Humanitarian Action for Children 2021
In 2021 the office completed the L3 Emergency (part-2) evaluation and case study on WASH Protracted
Crises. Five KAP studies, targeted FGDs and community feedback mechanisms were spearheaded which
provided real-time evidence that informed socio-behavioural communication programme planning and
implementation, particularly for COVID-19 vaccines roll out, safe reopening of schools and other diseases
outbreak responses.
Programme monitoring
Due to learning from 2020 where field visits were a challenge due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, more
emphasis was placed on strengthening field monitoring in 2021 through i) revision of field monitoring SOPs on
the introduction of remote monitoring; ii) rolling out a costed field monitoring plan; and iii) quarterly field
monitoring plans with expenditure tracking.
Monitoring and Reporting of Grave Violations against Children through the MRM
UNICEF continued to co-chair the CTFMR alongside UNMISS. The Comprehensive Action Plan to End and
Prevent All Grave Violations Against Children (CAP) was extended to August 2022. With UNICEF support a
high-Level Committee on CAP implementation at the ministerial and technical level has been established
nationally and 10 technical committees at the state level.
In 2021 the CTFMR verified 196 grave violations affecting 183 children (148 boys, 35 girls), some as young as
one year old. This represents a 19 per cent increase in the number of violations compared to 165 grave
violations against 154 children verified in 2020. Overall, there has been a significant drop in the number of
verified grave violations against children since R-ARCSS (803 grave violations in 2018).
Case management data
Online national case management was significantly enhanced when the data of 18 NGOs were migrated from
the offline CPIMS to the online CPIMS+, bringing the number of CPIMS+ users from five to 23. UNICEF
supported training on CPIMS+ for 207 case workers, data clerks and supervisors (94 women). UNICEF
Headquarters and Save the Children, which hosts the CPIMS+ database in South Sudan, continued to provide
technical support in 2021 to the new users.
Financial analysis
The flexibility provided by thematic humanitarian funds in 2021 was greatly appreciated by UNICEF South
Sudan. The unearmarked funds were especially useful in allowing UNICEF to use the resources to meet the
most urgent needs. Thematic funding was critical to treating children affected by acute malnutrition and in
providing access to safe, clean water. In addition, flexible funding allowed UNICEF to respond to COVID-19
and its related challenges, including remote learning opportunities for children during school closures, and to
support school reopening.
Thematic funds were also used to deliver critical child protection services to extremely vulnerable children,
women, and their communities to minimize protection risks, particularly by ensuring continued provision of
quality technical expertise.
Table 8: 2021 Funding Status against the appeal by sector (in USD)
Sector
Requirements
Funds Available Against Appeal as of 31
December 2021*
Funds Received in 2021
% Funding
Gap
Carry-Over
Health
6,006,000
1,083,141
1,154,547
63%
Nutrition
60,000,000
35,884,189
5,365,032
31%
WASH
35,388,764
20,490,161
9,330,016
16%
Education
46,839,920
2,023,019
2,801,318
90%
Child Protection
23,720,800
4,895,090
3,443,705
65%
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