SUD, OCHA: Sudan Humanitarian Fund 2023

Projet terminé

The SHF is a country-based pooled fund that contributes to saving lives and protecting people in need by strengthening a coordinated and principled humanitarian response. Since 2006, the SHF has received over USD 1.4 bn from 15 countries and private donors. It enables humanitarian actors to respond early and fast to humanitarian needs set out in the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) and to critical emergency incidences. All interventions are in line with the Minimum Operating Standards approved by the Humanitarian Country Team.

Pays/région Thème Période Budget
Soudan
Aide humanitaire & RRC
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Efficacité humanitaire
01.01.2023 - 31.12.2023
CHF  6’000’000
Contexte Prior to the outbreak of the current armed conflict in Sudan on 15 April 2023, humanitarian partners estimated that about 15.8m people (appr. 30 percent of the population) would need humanitarian assistance in 2023, representing a 1.5m or 21 percent increase compared to the previous year. Out of these, about 11m were expected to require emergency assistance for life-threatening needs related to critical physical and mental weII-being. In 2022, the Food Security and Livelihoods Cluster had the highest number of people in need (11.7m), followed by Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) (11 m), and Health (10.1 m). The number of foodinsecure people had increased by about 2m compared to 2021, i.e. the highest increase since 2011. Of the people in need, 50 per cent were concentrated in areas affected by conflict. The other 50 per cent lived in northern, central and eastern parts of the country. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) counted 3.7m internally displaced people (IDPs). Humanitarian partners anticipated that with various challenges and factors that underpin conflict and displacement not resolved, the number of people in need would increase further. Besides conflict, the most significant risks identified for 2023 and beyond were associated with natural hazards. disease outbreaks, and economic deterioration. The clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that erupted on 15 April 2023 resulted in a multifold amplification of needs. As of 6 May 2023, an additional 334k people are estimated to have been internally displaced, about 120k fled to neighboring countries, and millions lack access to critical services and goods (OCHA).
Objectifs The provision of timely, coordinated and principled assistance to save lives and protect people in need as well as to fast respond to sudden on-set emergency needs.
Groupes cibles The SHF seeks to provide humanitarian assistance to displaced people, refugees, returnees and vulnerable host communities in Sudan.
Effets à moyen terme
  1. Provide timely multi-sectoral life-saving assistance to crisis affected people to reduce mortality and morbidity
  2. Improve vulnerable people’s access to livelihoods and life-sustaining basic services
  3. Mitigate protection risks and respond to protection needs through humanitarian action
Résultats

Principaux résultats attendus:   For 2023, the SHF initially planned to allocate over USD 66m, the third-highest amount over the last ten years. USD 19m was foreseen for Standard Allocations (SA), USD 26m for RfE interventions, USD 4.5m for the ERRM. and USD 2m for the Prepositioned Stock and ERRM-top-up. Together with other humanitarian partners, the SHF aimed at supporting 12.5m people in need of assistance as indicated in the 2023 HRP. In view of the current conflict and crisis, the UN Humanitarian Affairs and Relief Coordinator appealed to donors to increase their support to the SHF.


Principaux résultats antérieurs:   In 2022. the SHF allocated over USD 69m, the second highest amount over the last 10 years, and reached 5.46m people in need. Priority clusters included Protection. WASH, Health, and Nutrition. In the last quarter alone, the SHF released USD 15m through its reserve modality. The Emergency Rapid Response Mechanism (ERRM) was activated and Reserve for Emergency (RfE) grants signed to respond to emergencies in Blue Nile, South Kordofan, and South Darfur States. Again, in December, a large allocation was made to hard-to-reach areas in Central and South Darfur, and in Blue Nile and South Kordofan States. While the Emergency response allocations quickly reached the displaced populations with services addressing most urgent needs, the December allocation to hard-to-reach areas provided basic services where government provisions remained unavailable. A quarter of RfE allocations were implemented through national NGO’s, and hence contributed to SHF’s localization agenda.


Direction/office fédéral responsable DDC
Partenaire de projet Partenaire contractuel
Organisme des Nations Unies (ONU)
  • Bureau des Nations Unies pour la coordination de l’assistance humanitaire
  • OCHA - Country-based Pool Funds


Coordination avec d'autres projets et acteurs The Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) for Sudan oversees the SHF and its allocations. The HC is supported by the SHF Humanitarian Financing Unit in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the SHF Advisory Board, and the Inter-Agency Standing Committee's (IASC) coordination structures. Synergies are possible with other SDC funded projects and contributing donors in particular in the sectors of Protection, Food Security or WASH. Switzerland wiII keep a close contact to the advisory board members to follow-up on developments.
Budget Phase en cours Budget de la Suisse CHF    6’000’000 Budget suisse déjà attribué CHF    6’163’900
Phases du projet Phase 8 01.01.2024 - 31.12.2024   (Completed)

Phase 7 01.01.2023 - 31.12.2023   (Completed)

Phase 6 01.04.2022 - 31.12.2022   (Completed) Phase 3 22.11.2016 - 31.12.2017   (Completed) Phase 2 15.03.2015 - 31.12.2015   (Completed) Phase 1 17.04.2014 - 31.12.2014   (Completed)