00:00 A.
00:08 again.
00:15 As South Sudan emerges from years of conflict,
00:19 the country continues to face many challenges.
00:22 Economic instability,
00:24 floods,
00:24 and COVID-19 have continued to push people,
00:28 particularly women,
00:29 into extreme poverty.
00:31 To help support vulnerable families,
00:33 the South Sudan safety net project was set up
00:36 to provide income generating opportunities to selected households.
00:50 bit.
01:01 I.
01:03 Yeah.
01:24 To help support vulnerable families,
01:26 the South Sudan Safety net project was set up to provide
01:30 income generating opportunities to selected households
01:34 and address basic infrastructure needs.
01:37 The people targeted
01:39 are actually the households
01:41 which are
01:43 within the criteria set by the project.
01:47 The criteria entails
01:49 the households
01:51 which are.
01:52 Not having access
01:53 to to job.
01:55 Are women house headed,
01:58 are
01:59 actually
02:01 physically impaired.
02:03 And
02:04 are having extended family
02:07 but no access to
02:08 any any food and so on.
02:10 Women are given
02:12 more opportunity than men because women are
02:17 the barriers of
02:19 the load
02:20 of the suffering in those households.
02:25 Kabata.
02:28 Thai Indian.
02:32 is that
02:36 Not
02:39 and
02:40 uh
02:48 Aha.
02:52 And
02:53 I guru,
02:54 you know,
02:54 and
03:04 the gurus.
03:09 Yeah.
03:16 Indeed,
03:17 indeed there are a number of,
03:18 uh,
03:19 actually
03:20 public kind of activities
03:22 that
03:23 has,
03:24 uh,
03:25 been left as a footprint for this,
03:27 uh,
03:28 for this project.
03:29 In terms of
03:32 canals,
03:32 you know,
03:33 areas where floods are
03:36 affected by the floods,
03:37 for instance,
03:38 like in,
03:40 complimentary cash plus activities were also conducted to strengthen.
03:45 Household capacity to consciously use the cash for the family's well-being.
03:50 This includes sensitization on water,
03:52 sanitation and hygiene,
03:54 basic financial literacy skills,
03:56 early childhood development,
03:58 and nutrition.
04:00 The project is implemented in a conflict-sensitive,
04:03 gender-sensitive,
04:04 and COVID-sensitive manner to respond to vulnerabilities and mitigate risks.
04:09 In each location,
04:11 local appeal committees
04:13 were also set up to handle issues
04:15 relating to the project and strengthen accountability.
04:29 Wearmozoin.
04:35 Uh,
04:36 woman Yao be give a reporterina
04:38 fela
04:40 jaw
04:43 b mgulo yonkida
04:45 and asbejibabda shore.
04:47 Of insoul kanalena
04:50 and that's sarabgruji msoul mavila kazamakan corona sapaki magafi the
04:55 mangati te kora.
04:59 Yeah.
05:02 Thanks to the project,
05:08 people are now able to meet their everyday needs
05:11 and more.
05:16 Uh.
05:23 And.
05:39 I.
05:40 Nala.
05:43 OK the
05:44 the lulu kwe
05:47 kokkina
05:47 kwalela kakayati
05:49 u yo
05:50 languo
05:52 yo la rape.
05:55 Gunnaia want doing
05:56 leakadom
06:02 akulega you know sad mass chat natal maugin.
06:11 The South Sudan safety net project has provided
06:15 support to 65,000 vulnerable households across South Sudan.
06:20 Many of them
06:21 are now
06:24 have embarked already on
06:25 saving some
06:27 little cash.
06:28 Not only saving but
06:30 making use of the little amount they're getting,
06:32 you know,
06:33 doing some little uh,
06:35 little,
06:35 small,
06:36 say small,
06:37 uh,
06:37 or micro kind of,
06:38 uh,
06:39 uh,
06:40 business,
06:41 you know,
06:42 in particular with the women at the,
06:43 at the market
06:45 selling vegetables,
06:46 selling dry fish.
06:47 So I think this is a very huge,
06:49 uh,
06:51 additional contribution from the project to the lives of the beneficiaries,
06:55 and many of them appreciate that.
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