South Sudan has witnessed intermittent civil war since December 2013 and widespread communal and localised violence. As a result, there is widespread insecurity, large-scale internal displacement, and refugee outflow to Sudan and Uganda, as well as largely deteriorated food security. International aid is often not reaching the desired results and restriction of movement as well as bureaucratic impediments cause problems and hamper reaching the neediest. Post Pandemic there is an increase in poverty, low employment opportunities, displacement of people due to host government policies, armed conflict, and no link of humanitarian response to development and resilience building as well as security threat for reduced access to the needy locations. The perceptions of marginalisation amongst poor displaced communities and reinforced frustrations at the failure of local authorities and the international community to deliver public services and social security remain a huge challenge in the coming years. Since 2011, Johanniter’s is active in South Sudan providing primary health care services to underserved communities where access to basic health services is scarce. To date, Johanniter’s directly implements health, nutrition, WASH and food security and livelihood projects in Western Bahr el Ghazal. The overall objective of Johanniter’s International Assistance’s programme in South Sudan is to reduce mortality and morbidity by improving the health conditions and reducing vulnerability of people. Johanniter’s interventions aim to improve the provision of and access to quality primary health care and to support the improved nutrition status of children under five, pregnant and lactating women and other vulnerable people. Furthermore, the improved access to water, sanitation and hygiene is an essential part of Johanniter’s South Sudan programme. Due to the protracted nature of the humanitarian situation among displaced population and returnees living with host communities or in camp kind of situation or in informal settlements, Johanniter is currently transitioning to a balanced portfolio of humanitarian and a longer-term/ medium term (recovery) programming with emphasis on building resilience in host communities with IDPs and returning refugees. Conflicts within host communities increase due to a lack access to resources and basic services and therefore represent a major challenge for project implementation. On a programmatic level, forecasting and managing costs as well as monitoring and evaluating the humanitarian-development-peace nexus pose challenges. The South Sudan team is mainly composed of humanitarian staff with the programme being directly self-implemented by Johanniter. The team has been negatively impacted by staff turnover. Yet another challenge is identifying and working with national NGOs as implementing partners. Their ability to deliver the programme in a timely manner, accountability, compliances to procedures and reporting is a lot to be expected. As a result, Johanniter in South Sudan has a limited capacity to develop and resource long-term programming and increase sustainability of activities. Question P1 (a): In view of the context above, how would you go about designing a relevant, integrated programme that draws on Johanniter's mandate as an agency that works with others in reducing suffering and lifesaving mechanisms among the vulnerable and poor, especially the displaced people? Which risks do you anticipate and how would you mitigate them? Question P1 (b): What do you anticipate being the primary challenges facing us in undertaking beneficiary selection, with specific emphasis of working in host communities, and how would you go about addressing them to ensure our humanitarian aid is reaching those most in need? Question P1 (c): The Field Manager is responsible for assuring programme quality. Please describe your definition of a quality programme, and explain how you will lead in ensuring program quality and sustainability. Please describe what systems you will put in place to ensure program quality and sustainability.
South Sudan has witnessed intermittent civil war since December 2013 and widespread communal and localised violence. As a result, there is widespread insecurity, large-scale internal displacement, and refugee outflow to Sudan and Uganda, as well as largely deteriorated food security. International aid is often not reaching the desired results and restriction of movement as well as bureaucratic impediments cause problems and hamper reaching the neediest. Post Pandemic there is an increase in poverty, low employment opportunities, displacement of people due to host government policies, armed conflict, and no link of humanitarian response to development and resilience building as well as security threat for reduced access to the needy locations. The perceptions of marginalisation amongst poor displaced communities and reinforced frustrations at the failure of local authorities and the international community to deliver public services and social security remain a huge challenge in the coming years.
Since 2011, Johanniter’s is active in South Sudan providing primary health care services to underserved communities where access to basic health services is scarce. To date, Johanniter’s directly implements health, nutrition, WASH and food security and livelihood projects in Western Bahr el Ghazal.
The overall objective of Johanniter’s International Assistance’s programme in South Sudan is to reduce mortality and morbidity by improving the health conditions and reducing vulnerability of people. Johanniter’s interventions aim to improve the provision of and access to quality primary health care and to support the improved nutrition status of children under five, pregnant and lactating women and other vulnerable people. Furthermore, the improved access to water, sanitation and hygiene is an essential part of Johanniter’s South Sudan programme.
Due to the protracted nature of the humanitarian situation among displaced population and returnees living with host communities or in camp kind of situation or in informal settlements, Johanniter is currently transitioning to a balanced portfolio of humanitarian and a longer-term/ medium term (recovery) programming with emphasis on building resilience in host communities with IDPs and returning refugees. Conflicts within host communities increase due to a lack access to resources and basic services and therefore represent a major challenge for project implementation. On a programmatic level, forecasting and managing costs as well as monitoring and evaluating the humanitarian-development-peace nexus pose challenges.
The South Sudan team is mainly composed of humanitarian staff with the programme being directly self-implemented by Johanniter. The team has been negatively impacted by staff turnover. Yet another challenge is identifying and working with national NGOs as implementing partners. Their ability to deliver the programme in a timely manner, accountability, compliances to procedures and reporting is a lot to be expected. As a result, Johanniter in South Sudan has a limited capacity to develop and resource long-term programming and increase sustainability of activities.
Question P1 (a):
In view of the context above, how would you go about designing a relevant, integrated programme that draws on Johanniter's mandate as an agency that works with others in reducing suffering and lifesaving mechanisms among the vulnerable and poor, especially the displaced people? Which risks do you anticipate and how would you mitigate them?
Question P1 (b):
What do you anticipate being the primary challenges facing us in undertaking beneficiary selection, with specific emphasis of working in host communities, and how would you go about addressing them to ensure our humanitarian aid is reaching those most in need?
Question P1 (c):
The Field Manager is responsible for assuring programme quality. Please describe your definition of a quality programme, and explain how you will lead in ensuring program quality and sustainability. Please describe what systems you will put in place to ensure program quality and sustainability.
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