Project Proposal Deadline: 18 February 2018 midnight, Sudan
Introduction/Humanitarian Situation
This strategy paper outlines the objectives of and criteria for the second standard allocation of the Sudan Humanitarian Fund for 2018, for an amount totaling US$20.3 million.
While the unilateral ceasefires have enabled a general improvement in the security situation across Darfur and the Two Areas, humanitarian needs continue. Humanitarian partners have identified an estimated 5.8 million people in need of humanitarian assistance across Sudan. Humanitarian needsin 2018 have increased by one million people due to the South Sudanese refugee influx, diseases outbreaks, food insecurity and malnutrition. While harvests improved in 2017, food insecurity increased due to a rise in food prices without a proportional increase in income especially for the displaced. Rapid needs assessments conducted in parts of Blue Nile, South Kordofan and Jebel Marra revealed severe malnutrition especially in Jebel Marra, and basic services below SPHERE standards in these areas. The outbreak of diseases, protection needs related to insecurity and protracted displacement, and some returns have all generated humanitarian needs.
In line with the Sudan Multi‐Year Humanitarian Strategy 2017‐2019, people affected by new emergencies will be provided with integrated and multi‐sectoral timely lifesaving assistance and services, and protection in the aftermath of shocks. In addition, for the protracted displacement, the SHF will however also focus on self‐reliance and support a gradual reduction in humanitarian aid of the protracted people in need. Both interventions will be done by multi‐sector area based approached to ensure a comprehensive response to affected population.
In the first half of 2018, an expected $33.3 million will be available in the Sudan Humanitarian Fund. This includes $9.2 million of carry‐over funding. Besides a $3 million allocation on improved health and sanitation launched early January, the Reserve for Emergencies of $6.1 million, a $1 million commitment for a returnee programme, the continuation of the 2017 protracted displacement pilot in Kreinik and management fees, $20.3 million is available for this allocation. Of this amount $2 million for a multi‐year programme will be covered by 2019 contributions that have already been committed.
In line with the identified prioritized needs and in complementarity with other funding of SHF, CERF and donors, the allocation consists of different envelopes each targeting a specific area, intervention and HRP outcome. $5 million will be allocated to projects for recently displaced people, $6 million to projects for people in a situation of protracted displacement, $3 million to support out of camp refugees and $5 million for a nutrition and drought response. In addition, $1.3 million will be provided to continue the second year of the two‐year returnee pilot projectsin Um Dukhun. Through these cases, the Fund strongly contributes to addressing the multiple humanitarian crises that the Republic of the Sudan is subject to.
An amount of $6.1 million (20 per cent of the projected incoming contributions) is set aside for the Reserve for Emergencies. $2 million of that amount is conditioned to the actual receipt of the expected donor contributions. Priority responses envisaged are for new refugee influxes, internal displacement, new accessible areas and disease outbreaks. The process for application for this Reserve for Emergencies is available in the SHF Operational Manual, while the criteria are available in the SHF Programme Manual.
Humanitarian Response Plan
This allocation is closely aligned with the Multi‐Year Humanitarian Strategy (2017‐2019) and the Humanitarian Response Plan 2018 (HRP) and contributes to all the three outcomes: 1) Populations affected by natural or manmade disasters receive timely assistance during and in the aftermath of the shock, 2) Displaced populations, refugees, returnees and host communities meet their basic needs and/or access to essential basic services while increasing their self‐reliance and 3) Vulnerable residents in targeted areas have improved nutrition status and increased resilience.
The allocation contributes to all three outcomes of the HRP. First, the allocation will focus on the first outcome by providing funding to respond to the emergency needs of recent displaced and to reduce the malnutrition and mortality in newly accessible areas (case one and three (refugees)). Second, this allocation will align with outcome two by increasing basic services to meet basic needs of displaced people while increasing their self‐reliance. This especially in protracted displacement where new influxes took place during the past year (case two). Finally, this allocation will target outcome three by improving the nutrition status and resilience of vulnerable residents (case four). For the refugee response, the allocation aligns with the 2018 South Sudan Regional Response plan.