Progress of Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) - 2016
In 2016 the Protection Sector Strategic Response Plan, Child Protection sub sector (CP) is focused on interventions aimed at saving the lives of the most vulnerable children and pre- venting and addressing child recruitment, family separation, sexual and physical violence, and psychosocial support need- ed in critical priority localities of Sudan.
In March 2016 inter-agency mission to Blue Nile state re- vealed a high number of separated children, child-headed households, children allegedly associated with armed forces or armed groups, and street children in several localities across the le State. Thousands of vulnerable children affected by the conflict in Blue Nile, the Kordofan states and the Darfur states (some of whom have not been accessed by humanitarian agen- cies in several years) are urgently in need of life saving child protection and other humanitarian services.
As of 30th May 2016, the Child Protection sub sector (CP) managed to make significant progress in terms of family trac- ing and reunification of unaccompanied and separated chil- dren (UASC), provision of Psychosocial Support (PSS), ex- pansion of Community Based Child Protection Network (CBCPN) services and creating awareness among vulnerable communities and service providers. Between 1st January and 30th May 2016 Government and non-government partners of the Child Protection sub sector (CP) reunified 2,778, (1,322 Boys, 1,456 Girls) (UASC in the five Darfur states as well as the Blue Nile, North Kordofan and South Kordofan States. This represents 50% over achieved from the quarterly Human- itarian Response Plan (HRP—2016) target for the Child Pro- tection sub sector (CP) , due to the escalation in violence in the Jebel Mara area. The displacement has led to an increase in the protection needs of women and children. Significant gaps still exist in the response to the needs of vulnerable chil- dren, child survivors of Gender Based Violence (GBV) and psychologically affected children in Central, South and North Darfur states All 2,778, (1,322 Boys, 1,456 Girls) reunified children have been placed with either family or community based alternative care services while children with serious protection concerns have been placed in interim care facilities. In Shangli Tobaya 50% of unaccompanied and separated children are still in need tracing support.
During the first four months of the year, 17 new child friendly spaces (CFS) and 39 Community Based Child Protection Net- works (CBCPN) mechanisms have been established and sup- ported in the States of North, Central and South Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile.
Some 66, 376 (33,678 boys, 32,698 Girls) of the most vulner- able children from emergency affected states (the Darfur's, Kordofans and Blue Nile states) were enrolled in newly estab- lished Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) and received individual or group counselling, play therapy and recreational facilities.
The partners on the ground have reached 27,151 community members, including women, children and community leaders on prevention of recruitment, family separation, sexual and physical violence and mine risk education in the Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile states. Some 354 government offic- ers, including child protection service providers at federal and state levels, social workers, and staff from humanitarian agen- cies have been trained to provide high quality child protection services to the most vulnerable children and communities. More than thirty tracing teams have been established so far in the three most affected Darfur states.
The Child Protection sub sector (CP) requires at least USD $4 million (June-Dec 2016) to ensure the continuity and scaling up of critical life saving child protection interventions as out- lined in the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) 2016.