INFO SHEET - FEBRUARY 2015 SOUTH SUDAN

PEOPLE ARE AT RISK Whatever happens politically, the humanitarian consequences of conflict in South Sudan will continue. 1.5 million people are displaced inside South Sudan; another 500,000 are refugees. In 2015:

• Over 6.4 million people are in need

• 2.5 million people face severe food insecurity

• Up to 1.95 million people will be internally displaced, and a projected 821,000 will seek refuge in neighboring countries

• Early-in-the year funding, and continued humanitarian access, are needed to respond

NOW IS THE TIME TO ACTAid organizations need $1.8 billion to implement the Strategic Response Plan for 2015 to respond inside South Sudan. An additional $810 million is needed for operations in the countries hosting South Sudanese refugees.

• Funding now ensures a more cost effective response that reaches more people. $600 million is needed by the end of February to take advantage of the dry season during which we can make vital infrastructure repairs, reach more people by road

and river, and pre-position supplies for the rest of the year. Fund-ing our work now saves money later.

HUMANITARIANS ARE READYThe Humanitarian Response Plan aims to help more than 4 million people inside South Sudan by December 2015. The strategy has 3 immediate goals:

1 Save lives, and alleviate suffering

2 Protect the rights of the most vulnerable people

3 Improve self-reliance and coping capacity

Despite the challenging environment, humanitarians reached 3.6 million people with live-saving support in 2014.

Nutrition suport and food assistance improved food security in some conflict affected areas. We averted a famine, curtailed cholera and other diseases, provided protection and gave a gener-ation of children a chance.

In 2015, with timely funding, more people can be reached and lives saved.

The aid personnel, systems, and structures are in place but funding is needed now.

SOUTH SUDAN WHAT IF......funding is delayed until later in the year?

Photo: McConville/Concern Worldwide

SOUTH SUDAN

WHAT IF FUNDING IS DELAYED?• People already facing severe food insecurity would be

stretched beyond their limits. The current food security projections depend on the delivery of planned assistance to conflict areas during the dry season.

• The result of food insecurity could be malnutrition and death. Recent nutrition assessments show that the situation remains amove the emergency threshold (GAM>15 per cent) in the conflict affected states. This is why action must be taken now.

• Road conditions would continue to worsen. Just because the rains have paused does not mean roads are passable. Most roads have not had maintenance for three years - and each year, rains and flooding mean roads are worse than the year before. An investment of US $20 million will make key roads passable. If roads remain un-repaired, humanitarians will have to rely on expensive airlifts longer.

• Airstrips would remain below specification for fixed wing aircraft. An investment of US $15 million in seven key air strips would be recovered in one year based on the savings of using fixed wing planes rather than helicopters.

• The costs of delivery would go up - meaning fewer people will get the aid they need. For food alone, an additional $180 million would be required to airlift food, if we are unable to pre-position the full needs before the onset of the rains.

• A generation of children will remain at risk. 400,000 chil-dren and young people have been forced out of school due to the conflict. Overall in South Sudan, only 1 out of every 100 children will finish both primary and secondary school.

Photo: Wells/Concern Worldwide. A boy in Bentiu PoC site, where humanitarians are working to improve sanitation conditions.

FUNDING REQUIREMENTS 2015 IN SOUTH SUDAN

Cluster Required

Camp coordination and camp management $53.8 million

Coordination and common services $19 million

Education $40 million

Emergency telecommunications $3.8 million

Food security and livelihoods

$746.6 million

Health $90 million

Logistics $145 million

Mine action $15.7 million

Non-food items and emergency shelter $70 million

Nutrition $120.3 million

Protection $70 million

Refugee response $291.1 million

Water, sanitation and hygiene $141.9 million

AN ADDITIONAL $810 MILLION IS NEEDED TO SUPPORT SOUTH SUDANESE REFUGEES