Rescue, Inspire and Support Empowerment of Women (RISE – Women)

RISE-Women is an project implemented by WAPID South Sudan in Monita Boma, aimed at preventing and responding to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) The Project goal is to empower women and girls to better prevent and respond to sexual and gender based-violence through community engagement and systemic change in Kibiric Boma. Through this project, WAPID South Sudan want to create a safe and supportive environment for women and girls, promoting societal and social norm change.
In this project, WAPID South Sudan employ different intervention strategies to prevent and respond to sexual and gender based-violence in Monita Boma. The Project is enabling female role models; engaging men and boys as allies in preventing and responding to Sexual and gender-based violence in the community; facilitating survivors support network/groups; using evidence based advocacy to elevate the voices of women and girls who are survivors of SGBV, advocates and leaders by addressing social norms and fully engage with men and boys in their roles as community leaders, support partners, caregivers, perpetrators and survivors. The project works with all stakeholders to change attitudes and behaviors that make GBV acceptable in the community by supporting prevention and response programs. This involves early intervention programs and social norm changes activities that promote healthy relationships and masculinities. Through female role models, men and boys allies and survivors’ support network/groups, the project is strengthening capacities and skills and capacities of women, girls, men and boys to engage in healthy forms of masculinity while bringing services nearer to the people most vulnerable and most neglected and marginalized.

Project Objectives
• To effectively prevent and response to sexual and gender based-violence in Kibiric Boma.
• To engage community in addressing sexual and gender based-violence.
• To advocate for systemic changes at the local levels.

Key Activities:
1. Female Role Models: Identify, train and deploy local female role models to champion GBV Prevention.
2. Men and Boys as Allies in the campaigns target social norms and negative masculinities
3. Community Engagements and Sensitization
4. Advocacy: Collaborate with local authorities, community leaders and traditional structures to review and revise GBV bye-laws
5. GBV Services
6. Capacity building
WAPID South Sudan welcomes support in this project.

SEXUAL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS

Although efforts are being made to advance SRHR by ensuring access to essential healthcare services, including contraception, maternal health care, STI prevention and treatment, and care for reproductive cancers (Juba Eco, 2024), these services are not readily accessible and available to a larger sections of youth population, especially in rural areas of South Sudan. Besides, information and resources and availability, accessibility, acceptability and Quality of SRHR services are a great challenge in Chukudum, South Sudan. Existing social norms, values and ideologies are one of the big challenges to SRHR achievement. Additionally, existing SRHR programs and interventions fail to reach the most vulnerable groups of adolescents from ultra-poor families, in some contexts, adolescents from rural and hard to reach areas, intellectually disabled – all these groups’ sexuality remains largely invisible.
WAPID South Sudan is currently mobilizing resources to implement SRHR Project in order to meet the SRHR needs of adolescents and young adults in Chukudum, Budi County. Adolescents and youth friendly SRHR services and information services are essential conditions to reduce teenage pregnancies, and related maternal mortality and also prevent risky sexual behavior of adolescents, correct information about SRHR through adolescents clubs, youth clubs, child marriages, sexual orientation, equal opportunities, menstrual hygiene management, use of social media for communication; helpdesk to support youth and adolescents; SRHR Education; Voluntary Counselling and Testing sessions; Drama; sport activities theatre platforms; condom distributions; awareness raising campaigns; and community engagement events.
This Project is entitled Health Opportunities for Progress and Equality (HOPE). The ultimate goal of this project is to improve SRHS outcomes in Chukudum, Budi County through increased access to comprehensive SRHR services; increased individual awareness of SRHR as human rights; and transformed cultural and social norms and communities to exhibit positive attitudes towards SRHR services, resources and information.

Specific Objectives:
• To transform social norms and communities to exhibit positive attitude towards SRHR services, resources and information;
• To increase individual awareness of SRHR as human rights;
• To improve access to Sexual Reproductive Health Rights resources, information and services (Availability, Accessibility, Acceptability and Quality of SRHR)
WAPID South Sudan Welcomes Partnership in this project.

Food Security and Resilience (Agribusiness Oriented) Project

Many out of school youth and women in rural areas of Budi County in South Sudan face daunting challenges including: limited access to quality education and vocational training; unemployment and poverty; lack of economic empowerment and independence; inadequate access to healthcare, nutrition and social services; and limited opportunities for personal growth and development leading to perpetual cycles of poverty and dependency, disempowerment and continued marginalization and subjugation, with constrained abilities to contribute to local economies and unfilled potential as their talents are wasted.

WAPID South Sudan is working with local communities, youth groups and well-wishers to empower youth and women in the area to realize these three objectives.
1. Enhance agricultural knowledge and skills among out of school youth and women.
2. Foster entrepreneurship and economic empowerment.
3. Improve food security and nutrition for out of school youth and women.

Target groups:
• Out of school youth 18-35 years
• Women (18-35)
• Special Interest Group (SIGs) – Single mothers, IDPs and PwDs

Implementation Strategy:
• Partnership with Lead farmers
• Trainer of Trainees Approach
• Mentorship and coaching
• Collaboration, Networking for knowledge and experience sharing
WAPID South Sudan Welcomes Partnership in this project.