Building the Future in Aweil Town
Building the Future in Aweil Town
By GO! Team
Aweil, SOUTH SUDAN
As we consider how we might serve children moving forward, there are projects that are a great fit with what we are already doing, and simply difficult to deny. Aweil Town Primary School is such a place.
Since we are already serving in Adoor, Luethwek, Beliek, and at one other location in Aweil, which are all located in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, providing food aid in Aweil Town only seemed like a natural next step, except that there are no facilities available in this location. Similar to many of the other locations in which we serve, there is no physical school where the 709 vulnerable children learn. These children are attending class under the big trees in the community. Of course, not ideal, but these children are experiencing a lack of food beyond these other learning challenges.
In preparation to bring food to 709 vulnerable children in Aweil Town, 200 Orphanages Worldwide has stepped up to establish water at this location earlier this year and has recently funded the building of latrines for the school. These are the first steps in creating an opportunity to provide food aid to this vulnerable population of children.
With the funding provided, construction began last month for latrines for the school. This project will be done later this month. Early next year, Christ Mission to the World will establish a temporary cook shelter where meals can be prepared. You can see a progression of the latrine construction below:
As with the other schools where we serve, we will provide food for the orphaned children who attend. At our other four locations we are serving 1,502 orphan children which is 47% of the total number of students. Another partner, Kids for the Kingdom, provides support for the additional 1,708 vulnerable children at these locations. With this partnership we are able to feed more than 3,200 children each month when considering both groups.
In Aweil Town, we are planning to feed the 251 orphan children who attend school there, but do not yet have a plan for feeding the additional 458 vulnerable children. The funding of $1,000 monthly to feed the orphan children at Aweil Town is not yet secured to begin the provision of food aid in 2024.
The Aweil Food Aid Mission Project plan for 2024 will require $78,261 in total funding, across all locations, and will feed 1,753 orphan children. This is our second largest Mission Project when considering funding needed, and this level of support will allow us to provide an estimated 417,660 meals to orphan children in South Sudan in 2024.
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According to IPC, in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, an estimated 893,000 people (46% of the State’s population) are facing Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse acute food insecurity between September and November 2023, of which 310,000 people are in Emergency (IPC Phase 4) acute food insecurity, and 583,000 people are in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) acute food insecurity.
In South Sudan, the drivers of food insecurity are prolonged dry spells, closure of trade routes between Sudan and South Sudan that have affected market functionality and led to high food prices, low household income and purchasing power, and the influx of returnees and refugees from Sudan.
The deterioration is mainly driven by the ongoing depletion of harvested stocks, reduced access to milk as livestock migrate in search of water and pasture, gradual increase of food prices, continued closure of trade routes between Sudan and South Sudan that will result in high food prices, reduced income at household level, and the influx of returnees and refugees from Sudan.
The risk factors to monitor during the project periods include the influx of returnees and refugees from Sudan, impacts of the conflict in Sudan on the state’s markets, high food prices, seasonal deterioration of road networks during the rainy season and associated impacts on market functionality, rainfall performance, cattle-related conflicts and insecurity, and election related insecurity fears.
Northern Bahr El Ghazal State has five counties with an estimated total population of 1.9 million. An estimated 255,129 cases with acute malnutrition need nutrition services in the State. Over one million children in South Sudan are likely to face extreme levels of malnutrition in the first half of 2024, cautions the World Food Programme (WFP).
Global Orphan Relief (GO!) in partnership with Christ Mission to the World (CMW) establishes feeding centres at village schools to provide meals to orphan children and have inspired many orphan children to attend school.
Children at Luethwek, South Sudan, receiving meals.
We have served in South Sudan since 2016 and have provided an estimated 1.8 million meals impacting more than 3,200 children in South Sudan. The scale of this initiative has grown by over 7 times since our launch in 2016, and this growth is driven by the near-famine conditions, the influx of refugees from Sudan, and other socio-economic challenges in this country.
In cooperation with partners, Kids for the Kingdom, Christ Mission to the World, and 200 Orphanages, there has been $164,000 invested in four school sites since October 2020. This investment provides for clean water, kitchens, storerooms, and latrines, all which allow for cost-effective distribution of food aid in these communities.
Global Orphan Relief (GO) has been serving orphaned children since 2005. We have accomplished this work through local in-country partners that provide oversight and distribution of care.
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