Project profile — Supporting Livelihoods for Agropastoralists in Lakes State

• South Sudan (100.00%)

• Conflict Prevention And Resolution, Peace And Security: Civilian peace-building, conflict prevention and resolution (15220) (40.00%)
• Banking And Financial Services: Informal/semi-formal financial intermediaries (24040) (20.00%)
• Agricultural education/training:
Agricultural education/training (31181) (20.00%)
Agricultural co-operatives (31194) (20.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (significant objective)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) proposes to implement the 3-year program, addressing the intersection of agropastoralism, conflict, and food security with a gender equality focus integrated throughout all activities. CRS has worked in South Sudan since the 1980s and in Lakes State since 2014 and is thus uniquely positioned to take on the multisectoral challenges driving poverty. The proposed program will be managed through CRS existing office in Yirol town and draw on the expertise of the agency’s in-country technical team, as well as regional and headquarters experts. The program will target cattle camp communities from Mapourdit, Aluakluak, and Akot payams in Lakes State. These payams are located along the border of Yirol West and Rumbek East counties. Mapourdit and Aluakluak in Yirol West are predominantly inhabited by the Atuot ethnic group and Akot in Rumbek East is predominantly inhabited by the Agaar ethnic group. The program will target young women (18-35) and young men (18-35) within these agropastoral communities.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) increased and more equitable access to adequate and stable food supplies among agropastoral communities in Rumbek East and Yirol West counties; and (2) improved reliance on social networks, with leadership from women, to mitigate against recurrent conflict among agropastoral communities in Rumbek East and Yirol West counties. This project is expected to reach 6,000 people directly (60% female) and 30,000 indirectly.

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