{"id":970,"date":"2022-09-07T21:03:09","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T19:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/projekte\/in-weiten-gebieten-des-suedsudans-finden-seit-ende-2013-kriegerische-auseinandersetzungen-statt-die-auch-nach-dem-friedensabkommen-von-2018-nicht-ganz-aufgehoert-haben-eine-region-aber-ist-so-abgele\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T15:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:30:30","slug":"food-sovereignty-in-rural-areas-in-south-sudan","status":"publish","type":"projekte","link":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/news\/projekte\/ernaehrungssouveraenitaet-in-laendlichen-gebieten-im-suedsudan\/","title":{"rendered":"Promoting food sovereignty in South Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"hintergrundinformationen\">Background information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The violent clashes that have plagued South Sudan since the end of 2013 are exacerbating the security and supply situation for the population. How can people, especially in rural areas, secure their livelihoods and ensure basic medical care? As a partner organization of Mission 21, the Presbyterian Relief and Development Agency (PRDA) is working closely with the affected communities on these questions in order to jointly develop sustainable solutions. In Pochalla, near the Ethiopian border, PRDA, with the support of Mission 21, is working closely with local communities on a large-scale integrated rural development project. The aim is to sustainably improve health and nutritional conditions. The practical experience and knowledge of the families are incorporated into the design of the project so that measures can be developed together to enable them to generate an improved household income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"projektziele\">Project goals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The project aims to improve the living standards of the population in the Pochalla district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Improved food security<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Daily provision of a hot meal in Pochalla's schools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Storage options for agricultural surpluses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Knowledge transfer in the fields of hygiene, agriculture and nutrition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improved health of residents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"zielgruppe\">Target group<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The project supports around 1,000 households in Pochalla in their livelihoods and food security. In addition to individuals, the target group includes farming groups and farming families. Particular emphasis is placed on the needs of women and children, especially schoolchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aktivitTen\">Activities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Training of local staff<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Training of contact farmers. These are trained in improved agricultural methods and participatory approaches and pass on their knowledge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strengthening peer-to-peer exchange<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organic farming<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Issuance of seeds, equipment and tools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Distribution of menstrual pads at school to menstruating pupils<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>School nutrition program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creation of storage facilities to preserve surplus harvests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"projektfortschritt\">Project progress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Im Jahr 2025 konnte das Pochalla-Projekt der Presbyterianischen Hilfs- und Entwicklungsorganisation PRDA deutliche positive Ver\u00e4nderungen bewirken. Durch die F\u00f6rderung des agrar\u00f6kologischen Landwirtschaftssystems konnten Fortschritte f\u00fcr verschiedene Ziele erreicht werden. Das Geschlechterungleichgewicht in marginalisierten Bauerngemeinschaften im Hinblick auf Landbesitz konnte reduziert werden. Denn armmutsbetroffene Frauen erhielten Zugang zu pers\u00f6nlichen Grundst\u00fccken. Die Treibhausgasemissionen wurden reduziert sowie Biodiversit\u00e4t und Bodengesundheit erh\u00f6ht und somit die Klimaresilienz insgesamt verbessert. Die Bauern und B\u00e4uerinnen konnten so ihre Ern\u00e4hrungssicherheit verbessern und mehr Einkommen erzielen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Im Bereich von Wasserversorgung, sanit\u00e4ren Einrichtungen und Hygienemassnahmen (\u00abWASH\u00bb) konnten erhebliche Verbesserungen erreicht werden. Zahlreiche Gemeinschaften haben gesundheitsgef\u00e4hrdende Praktiken weitgehend aufgegeben. Aufgrund von Schulungen und Aufkl\u00e4rungsprogrammen gingen das Trinken von ungereinigtem Wasser, das wilde Deponieren von Abf\u00e4llen oder die Nutzung ungedeckter Latrinen \u2013 insbesondere rund um Gemeinschaftsgeb\u00e4ude \u2013 deutlich zur\u00fcck. Ein deutliches Zeichen f\u00fcr die verbesserte Gesundheit der Gemeinden ist die Information, dass bis Ende 2025 keine F\u00e4lle von Durchfall oder Cholera gemeldet wurden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besonders erfolgreich entwickelte sich das Schulverpflegungsprogramm. Die Quote f\u00fcr Einschreibungen hat sich 2025 gesteigert, bei M\u00e4dchen fast um das Doppelte, von 100 auf 190, und bei Knaben von 150 auf 237. Insgesamt konnten vergangenes Jahr 427 Sch\u00fcler<em>*<\/em>innen das Verpflegungsprogramm nutzen. Die verbesserte Ern\u00e4hrung der Sch\u00fcler*innen \u2013 auch dank der Ertr\u00e4ge aus der professionelleren Bewirtschaftung eines Fischteichs \u2013 zeitigte konkrete Folgen: Sie gaben an, dass sie sich pers\u00f6nlich und innerhalb ihres sozialen Umfelds wohler f\u00fchlen w\u00fcrden. Sie waren motivierter, zu lernen, was sich auch in einem signifikanten R\u00fcckgang der Abbrecher*innenquote um rund 70 Prozent im Berichtsjahr niederschlug. Die motivierteren Sch\u00fcler*innen steigerten zudem die Arbeitsfreude der Lehrkr\u00e4fte, was sich zus\u00e4tzlich positiv auf die Bildungsqualit\u00e4t auswirkt. Die positiven Resultate des Schulverpflegungsprogramms sind auch eine Herausforderung, denn es braucht deutlich mehr Spenden, um dieses Programm weiter auszubauen und noch mehr Sch\u00fclern und besonders Sch\u00fclerinnen einen Zugang zu Bildung zu erm\u00f6glichen.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":15672,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_searchwp_excluded":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"land":[13],"wirkungsbereich":[18],"class_list":{"0":"post-970","1":"projekte","2":"type-projekte","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"land-suedsudan","7":"wirkungsbereich-ernaehrungssouveraenitaet"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projekte\/970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projekte"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/projekte"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projekte\/970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20729,"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projekte\/970\/revisions\/20729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"land","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/land?post=970"},{"taxonomy":"wirkungsbereich","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wirkungsbereich?post=970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}