Attachments
In Numbers
500,000 people assisted
USD 241,000 in cash-based transfers distributed
USD 412 million net funding requirements under the 2025 operational plan
4,724 mt of food distributed
Operational Updates
Humanitarian situation
• South Sudan is facing a confluence of crises that continue to push the country towards new levels of vulnerability. South Sudan is grappling with a long-standing humanitarian crisis marked by chronic food and nutrition insecurity, worsened by the severe economic downturn and climatic shocks. The ongoing Sudan conflict has compounded the situation by driving over 1 million people into South Sudan.
• South Sudan has been grappling with a cholera outbreak since last October 2024. The Ministry of Health has reported 22,000 cases and over 400 fatalities in 33 counties, including Renk County, the primary entry point for new arrivals for Sudan.
• In 2025, WFP plans to reach about 4.4 million people across South Sudan (including IDPs and refugees) with180,000 mt of food and USD 83 million in cash-based transfers across its programme portfolio that comprises activities aimed at saving lives, building resilience, and creating incentives for peace. The plan is set amid a challenging funding environment and may require further reviews and adjustments throughout the year.
Support to crisis-affected people
• WFP distributed 4,700 mt of food and USD 241,000 as cashbased transfers to 500,000 people, including new arrivals from Sudan, refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and host populations. The total number of people reached represents 45 percent of the monthly targeted population while the rest will receive food during the February distributions. January distributions in Priority 1 counties1 delayed due to insecurity, while delays in Maban and Yida refugee camps resulted from the ongoing community engagements on the new vulnerabilitybased targeting.
• The targeting exercise continued for Priority 2 and 3 counties (counties with populations facing IPC 4), with assistance projected to commence in March and April for a period of five to six months during the lean season.
Nutrition assistance
• WFP provided a comprehensive package of nutrition and health support to targeted groups, including preventing and supplementing moderate acute malnutrition and communityled Social Behaviour Change Communication to improve health, nutrition knowledge and practices, and address gender barriers. In January, WFP provided specialised nutritious food to 107,000 children 6-59 months and 49,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women and girls (PBW/G) to supplement MAM.
The prevention programme reached 23,000 children aged 6—23 months and 7,000 PBWG, including new arrivals.
• WFP strengthened nutrition service delivery in Northern Bahr el Ghazal through digitalization. About 122 frontline staff from four partners received training on the Conditional on-Demand Assistance (CODA) across 61 sites, with 82 facilities continuing to use CODA to improve services. WFP aims to expand the CODA to all 225 nutrition sites across Northern Bahr el Ghazal and Lakes States by April 2025. These states will serve as pilot for the new WHO guidelines on Community Management of Wasting, positioning WFP and partners at the forefront of this initiative.
Food systems and resilience
• The Kong Koc Programme Coordination Team facilitated an independent final evaluation in Greater Tonj. Key preliminary findings demonstrate significant improvements in participant livelihoods through targeted agricultural trainings and economic empowerment initiatives, resulting in enhanced food security and poverty reduction. Participating communities experienced better food security outcomes, while violence decreased due to strengthened security measures and effective local dispute resolution mechanisms. These findings, due to be validate in February 2025, will inform the strategic direction and implementation of the programme's second phase.
Logistics operations
• WFP has dispatched 74,000 mt of food to field locations, representing 41 percent of the 2024 target (180,000 mt). WFP continued to rehabilitate roads in Jonglei to reduce reliance on the air transport.
• A logistics hub in Aweil remained operational, storing 2,700 mt of food for South Sudan—Sudan cross-border operations. Since the start of the Sudan conflict, WFP South Sudan had dispatched 6,700 mt of food to Yabus and Kosti counties in Sudan, including 2,600 mt dispatched in January. Challenges included the inaccessibility of the Bor-Ayod corridor and security constraints.
Common services
• The logistics cluster facilitated the transport of 259 mt of lifesaving cargo to 18 hard-to-reach locations for 20 organizations, with 252 mt airlifted to 17 sites and 7 mt transported by road for cholera and flood response. The cluster coordinated a road convoy from Juba to Yida for MSF-B supporting the Sudan response.
• UNHAS transported 4,558 passengers and 52 mt of light cargo for 153 organizations across 42 destinations. The service conducted five medical evacuations from Bor, Renk, Yambio, and Yei to Juba, ensuring timely support to patients.