Deadline: 01-Sep-2025
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund is inviting qualified organizations to express their interest in a vital program in South Sudan, titled “Peaceful futures for youth and adolescents and improved nutrition for children in South Sudan,” aims to address key challenges faced by the country’s youth and children by focusing on peace and improved nutrition.
An urgent opportunity is available for organizations to partner with UNICEF to support education for out-of-school adolescents in South Sudan. The initiative, part of the “Peaceful Futures for Youth and Adolescents” program, focuses on providing foundational learning and vocational training to vulnerable youth in Central Equatoria and Western Bahr el Ghazal. This effort is designed to equip them with the skills needed for long-term resilience and self-reliance.
The program aims to achieve several key outcomes. It seeks to provide non-formal education to at least 3,600 out-of-school children and adolescents, helping them gain foundational literacy and numeracy skills. Additionally, it plans to train and mentor at least 100 non-formal education facilitators and teachers to strengthen the quality of instruction. The initiative is also committed to strengthening the delivery of foundational learning by integrating a continuous assessment and social-emotional learning framework into the curriculum.
Beyond foundational education, a major goal is to provide vocational training and apprenticeships to at least 1,100 adolescents. The training will focus on market-relevant skills, with a special emphasis on trades related to nutrition and food production, such as food processing and agribusiness. This focus is directly informed by ongoing labor market surveys and recognizes the synergy between education and addressing chronic food insecurity in the country. A key objective is to ensure that at least 70% of the trained youth are able to secure sustainable livelihoods through employment or self-employment. All participants will receive start-up support and guidance on essential skills like business readiness and digital literacy.
The program is a critical component of UNICEF’s broader child protection strategy in South Sudan, providing structured and safe learning pathways for adolescents who have been in high-risk situations, including those formerly associated with armed groups or living on the streets. It helps these young people transition into either formal schooling or vocational training, offering them a path to social reintegration. Successful proposals will demonstrate a strong technical and financial capacity to deliver these results and will be assessed on their overall completeness and value. The selected partner will be invited to develop a formal partnership agreement with UNICEF to begin implementation.
For more information, visit UN Partner Portal.
