ACRA - Agency for Child Relief Aid

FOCUSED PROGRAMMATIC AREAS
ACRA focuses on six core program areas and three cross cutting issues primarily integrated into the other core program areas namely:

WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE (WASH) PROGRAM
ACRA has been working to improve Children access to Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene sector since 2016; both in schools and communities covering wider range of activities including Construction and Rehabilitation of WASH infrastructure and Hygiene Education in Schools and communities…

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROGRAM
In many areas of South Sudan children have to walk for hours to the nearest health clinic, which is often no more than one room with few drugs and no trained staff. Poor health infrastructure combined with high rates of preventable diseases is the new normal. ACRA is working with partners to improve access to primary health care in South Sudan…

NUTRITION PROGRAM
The result of poor child feeding practices and food insecurity caused by conflict, drought, floods and food price shocks, malnutrition rates in South Sudan continue to remain above the emergency thresholds, with 22% of children malnourished…

EDUCATION AND CHILD PROTECTION

Education in South Sudan remains an urgent priority with just 27 per cent of the population able to read or write, and less than half of children enrolled in school. ACRA supports Education in Emergencies; constructs classrooms, temporary learning spaces….

FOOD SECURITY & LIVELIHOODS AND YOUTH MICRO-ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 

Food Security Livelihood is one of the ACRA departments’ currently in partnership with and funded by ZOA and is implementing Food Security Livelihoods in Akobo Jonglei State and Nassir County in Upper-Nile State…

PEACE BUILDING INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS

In humanitarian contexts, organizations have the responsibility to promote peace building particularly in conflict crisis situations. ACRA’s peace building and conflict mitigation department strives to promote community participation….