JUBA — Germany on Thursday provided 65 million USD to South Sudan to strengthen community resilience in South Sudan.
The Joint Resilience Project will be implemented by the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).
The contribution channeled through KfW, the German Development Bank, will be used to support close to one million people under the Joint Resilience Project Phase II in South Sudan, targeting urban and peri-urban areas in Juba, Torit, Yambio, and Aweil.
The German funding will also be used to provide education, health, and livelihood, as well as water, sanitation, and hygiene services (WASH), child protection, and prevention of gender-based violence activities.
In a joint statement issued on Thursday, Gregory Bledjian, Head of Mission of Germany to South Sudan, said part of these funds will cater for education infrastructure, including renovating classrooms and providing daily school meals, a complementary health intervention that helps build human capital.
“Enhancing food and nutritional security, improving education, and fostering social cohesion avert long-term dependence on humanitarian aid. South Sudan has enormous potential to be self-reliant,” said Bledjian.
He said the second phase of the Joint Resilience Project helps to unlock this potential.
For her part, Noala Skinner, UNICEF Representative in South Sudan, described the donation as timely, hailing Germany for its generous contribution, which will have a profound impact on some of the most vulnerable children in South Sudan.
“It will enable UNICEF to scale up critical interventions—from treating severe malnutrition and ensuring access to clean water to supporting essential health and education services and protecting children from harm,” said Skinner.
“We are deeply grateful for the support from Germany, whose funding strengthens our commitment to empowering communities in South Sudan.”
Meanwhile, Adham Effendi, WFP’s Acting Representative and Country Director in South Sudan, said, “This support is not just aid—it is an investment in lasting resilience, food security, and dignity of the people we serve.”
The Joint Resilience Project Phase II aims to consolidate the gains made during the first phase while providing an opportunity for geographic expansion in other parts of the country. Germany already provided more than 120 million USD for the first phase of the Joint Resilience Project, which started in 2019 and benefited 550,000 people.
