WFP South Sudan Situation Report #95, 19 September 2015

Highlights

· Education, livelihoods and peacebuilding assessment completed in Pibor this week. WFP staff were in Pibor town from 10 to 16 September assessing the need, feasibility and appropriate activities for WFP’s planned education, livelihoods and peacebuilding interventions, including the potential introduction of emergency school feeding in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA). WFP is working closely with relevant GPAA ministries and UNICEF on these new initiatives.

· IPC analysis workshop to be completed tomorrow. Analysis for the next Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report is ongoing in Nimule (09-19 September). Led by Government, supported by FAO as well as WFP and UNICEF and attended by FEWS NET, the report will provide county-level food security information for South Sudan and help inform WFP’s programming.

· WFP reaches more than 1.35 million people with 15,900 mt of food in August through relief and recovery activities. Under the Emergency Operation, WFP reached over 705,200 conflict-affected people with 9,800 mt of food. Through its Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation, approximately 653,400 people were served with 6,100 mt of food. Cumulatively since January 2015, about 2.5 million have been reached with 126,500 mt of WFP assistance.