IOM SOUTH SUDAN 2020 | February External Update A man tends to his cow in a cattle camp in Madhol in Tonj North where IOM’s TRU team visited as part of conflict analysis to help reduce inter-ethnic violence in the area © IOM 2020 / Alex McBride 1.67 Million 2.3 Million 41,381 1,393 MT 160,612 South Sudanese internally South Sudanese refugees individuals reached Humanitarian Individuals provided displaced persons in neighbouring countries with health cargo transported with water, sanitation (source: DTM Mobility Tracking R7) (source: UNHCR) promotion messages for IOM & partners & hygiene services SITUATION OVERVIEW On 22 February, parties to the conflict formed Monthly Highlights the long-anticipated Transitional Government of 41,381 individuals reached with health promotion messages National Unity, raising hopes that there could be an end to the national conflict that has raged on 43,161 individuals attended and received MHPSS services for more than six years. Still, humanitarian needs remain high, driven in part by the continuation 160,612 internally displaced persons (IDPs) supported with Water, of localized violence in various pockets of the Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services at the PoC sites in Bentiu, country, including pastoralist-related conflict in Malakal, and Wau places such as Jonglei. http://southsudan.iom.int [email protected] facebook.com/iomsouthsudan @IOMSouthSudan Monthly Update • February 2020 EBOLA RESPONSE Due to the ongoing Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, IOM has been carrying out preparedness activities in Yei, focusing on health screenings; health and hygiene promotion; water, sanitation and hygiene support; and displacement tracking. IOM continues to maintain 17 PoE EVD screening sites. A total of individuals were 257,636 screened at the IOM-managed PoE sites in February yielding 0 EVD case alerts, with a cumulative total of 1,879,908 travelers screened since September 2018. 257,636 individuals were screened at 17 IOM-managed PoE sites in the month of February, yielding zero EVD case alerts. So far, a total of 1,879,908 travelers have been screened since September 2018. individuals reached SUDAN IOM Managed PoE Screening Sites 41,381 with health and Operational hygiene promotion Abyei Upper Nile Nothern Unity Bahr el ● Yei SSRRC ● Bori ● Kerwa Ghazal Warrap IOM continues to disseminate ETHIOPIA ● Salia Musala ● Kaya ● Khorijo Western Bahr el Ghazal Jonglei messages on EVD awareness CENTRAL Lakes ● Yei Airport ● Pure ● Okaba AFRICAN (regarding prevention, transmission REPUBLIC ● Nimule Airstrip ● Bazi ● Nimule Western Central Eastern Equatoria and signs of EVD), proper hand Equatoria Equatoria ● Nimule River ● Juba ● Birigo DEMOCRATIC KENYA Docking ● Wau washing with soap and water, and REPUBLIC ● Khor Kaya OF CONGO maintaining a safe water chain UGANDA PROTECTION/GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IOM Protection team conducted a four-day training on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), disability inclusion, and community engagement for monitoring protection mainstreaming in Bor South, Jonglei. The trainings targeted IOM field staff and volunteers, Women Empowerment Center organization (NNGO) and community members. In Abyei Administrative Area, IOM Protection team supported an IOM S-NFI mission for flood victims to assist with the identification of persons with disabilities and disseminating messages on disability inclusion and protection mainstreaming. In Juba, a three-day training was conducted for IOM protection emergency response staff on GBV, psychosocial first aid, and disability inclusion. In Twic and Wau, IOM trained 20 women and 18 male community hygiene promoters (CHP) and local authorities on GBV mainstreaming in WASH, focusing on engaging men and women in hygiene and sanitation activities, inclusions of people with disabilities, reducing risks for safe access to WASH facilities, and PSEA. With support from IOM, Active Youth Agency (AYA) established a women and girls friendly space and conducted regular outreach on GBV awareness raising for 66 women and girls. Additionally, through support from IOM, AYA conducted GBV awareness raising in Juba for 321 females and 244 males through focus group discussions, drama, music and radio talk shows linking gender equality and GBV prevention to WASH outcomes at the community level. WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE IOM continued to provide Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services to over 160,612 IDPs at the PoC sites in Bentiu, Malakal, and Wau, as well as Nazareth Collective Site. In response to the abnormal heavy rainy season and flooding, which had affected South Sudan from July 2019, the WASH emergency preparedness and response (EP&R) teams deployed across two counties in Jonglei and Warrap. The WASH EP&R teams reached 29,305 individuals (5,861 households) through the distribution of 2,761 WASH NFI kits and rehabilitation of 31 boreholes. Additionally, as support to returnees and IDPs in one county in Central Equatoria, the EP&R teams reached 16,500 individuals (3,300 households) through distribution of 2,000 WASH NFIs kits and rehabilitation of 13 boreholes. 