South Sudan Nutrition Crisis Report 3

	CONFLICT Due to the on-going conflict that broke out in South Sudan in December 2013,
	1.4 MILLION people are internally displaced from their homes, of whom:
	748,647 are children under the age of 18.
	CROPS Families have lost their livelihoods and many farmers have been unable to plant crops.
	840,000 children aged under-five will suffer from malnutrition.

UNICEF’s RESPONSE

UNICEF has been on the ground in South Sudan since the conflict began providing an integrated emergency response.

	NUTRITION
	83,982 children received vitamin A supplementation
	55,382 children under 5 years old with SAM were admitted to therapeutic care
	183 reported outpatient therapeutic centres now operational distributes Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) as of July, 2014.

	HEALTH
	291,987 malaria cases have been treated; including 187,675 children under 5
	694,314 children have been vaccinated against measles
	9,935 pregnant women received at least one antenatal consultation
	55,603 children received de-worming medication

	Wash, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)
	456,150 people have access to safe water through water trucking, boreholes drilled and water treatment
	250,300 people and host communities have been provided with access to safe sanitation facilities
	285,000 internal displaced persons and host communities have been reached with improved hygiene messages and door-to-door hygiene promotion
	690,000 people have been reached with WASH core pipeline supplies UNICEF also reached communities in green states with access to safe water sanitation and hygiene promotion

	EDUCATION
	53,511 children (aged 7-18) have access to education during the conflict
	10,827 pre-school children (aged 3-6) have access to play and early learning supplies
	1,205 teachers have been trained to provide education in emergencies
	213 classrooms have been established/rehabilitated

	CHILD PROTECTION
	74,097 children have received psychosocial care and support services
	26,696 children have been reached with sexual violence prevention response and services
	32,152 children and caregivers reached with mine risk education
	411 6,693 separated/unaccompanied children reunited with their families

IMMEDIATE FUNDING NEEDS

Funding needed: HK$1.18 billion (US$152 million)

Funding received : HK$687 million (US$88 million)

Funding gap: HK$499 million (US$64 million)