Humanitarian Sector

Humanitarian Work in South Sudan

Evaluation of humanitarian action is becoming increasingly important for several reasons: The effectiveness of relief operations is crucial to the beneficiaries; Humanitarian operations are becoming more complex and more frequent. The number of conflicts requiring humanitarian assistance has increased dramatically, and humanitarian aid’s share of overall international aid reached a peak of 10% in 1994;

Humanitarian operations are characterized by turbulence, uncertainty, insecurity, political sensitivity and multitudes of beneficiary groups, implementing actors and funding agencies with different interests and agendas. At operational level the focus on immediate needs and tasks detracts attention from broader and long-term perspectives; Humanitarian agencies have short institutional memories.

Personnel turnover is extremely rapid and the majority of field workers are young and have a relatively short “life time”. Hard-learned lessons are not passed on. Our team have a record of 15 years in conducting training and evaluation,Research  in emergency areas. The team has worked in South Sudan, Uganda in refugee settlements in West Nile,Somalia,Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi.

At Maarifa Consult, our team of experts have proficiency to undertake various Training and Studies in the following areas;

  • Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
  • Scoping studies
  • Socio-Economic Profiles and Studies
  • Nutrition Assessments
  • Livelihoods Assessment & Analysis
  • Emergency needs Assessment
  • Emergency Planning & Management
  • Shelter & Settlement planning
  • Humanitarian planning and management
  • Food security and livelihoods
  • Disaster risk Reduction
  • Gender in Emergency
  • Non-Food Items (NFIs)
  • Cash Distributions (Transfers) in emergency
  • Market Assessments in emergency
  • WASH in emergency setting