50,151 This month, IOM provided safe drinking water to 92,996 individuals residing in the following sites 27,924 14,706 215 In addition, IOM rehabilitated 53 boreholes and 4761 WASH NFI for HH water treatment provided for 89,564 individuals in Nazareth Wau PoC Malakal PoC Bentiu PoC Twic, Tonj North, Greater Morobo, Ajuong and Wau 2 Monthly Update • February 2020 CAMP COORDINATION & CAMP MANAGEMENT In Wau PoC, IOM Camp Management (CM) held discussions with beneficiaries to ascertain their level of satisfaction with core CCCM activities such as community participation and governance structures, care and maintenance activities, as well as safety and security in PoCs. In addition, IOM CM conducted an endline beneficiary satisfaction survey in the Wau PoCAA, including providing a two-day training to enumerators prior to commencing data collection. Under the South Sudan Humanitarian Fund, CCCM teams in Bentiu and Wau facilitated a three-day CCCM training for humanitarian partners and local authorities to build national capacity in responding to humanitarian crises. The trainings were facilitated by qualified CCCM trainers drawing on contextualized curricula developed in line with the Global CCCM training package, resources and best practices. The training was attended by 32 men and 16 women, and consisted of mixed theory and a practical component, including group work and case studies from the South Sudanese context. The training provided an introduction to CM, coordination, roles and responsibilities of core CCCM actors, and Humanitarian Principles and their application in CCCM response. In addition, the training covered Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP), including Complaints Feedback Mechanisms and Communication with Communities initiatives, as well as how to mainstream cross cutting issues such as protection and GBV prevention. The training also covered sessions on minimum required standards for site selection and site improvements in addition to a session on site closure and durable solutions. In Bentiu, Malakal and Wau PoCs, IOM Care and Maintenance teams continued to take advantage of the onset of the peak dry season to undertake site maintenance and upgrade activities. In Wau and Malakal PoCs, IOM has been desilting the trenches, cleaning culverts and excavating drainage channels to maintain bed and side slopes to improve rain water drainage. Additional activities included upgrading the roads, maintaining footbridges and clearing bush from the site. In Bentiu PoC, excavators and dump trucks were used to desilt the retention basin and deepen the depth to allow water from drainage channels to end in the retention basin Camp management colleague registering a complaint from PoCAA instead of overflowing inside the PoC. reisdents at CFM desk in Wau PoCAA, © IOM / 2020 In Bor South, Jonglei, IOM undertook a response mission following the completion of a mobile assessment in January 2020. As part of the response, IOM conducted a two-day training to enhance the capacity of the community leaders to self-manage their community in response to influxes in the absence of humanitarian organizations. The training was attended by 100 persons IDPs, returnees and host community members, including women, youth (boys and girls) and Person with Disabilities (PwD) and aimed at increasing the knowledge of participants about Camp Management with a focus on coordination in camps and camp-like settings, community participation and mobilization, and protection, mainstreaming and disability inclusion, the latter facilitated by IOM Protection staff. At the request of the Inter-Cluster Coordination Group, IOM CM mobile teams commenced four mobile assessment missions to Leer, Mayendit, Tong and Koch in Unity. CCCM CLUSTER The CCCM Cluster co-led a one day mission to Baliet in Upper Nile with the Protection Cluster, to conduct a conflict sensitive-analysis, service mapping in locations of potential return, and provide recommendations as part of preparations to support IDPs who expressed their intention to return from Melut to places of origin in Baliet. In addition, CCCM Cluster led an inter-cluster mission to Wau Shilluk/Ogod Payam on 18 February 2020, to determine the current security situation of the area, and ascertain current needs on the ground, including possibility for an inter-cluster response. A key recommendation from the assessment was for humanitarian