Pioneering Resilience Project in South Sudan, funded by UK Government, to address climate change, conflict, and economic and food insecurity challenges over the next four years

GOAL is delighted to announce the rollout of the four-year Transforming Household Resilience through Inclusive Economic Development (THRIVE) Project funded by UK Government.  THRIVE Project, is a consortium initiative led by GOAL, in partnership with Mercy Corps, Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD), VSF Suisse, and downstream partners.

THRIVE is being implemented in eight counties across the Greater Upper Nile Region (Upper Nile, Unity, and Jonglei States) in South Sudan, targeting approximately 120,000 households, addressing significant challenges including climate change, conflict, and economic and food insecurity.

The THRIVE Project is built on four pillars:

• Livelihood improvement: Enhancing income and food security using market-led and gender-responsive strategies in value chains such as livestock, fisheries, and agroforestry.
• Restoring resilience: Enhancing disaster preparedness and adaptive capacities to respond to climate change and conflict stresses.
• Social cohesion: Facilitating peacebuilding, conflict resolution, and social coherence among diverse groups.
• Women’s and youth empowerment: Economic empowerment and gender equality through economic inclusion and capability development.

Speaking about the potential of the THRIVE Project in addressing these challenges, Phyllis Jepkorir, Country Director, GOAL South Sudan said,

“GOAL works with the most vulnerable communities across the world, helping them respond to, overcome humanitarian crises, and build resilience in the most challenging environments. THRIVE aligns with GOAL’s Crisis to Resilience model. The project incorporates social behaviour change communication, climate adaptation, peacebuilding, social cohesion, and food security interventions.”

“Through interventions with displaced people, pastoralists, fisherfolk, and agroforestry workers, the project creates pathways to resilience and economic self-sufficiency. We thank UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) for their support and shared vision of a resilient, empowered, and prosperous South Sudan” continued Phyllis Jepkorir. 

Speaking about the launch of the THRIVE programme in South Sudan, Silvester Nyangan, THRIVE Project Director, said,

“THRIVE Project embodies GOAL’s commitment to sustainable and inclusive development. Through the work of THRIVE consortium and downstream partners, we are confident that we can support the  South Sudanese communities not just recover but thrive.”