livelihood support to returnees and host community, south sudan program overview
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Executive Summary: Phase IObjective:
Total Budget: 1,500,697 USD
Location : Aweil West and Aweil North, Northern Bahr el Ghazel
Sectors : 1. Economic Recovery and
Market Support2. Water Sanitation and
Hygiene (WASH)
Number of beneficiaries : 1,500 HHs
OBJECTIVE: TO GENERATE WORK OPPORTUNITIES FOR RETURNEE AND RESIDENT HOUSEHOLDS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A TEMPORARY INCOME SOURCE AND
ASSIST THEM TO MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS.
TOTAL FUNDS: USD 1,231,665
Sector 1: Economic Recovery and Market Support
Subsector 1: Temporary Employment
Main Activity: 3 ½ months of Cash for Work 1350 HHs from 8 communities participated in the Cash for Work
program Beneficiaries worked for 20 days/month for 3 months and were paid
9 SSP / day In the 4th month they worked for only 10 days, at the same rate Micro projects included:
Road clearing Fencing of water points School fencing Bush clearing for farming Land clearing for settlement
Subsector 1: Economic Asset Restoration
Cash Relief grants (equivalent to the Cash for Work grant size if the beneficiary worked the full 20 days) were paid to 150 labor poor households
Cash Relief beneficiaries were drawn from the same 8 communities as the Cash for Work
Cash Relief beneficiary Amir Dau Deng, preparing roofing materials for her home.
Gok Machar, Aweil North
Beneficiary Breakdown
Beneficiaries were spread between 8 settlements
1,500 HHs registered (150 labor poor for Cash Relief, the rest were Cash-for-Work)
61% of beneficiaries were returnees, 39% members of the host community
69% were female Selection criteria included
Time of arrival (for returnees) # of people in the household Household assets Access to support from the Diaspora Gender of household head Presence of physically challenged
dependents Member of minority group
Distribution Method - Hawala
The cash was distributed to all beneficiaries through the Hawala, Amal The agency was paid X commission to pay the funds Amal came to each of the 8 communities and made the payments in
the presence of program staff and members of the Village Relief Committees
The Amal agent in Aweil was pretty weak and would have benefited from more capacity building work on cash transfer programs at the beginning of the program
As a result, we are looking at alternative distribution methods for Phase II
To address concerns around security and transparency, Adeso has a policy of always distributing cash through an agent of some kind.
Expenditure Host CommunitiesExpenditure Host Communities Expenditure ReturneesExpenditure Returnees
Post Distribution Monitoring
This data collected following the 3rd cash distribution – April, 2012
Subsector 3: Livelihood Support Grants
LSGs and business training were provided to 278 HHs (68 HC, and 210 returnees) 71% were women 77% had a specific skill
Grant recipients were selected from the CFW and CR beneficiaries through a series of questionnaires covering skills, specific income generation plans, and status of current businesses
The grants ranged from 200 – 500 USD depending on business plans provided
Livelihood Support Grants (Cont’d)
Business start-up and management training covered: Definition of business Introduction to business start-up Factors considered in business start-up/growth Business risk taking (Starting small Vs starting big) Business idea and income generation Business start-up/growth tips (Starting small/turnover/) Qualities of a good business person Market survey, linkages and associations Customer care Money management (prizing/costing/profits/records keeping/saving
etc) Business planning
Sampling of Beneficiaries at work
Merry Abuk, Nyamlel Grant :1,080 SSPBusiness: Sale of local perfumes and small shop
Nyalong Deng, Gok MacharGrant : XXXXX SSPBusiness: Restaurant and tea shop in partnership with another beneficiary
XXXXXXX, Gok MacharGrant :XXXXXX SSPBusiness: Small cosmetics shop
Post Distribution Data (cont’d)
99 % of recipients reported that the business trainings provided were helpful
33% of beneficiaries reported that they would have preferred in kind business supplies to the cash provided Explanations for this preference included difficulties with the cost of
inflation, that it was easier to be given goods than to look for them themselves, and that transportation costs were an impediment to starting the business
Responses in favor of the cash included preference to select their own goods and the ability to purchase locally
74% of respondents indicated they kept their savings in a shop, while 26% said they were kept at home. No respondents kept their savings in either a sanduk or bank
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