IPCS 2013-2016 annual budget estimate
Past and ongoing projects in South Sudan
ERP with the technical support of IPCS has implemented an urban vegetable growing project for women in Maridi
Vulnerable women in the urban areas have no knowledge of utilizing their small backyard lands to produce home needed vegetables. So ERP with IPCS introduced this skills to women in Maridi in 2014, provided them with inputs, seeds/seedlings, construction materials and tools. In the first one month, the women saved money on buying vegetables and got back to eating from their backyard. The lessons from this project have been replicated in other projects and it is working very well.
Vulnerable women vegetable producers group
IPCS/ERP invested Euro 50,000 in supporting 200 LRA widows in Maridi in 2015 to produce assorted vegetables including tomatoes, cabbages, egg plants, okra, Sukuma wiki, onions. We thought them how to process, preserve, sell and save the income for reinvestment. From our demonstration farms the women can now produce vegetables from their farms and backyard gardens. Maridi is vegetable secure at the moment
Vocational skills development for income and improved livelihoods
IPCS implanted vocational skills for vulnerable youths in its consortium project in partnership with ZOA funded by the EC. 150 youths with 60 ladies and 90 men were trained, in carpentry, tailoring, building, driving, electricity and they all went home with their start up kits, others linked to running businesses to continue with practical.
