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By Emmanuel M .Garjiek
The humanitarian community in South Sudan unveiled the 2025 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP), which includes a US$1.7 billion appeal to deliver life-saving assistance to 5.4 million people in the country’s most dire need.
According to a press statement issued by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Monday, 9.3 million people, or 69 percent of South Sudan’s total population of 13.4 million, are expected to require humanitarian assistance by 2025. Humanitarian partners will provide life-saving services to 5.4 million vulnerable individuals in the most pressing need.
“Collaboration will continue in 2025 – not only to bring relief to people affected by the crisis, but also to support long-term solutions and build their resilience by investing in the provision of basic services and livelihood opportunities to enable them to graduate from humanitarian assistance,” said Albino Akol Atak Mayom, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, at the launch of the 2025 HNRP.
violence, dramatic consequences of climate change, disease outbreaks, an economic crisis, and the impact of the ongoing violence in neighboring Sudan have all contributed to South Sudan’s chronic humanitarian disaster. Since the start of the Sudan conflict in April 2023, approximately 905,000 individuals have migrated into South Sudan, with an additional 337,000 expected in 2025.
South Sudanese population continue to face significant levels of food insecurity and malnutrition. According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) study issued in November, 6.4 million people are extremely food insecure (IPC Phase 3 or worse). This figure is expected to rise to 7.7 million, or more than 57% of the country’s entire population, during the lean season from April to July 2025. According to nutrition forecasts, 2.08 million children under the age of five are at risk of acute malnutrition, with 650,000 at risk of severe acute malnutrition in 2025, a 26% and 33% rise over 2024 projections, respectively.
“The 2025 HNRP paints an accurate picture of the most acute needs of vulnerable people across the country, as well as an assistance plan that is realistic and, more importantly, life-saving,” concluded Ms. Anita Kiki Gbeho, South Sudan’s Humanitarian Coordinator.
