Partnership for Recovery and Resilience launched in Yambio
12 October 2018, Yambio – A high level-mission composed of donors, UN agencies, NGOs and Yambio Leaders formally launched a Partnership for Recovery and Resilience at the Women’s Empowerment Centre in Yambio on Friday 12 October 2018. The Partnership is a commitment to reduce vulnerability and strengthen coping capacities.
At the same event, the UN Joint Programme for Recovery and Resilience in Yambio was launched. This is the first of a series of joint programmes in partnership areas in South Sudan. In addition a partnership commitment between the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in South Sudan and the United Nations Development Programme was signed.
The Partnership for Recovery and Resilience delegation included UN representatives from FAO, IOM, UNDP, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNMISS, UNOCHA, UN Women, UNOPS and WFP, representatives from the donor community including the European Union, Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Canada, Sweden, the United Kingdom, United States and the World Bank. The delegation also included representatives from South Sudan NGO Forum, BRAC, Grassroots Relief and Development Agency (GREDA), Rural Action Against Hunger (RAAH), Titi Foundation, Human Aid Service (HAS), World Vision, and MSI. The Community Leaders included the traditional chiefs, the church leaders, business leaders, civil society, women, youth and the local government.
Speaking at the launch event, the DSRSG/HC/RC/RR Mr. Alain Noudéhou, commended the community-led initiatives to strengthen peace and stability in Yambio and Gbudue State.
“This partnership is to support your vision of a Yambio where men and women feel protected from conflict, where community issues can be discussed and resolved without resorting to violence, where parents can send their children to school, and where farmers can confidently till their land and sell their produce at the market for a fair and stable price,” said Mr. Noudéhou, while underscoring the importance of complementing humanitarian actions with multi-sectoral recovery and resilience building interventions.
This was the first launch following the 22 March 2018 communiqué that agreed to six key commitments: Stopping the trend of increasing vulnerability; working together across peacebuilding-humanitarian-development efforts to meet basic needs and protect coping capacities; improving coordination, collaboration and strategic integration; advancing comprehensive frameworks and partnerships in selected geographic areas; scaling up delivery of integrated efforts in Yambio and other selected geographic areas; and enhancing mutual accountability and learning.
The Governor of Gbudue State commended the partnership and emphasized that recovery and resilience is a prerequisite for the reduction of community dependence on humanitarian aid.
“This Partnership will complement humanitarian interventions to build community resilience and progressively reduce people’s dependence of humanitarian aid,” said Hon. Daniel Badagbu, the Governor of Gbudue State.
Mission Director of USAID in South Sudan Mr. James Hope said in his remarks: “This Partnership for Recovery and Resilience is trying to build a better future, where there is peace and prosperity for the people of South Sudan.
Director for the NGO Forum Mr. Pius Ojara said: “This Yambio Partnership is setting us an example from which partners will learn experiences which will be replicated elsewhere in the country.”
Panel discussions during the high-level event also focused on finding additional ways to link and strengthen coordination between local leaders, national partners, donors and agencies to achieve results.
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