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South Sudan

Emergency livelihood kits for vulnerable families in South Sudan

Up to 95% of South Sudan’s population depends on farming, fishing or herding to meet their food and income needs; yet South Sudan faces the world’s worst food crisis. The conflict since December 2013 prevented farmers from accessing their fields during the key planting season, fishermen unable to access rivers, and herders left destitute as their cattle have been stolen, slaughtered, or sold off at less than their usual value. Furthermore, the influx of displaced people has strained the resources of already-poor communities.

More than two million people are facing severe food insecurity. Famine has been narrowly avoided in 2014, but without an end to the fighting, and unless more aid can be delivered to those who need it, famine remains a serious threat in 2015.

As part of its Food Security & Livelihood programming in South Sudan, ACTED, in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), has distributed agricultural and fishing kits to 2,150 vulnerable families in three states across the country – Warrap, Lakes and Jonglei. The kits will enable farmers to plant and harvest nutritious vegetables, and fisherfolk to catch fish and feed their families.

See a video of FAO’s livelihood kits here.