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Cultural Practices on Burial and Care for the Sick in South Sudan
Helpdesk Report
September 17, 2018

Literature on cultural practices for burial and care for the sick among individual ethnic groups in South Sudan was very limited. However, it clearly points to the importance of proper burials among all ethnic groups: these typically entail washing the body of the deceased; it can take several days before burial takes place; and graves… Read more

burials, cultural practices
Education
Aid Agency Approaches to the Design and Delivery of Basic Education Programmes
Helpdesk Report
April 11, 2018

This report provides a global selection of case studies providing evidence of approaches to the design of basic education interventions by aid agencies. In keeping with the request, the scope of the report focuses as far as possible on outcome-driven approaches, and includes an analysis of any evidence of programmatic responsiveness to need and context…. Read more

basic education programmes, Education, programme design
Health
Social Protection
Disability in South Sudan
Helpdesk Report
April 10, 2018

Decades of conflict in South Sudan, pre and post-independence in 2011, poverty and poor access to services have increased the rate of disability and rendered people with disabilities more marginalised and excluded as a result of the numerous attitudinal, environmental, and institutional barriers they face, and the lack of concerted efforts to include them. This… Read more

Access to services, Disability, Inclusive development
Health
Wastewater Treatment Plants in rapid mass displacement situations
Helpdesk Report
November 24, 2017

This rapid review report has identified the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) options used in emergency settings, with decentralised wastewater treatment systems (DEWATS) and mobile wastewater treatment units performing most effectively and with minimal costs. Examples are taken from refugee camps and internally displaced people (IDP) settlements due to the Iraq war, the Israeli-Palestine conflict, and… Read more

Health, humanitarian, migration, Wastewater treatment, Water
Education
Opportunities for change: education innovation and reform during and after conflict
Document Library
June 3, 2016

Conflict and displacement create distinctive challenges for education practitioners. However, opportunities for reform and positive change within the sector also arise simultaneously during and after conflict. This book explores some of the prospects for positive transformation. A series of 10 case studies presents specific examples of how positive change has been implemented in the education… Read more

conflict-affected states, education policy, education reform, education systems, Innovation, post-conflict settings
Education
Kenya comprehensive refugee programme 2014
Document Library
May 31, 2016

Kenya has been providing protection and lifesaving assistance to refugees since the 1960s. During the 1990s refugee influxes were witnessed from Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia. While returns took place as the situation improved in places of origin for Sudanese to South Sudan and Ethiopians to Ethiopia, a significant number of refugees remained and continue to… Read more

Ethiopia, Kenya, refugees, Somalia, Sudan
Health
Nutrition
Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM) South Sudan
Assignment
November 10, 2015

In South Sudan the DFID Integrated Case Management Programme (ICCM) was initiated in April 2013 to complement the Global Fund home management of malaria for children under 5 years of age. It allows treatment of additional childhood illnesses including pneumonia, diarrhoea and severe acute malnutrition by community based distributors at the household level. This is… Read more

Child health, integrated community case management, Malnutrition, south sudan
Nutrition
Seasonality in South Sudan
Helpdesk Report
November 4, 2015

Acute malnutrition tends to be highest during the lean season April/May – August. The lean season occurs at the same time as the rainy season, when the incidence of malaria and diarrhoea increases. This creates a double burden of vulnerability. The rainy season also brings logistical constraints to the implementation of nutrition activities, hampering communication… Read more

Conflict, Nutrition, seasonality, Sudan
Health
Addressing norms, values, practices and beliefs regarding reproductive health in South Sudan
Blog
November 3, 2015

Although in parts of South Sudan the situation is unstable which necessitates humanitarian action, in other parts of the country development programmes are taken up with the communities. In Northern and Western Bahr el Ghazal states, Aweil North and Wau county respectively, the South Sudan Health Action and Research Project (SHARP) works on improving reproductive… Read more

Reproductive Health
Nutrition
Rapid analysis of previous famines
Helpdesk Report
September 8, 2015

This helpdesk reports that defining famine has proved historically challenging. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) provides a common currency for classifying both the magnitude and severity of food insecurity through a set of standardised tools. Despite the standard definition that the IPC provides, there have been several incidents where mass nutrition related mortality… Read more

crises, Famine, food insecurity, Global Acute Malnutrition, Malnutrition, Nutrition, Severe Acute Malnutrition
Education
Girls’ Education South Sudan (GESS) Annual Review
Assignment
September 1, 2015

The GESS project aims to increase enrolment, retention and levels achievement for girls in South Sudan. This review finds good progress on all three outputs. The continuing insecurity in the three Greater Upper Nile States has clearly impacted project progress, and a programme level Interim Strategy has been put in place to ensure GESS is… Read more

Girls' Education, south sudan
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