Supporting returnee and host communities to rebuild livelihoods, generate income, and peacefully improve and manage natural resources for short-term relief and long-term food security (Triple Nexus) in South Sudan

• Women and girls?
• Youth
• Farmers groups 
• Village saving and lending association groups
• Local authorities at the County level
• Extension workers of the local government 

1. Humanitarian: Through improved agricultural and Natural Resources management (NRM) practices, communities (with focus on returnees and host communities) are able to meet their immediate needs, increase food production and sustain long term food security.
2. Development: With the support of loans and Village Savings and Lending Association VSLAs, communities adopt sustainable and profitable income- generating activities.
3. Peace: Local authorities, leaders and communities strengthen Gender Base Violence GBV and conflict prevention measures and apply non-violent conflict resolution practices in regard to NRM. 

Resultados previstos:  

Humanitarian:

• 1,100 farming Households (HHs) (60% female) benefit from increased food security and resilience through trainings in agroecology, improved food production and storage and pest management and ecological Natural Resources Management (NRM) and governance practices.
• Immediate lifesaving needs of crisis-affected vulnerable 1,100 HHs (60% female) are met by the use of crisis modifier resources through in-kind or multipurpose unconditional cash transfers.

Development:

• 480 (60% female) farmers, youth and women are trained and supported to strengthen and create micro-businesses and 16 functional Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) targeting 360 (60% female) persons to overcome financial barriers are formed.

GBV and Peaceful conflict resolution:

• 1,950 (60% female) community members, local leaders and authorities are sensitized and trained in GBV prevention, community cohesion, peaceful conflict resolution and existing structures are supported.

Resultados de las fases anteriores:  

This will be the first phase of the nexus project supported by Switzerland under H-cash. Caritas Switzerland has been implementing projects in South Sudan for over 40 years, and in the target region for over 10 years, scaling up towards resilience (and development). The project financed by Swiss South Cooperation that ended in May 2023 supported:

• 2,500 farmers & 5,000 schoolchildren to improve their farming techniques, including post-harvest management, creation of vegetable gardens for households & schools and 6,000 households have improved access to water for consumption & production.
• 2,500 farmers & 150 vulnerable households developed alternative sources of income, linked to a better value chain and integrated farming capacity. A similar project funded by Swiss South Cooperation & implemented by FAO shows: Targeted communities were able to adjust and adapt to good farming practices, shared knowledge and skills and improved production and started to engage in farming for income.