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WFP South Sudan Country Brief, November 2024

Attachments

In Numbers

1.6 million people assisted USD

4.7 million in cash-based transfers distributed

USD 404.6 million six months net funding requirements (January - June 2025), including USD 47 million for the Sudan crisis response

13,479 mt of food distributed

Operational Updates

Humanitarian situation

• South Sudan is facing a confluence of crises that continue to push millions of families towards new levels of vulnerability. The country continues to grapple with a long-standing humanitarian crisis marked by chronic food and nutrition insecurity. The ongoing conflict in Sudan has compounded the situation by driving 892,000 people into South Sudan by 30 November.

• South Sudan is experiencing unprecedented floods, which have impacted 1.4 million people, including 379,000 people displaced in 22 counties as of 30 November. Unity, Jonglei, Western Bahr el Ghazal, Lakes States and Abyei Administrative Area remain the most affected.

• South Sudan has been grappling with a cholera outbreak since October. The Ministry of Health had reported 2,500 suspected cases and 32 fatalities by 30 November, 37 percent being children. About 150,000 people in Renk County will start receiving life-saving vaccinations, procured and delivered with UN support.

Support to crisis-affected people

• WFP distributed 13,000 mt of food and USD 4.7 million as cash - based transfers to 1.6 million people,1 including new arrivals from Sudan, refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and host populations. The total number of people reached represents 92 percent of the target population. Delayed arrival of commodities in-country and impassability of roads affected WFP's ability to reach all the targeted people. WFP had assisted 4.2 million people since January 2024.

• WFP continued to support flood-affected people across various states in South Sudan. By 30 November, WFP had provided 1.2 million people with food and nutrition assistance, including 179,000 people who benefited from cash-based transfers. As of 30 November, WFP had assisted 65,000 children aged 6-23 months in flood-affected areas with specialized nutritious foods to prevent MAM. WFP collaborated with cooperating partners on flood preparedness activities in coordination with the National Nutrition Cluster.

Nutrition assistance

• WFP conducted a two-day training for 33 nutrition staff to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of nutrition care. This training followed a Conditional On-demand Assistance (CODA) orientation for nutrition managers from cooperating partners, including IRC, Plan International, and Help Germany. CODA, a digital solution, aims to streamline the nutrition care process by replacing paper records. WFP and partners will implement the initial pilot of CODA in Lakes and Northern Bahr el Ghazal States alongside the new WHO guidelines on wasting management. Cooperating partners received the necessary equipment to roll out CODA across 15 sites in Lakes, with plans to expand the system to all sites in the first quarter of 2025.