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RED SEA
NOTHERN
187 RIVER NILE Outcome 3 Multi-year projects 55.2 51.8 NORTH KHARTOUM $91.1 million $117.6 million DARFUR KASSALA NORTH KORDOFAN AL GEZIRA WEST GEDAREF DARFUR 2.5 126.9 43.1 76 159.1 WHITE SENNAR WEST NILE KORDOFAN CENTRAL SOUTH KORDOFAN DARFUR SOUTH 85.3 BLUE NILE DARFUR 65.5 EAST 127.3 DARFUR 48.5 Abyei 171.2 9.4 No data below 10 10 - 40 41 - 70 71 - 100 above 100 ** Estimated figures Funding request per state (million$): PART I: Overview of the crisis
OVERVIEW OF THE CRISIS
Sudan remains a large protracted humanitarian crisis and the severity and scale of needs remain far reaching. Although there has been an improvement of the security situation – as a result of unilateral OUTCOME PEOPLE IN NEED OPERATIONAL PRESENCE No. of partners cessations of hostilities both protracted and new displacement continues. About 1.86 million live in Populations affected by natural or per state man-made disasters receive timely protracted displacement. About 27,000 people were newly displaced in areas experiencing localised armed assistance during and in the 5.7 conflict such as Jebel Marra, Blue Nile and South Kordofan – 19,000 people were mostly displaced in 2018 1 aftermath of the shock million* 80 total no.of partners 11 in Jebel Marra alone. Localized violence continues to take place due to fighting between sedentary farmers
OUTCOME PEOPLE TARGETED NOTHERN and nomadic-pastoral communities, and between nomadic communities. Protection risks and threats RED SEA continue; IDPs, particularly women and girls, still face high protection risks and continue to be harassed, Displaced populations, refugees, 1 2 returnees and host communities 31 RIVER NILE and occasionally killed or raped. Between December 2017 and January 2019, UNAMID documented 192 meet their basic needs and/or 4.4 access essential basic services 13 16 2 million KHARTOUM victims of sexual and gender-based violence. while increasing their self-reliance N. DARFUR 3 KASSALA N. KORDOFAN 2 23 AL GEZIRA OUTCOME RE UIREMENTS (US$) 17 GEDAREF W. DARFUR WHITE SENNAR 7 Vulnerable residents in targeted C. DARFUR W. KORDOFAN NILE 2 areas have improved nutrition 21 S. KORDOFAN 32 BLUE NILE status and increased resilience 1.1 S. DARFUR 20 E. DARFUR The food security and nutrition situation remains fragile and spiralling inflation - reaching 73 per cent in December 2018 - 3 billion 30 Abyei 37 29 07 8 many affected populations remain dependent on assistance to and consequently a spike in prices of basic commodities and meet their basic food needs. According to the Government’s medicines. Fuel and cash shortages continue across parts of * ased on highest sectoral figure (FSL) Food Security Technical Secretariat, 5.7 million people were the country. As a result, household purchasing power has been estimated to be in Crisis - Integrated Food Security Phase eroded as people are unable to meet their basic food needs and Classification (IPC) Phase 3 - or Emergency (IPC Phase 4) adopting negative coping strategies, such as selling productive FINANCIAL REA DOWN levels of food insecurity - ten out of 18 states have people in IPC assets or limiting amount of food consumed. According to phase 4. People in emergency and crisis levels are only able to FEWSNET, the November to February harvest is not likely to FINANCIAL RE UIREMENTS HRP 2019 (million$)** Outcome 1 Outcome 2 meet minimum food needs with irreversible coping strategies lead to an improvement as people still rely on market purchases that involve liquidating livelihood assets or diverting expenses even during the harvest period. Preparations for the November per state $651.6 million $407.4 million from essential non-food items. Some are facing extreme food to March winter season, which is the key season for wheat consumption gaps that could result in high levels of acute production in Sudan, started earlier than normal. Farmers are $1.1 billion malnutrition, already above the emergency threshold especially raising concerns that the high costs of seeds, fertilizers, fuel, total funding requirements for children under the age of 5. About 2.4 million children under and the cash shortage will likely have an impact on normal age five suffer from wasting annually, out of whom close to planting. Beyond household food security, the economic crisis 10 700,000 suffer from severe acute malnutrition (SAM). High is also impacting other sectors, including health and nutrition, malnutrition levels are not only limited to the conflict-affected as people reduce expenditure in order to meet their basic RED SEA areas; 52 per cent of acutely malnourished children live in nine food needs or compromise the quality of food. To supplement NOTHERN states not affected by conflict including Al Gezira, Red Sea household income, parents may send their children to work,
