Social protection whose strategic objective is to increase access to social protection services for children, women and other vulnerable persons in counties of focus by 15 % by 2025.
Conflict and insecurity have continued to undermine the governance institutions of South Sudan and diminished state-society relations, as well as the national identity of the South Sudanese people. Insecurity remains pervasive and continues to keep people in Internally Displaced camps and refugee camps in foreign countries. The government and development partners are working together to provide much-needed services to the IDPs and ensure there is social support for the most vulnerable like children, the elderly, and the disabled.
AFOD’s contributions to the protection of IDPs and other vulnerable groups is aimed at increasing access to and demand for social protection and support services for children, women, and other vulnerable persons in its areas of operation. AFOD will continue to work in partnership with the GoSS and other partners in the delivery of protection services in IDP camps and communities affected by insecurity and where injustice is pervasive.
Strategic objective: To increase access to social protection services for children, women and other vulnerable persons in counties of focus.
This program component has the following strategic intervention areas:
- Social protection-humanitarian support (support for vulnerable IDPs)
- Social Protection for vulnerable women, children and youth-Community support
Social Protection – CCCM Intervention
- Support identifying gaps and disseminating emerging assistance needs and protection issues in IDP camps to relevant clusters.
- Support rehabilitation and development of basic infrastructure in IDP camps.
- Build the capacity of IDP site leaders and site committees on CFM to strengthen site management and accountability.
- Support the provision of supplies and equipment to IDPs to enhance protection support services.
- Provide capacity-building programs for institutions, camp management teams and project staff to enhance social protection skills
Social Protection – Community Support
- Facilitate periodic assessment and situation analysis to determine the status of vulnerable children and women in communities
- Support participatory development of community action plans for social protection
- Recruit, train, and develop personnel for social protection at the community level
- Support access to Justice for Orphans and vulnerable children in communities
- Facilitate the establishment of community-based child protection committees in line with national guidelines
- Facilitate advocacy and community mobilization against GBV and other social ills using locally appropriate channels
- Provide care and support to survivors of GBV in the communities