IOM – International Organization for Migration

Published purpose

March 2015 – Nearly four years since independence, internal conflict continues to devastate the lives of millions of people in South Sudan. On December 2013, violence broke out in Juba, South Sudan’s capital, and quickly spread throughout the country. The humanitarian consequences of the ongoing crisis include: massive population displacement; high mortality rates; increasing food insecurity; disrupted livelihoods; and, wide-scale malnutrition. Over 1.5 million people are internally displaced within the country, over 103,000 individuals are seeking physical protection in UN bases and over 500,000 South Sudanese have fled the country. Agricultural production is disrupted, and essential basic services, such as safe drinking water, schools, and medical facilities have been shut down or destroyed in the fighting. With DFATD’s support and that of other donors, the International Organization for Migration is improving access to emergency health services and living conditions of internally displaced South Sudanese and refugees in South Sudan. Project activities include: (1) providing basic health care, shelter and non-food items to over 100,000 internally displaced people in UN bases; (2) providing emergency water, sanitation and hygiene, and emergency temporary shelter to over 49,800 Sudanese refugees in Doro refugee camp; (3) providing counseling, psychosocial support and protection services in displacement sites to over 2,500 vulnerable people; and (4) providing essential transportation services through the Common Transport Service (CTS) to ensure essential humanitarian relief items are transported, warehoused and distributed throughout the country.