187 RIVER NILE and Kassala. Further, communicable diseases remain a major exposing children to risks such as child labour, unsafe migration, Outcome 3 Multi-year projects cause of morbidity and mortality in Sudan and the country is trafficking, recruitment and sexual exploitation. Overall, the 55.2 51.8 prone to measles, meningitis, acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) situation remains fluid and humanitarian needs could further NORTH KHARTOUM $91.1 million $117.6 million DARFUR KASSALA and most recently chikungunya and dengue. The situation is increase as underlying challenges are not expected to change NORTH KORDOFAN aggravated by weak health infrastructures, poor infant and in the immediate future. AL GEZIRA WEST GEDAREF young child feeding practices, limited access to safe water and DARFUR 2.5 126.9 43.1 sanitation services, and poor hygiene conditions. 76 159.1 WHITE SENNAR WEST NILE KORDOFAN The country is also currently facing severe macro-economic CENTRAL SOUTH KORDOFAN DARFUR challenges which are further exacerbating the situation. SOUTH 85.3 BLUE NILE DARFUR 65.5 Austerity measures instituted in 2018 have resulted in EAST 127.3 DARFUR 48.5 Abyei 171.2 9.4 No data below 10 10 - 40 41 - 70 71 - 100 above 100 ** Estimated figures Funding request per state (million$): PART I: MULTI-YEAR HUMANITARIAN STRATEGY
MULTI-YEAR HUMANITARIAN STRATEGY OUTCOMES
In 2019, the humanitarian response will be guided by the Multi- term development necessary to sustainably reduce the level Year Humanitarian Strategy (MYHS) for 2017-19. This strategy of needs in Sudan. This HRP acknowledges that this can recognizes that several types of interventions are required to only be done through bridging short-term relief and longer- address humanitarian needs and to support response to new term assistance that will enable self-sufficiency and reliance crises. As set in the MYHS, the scope and priorities of the that require humanitarian and development actors to work 2019 HRP are defined around saving lives, providing basic within the parameters of the New Way of Working (NWoW) services and increasing self-reliance and improving nutrition and leverage their comparative advantages in line with and resilience of affected people. Therefore to address humanitarian principles. This HRP continues to strengthen immediate needs, the 2019 HRP will target population groups linkages with the United Nations Development Assistance and areas with highest needs and vulnerabilities as identified Framework (UNDAF) 2018– 2021 and efforts to achieve the in the Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO). It will also aim to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); and aims to link strengthen the resilience of populations through contribution to to national priorities and strategies focusing on reinforcing 08 durable solutions, nutrition, and livelihoods. national capacities and systems Prepared in consultation with the Government of Sudan and humanitarian partners, the HRP also seeks to strengthen the links between humanitarian response and the longer-
OUTCOME OUTCOME OUTCOME 1 2 3
Populations affected by natural or man- Displaced populations, refugees, returnees Vulnerable residents in targeted areas have made disasters receive timely assistance and host communities meet their basic improved nutrition status and increased 1during and in the aftermath of the shock 2needs and/or access essential basic 3resilience services while increasing their self-reliance
Partners will aim to ensure that affected For communities affected by protracted In line with the Agenda for Humanity’s people receive timely life-saving assistance; displacement, partners will aim to ensure commitment to work differently to end needs, that people’s coping mechanisms are that people in need have sustainable access partners acknowledge that there are pockets strengthened through integrated community- to essential assistance based on vulnerability of severe vulnerability across Sudan, even based early recovery programming; and targeting, including quality basic services and in areas that are not directly affected by that emergency response preparedness income and livelihood opportunities. conflict. Humanitarian partners will work to of humanitarian actors is reinforced. Early address malnutrition through a multi-sectoral warning information will enable a timely approach while also building the resilience of response as soon as new needs arise, and affected communities. facilitate the adjustment of priorities as required. PART I: Response strategy
RESPONSE STRATEGY