BSF Progress

BSF’s overall objective is to increase and improve coverage of/and access to primary education, primary health, drinking water and sanitation for the population of Southern Sudan, particularly in under-served areas. The services provided also include training. The main expected results are operational primary schools, primary health clinics, drinking water points, latrines and these results including training has allowed approximately 1.6million (rounded) people at the end of Phase IA to gain access to these basic services.

For primary education, the fund has assisted in the construction of 352 classrooms and serviced 87 primary schools at the end of Phase 2 (June 2010). By December 2011 the total number of classrooms constructed was 570 and serviced 104 schools cumulative for all 3 phases. Enrolment from at the end of Phase IA was 31,922 compared to ideal enrolment of 17,600. 37% were girls. Attendance in schools was 29,349 with 37% girls attendance. There has been a total 2,012 teachers who completed in-service, pre-service and English Language training at the end of BSF-IA. In the 2012 extension of BSF, 133 teachers will go on to complete entire course of pre-service teacher training (a 2 year course started in BSF-IA.) and 900 will complete in-service teacher training.

For Primary Health the fund assisted in the construction of 26 Primary Health Care centres and 73 Primary Health care units. By the end of Phase IA there were 216 facilities being supported and of those 194 were providing services. There were a total 1.6million consultations conducted by Dec 2011, and a total of 2.8million consultations cumulative for the 3 phases.

For drinking water the fund assisted in the construction of 240 boreholes with water pumps at the end of Phase IA (Dec 2011), bring the cumulative total to 556 for all three phases. With the cumulative number of rehabilitated boreholes(535) and other water sources (180) BSF has assisted in access of safe water to 545,500 people. For sanitation the fund assisted in the construction of 7993 latrines (household and facility) (Dec 2011). The total sanitation beneficiaries cumulatively for the 3 phases is 92,570. In BSF-IAe, there will be no individual WASH projects but there will be a WASH component in the Primary Health and Primary Education projects ensuring that all facilities have functioning WASH facilities.

A recent instrument review highlighted the BSF as the primary instrument delivering a peace dividend to post-conflict communities. Its fast disbursing mechanism has made it the instrument of choice for NGOs who have actively campaigned for its extension, and its replication in the three areas.

One of its monitoring and evaluation mechanisms, focusing on NGO peer reviews of BSF projects, has proved an effective mechanism for lesson learning across BSF projects. In an effort to increase state involvement, sector representatives will participate in upcoming monitoring and evaluation missions.

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