Healthcare

Flooding devastation, political instability and economic hardship have exacerbated the crises and threatened lives and livelihood in South Sudan. Access to healthcare services remains a significant challenge for women, children and other vulnerable groups in South Sudan. Despite the strong presence of humanitarian organizations, the reduction in funding has had a marked impact on the provision of medical care. With limited resource, ACEA will focus on primary healthcare service in includes enhancing community outreaches to increase community knowledge on healthcare service and improve women’s access to health service. Integrate nutritional programming within the local health system and create mechanisms for greater community involvement in the healthcare system.

Gender Equality

Gender equality issues in South Sudan includes low female literacy, inadequate health services that have resulted in some of the world’s worst health indicators, scant representation of women in the economy, governance and decision-making mechanisms, armful traditional practices, such as Child/forced marriage and customs that violate universal human rights and the highest maternal mortality rate. ACEA will engage in various GBV and protection activities includes support functioning of multisectoral coordination mechanism, community sensitization meetings/dialogues on social norms, male engagement, conduct lobby meetings for enactment of policies/ law / by laws/ Resolutions on GBV including child marriage, early pregnancy related issues- (e.g. GBV act, by laws, Customary bills, Child Marriage declarations, Actions plans). Establish and functioning of GBV referral pathways, establishing women and girls friendly space, providing GBV and case management, ensuring access to services and safeguarding individuals.

Inclusive and Quality Education

After decades of war, South Sudan faces significance challenges in education sector; only 27 percent of South Sudanese adult’s today literate, one of the lowest rates in the world. Other challenges include inadequate schools, teachers who have had insufficient training; a shortage of teachers, particularly women; lack of a standard curriculum and a legislative and policy framework in education sector. ACEA believes education is a force for society transformation of both children and adults. Therefore, we are committed to support a formal primary school, Adult education programmes including pastoralist education and Childhood development across South Sudan. We support education in emergency for children affected by conflict, capacity development for teachers, parent teachers associations, school management committee, and local education authority. Providing WASH facilities including latrines and boreholes in school, supplies for school and recreational materials.

Women and Youth Economic Empowerment

The protracted civil war and inter-communal violence in South Sudan has disproportionately affected women and youth’s income and livelihoods. Women and youth form the largest proportion of the South Sudanese population, yet most of them remain unemployed and living below the poverty line. African Christian Ecumenical Alliance envisions people-driven, especially potential women and youth of South Sudan who have been trapped in cycles of poverty due to several underlying factors including unequal access to education, production, restricted market access, unpaid labour, harmful cultural practices, violence against women and girls, limited legal protection from gender inequality practices enriched in the society amongst others. ACEA enhance the economic independence of women/young girls and youth in South Sudan by providing them with the necessary skills, resources, and opportunities to start or expand their businesses and foster sustainable business development within the community by offering training, mentorship, and access to financial services tailored to the needs of women and youth entrepreneurs.