MPCA Advocacy Note 2025
Context & Background
Following the issuance of the stop work order on January 20th 2025, the subsequent lifesaving waivers from January 28th, 2025, and the final project termination letters in late February, MPCA projects executed by partners in South Sudan have not received any waiver or continuation notice from USAID or the Department of State.
Termination of approximately $9,905,567 worth of MPCA projects, impacting around 244,286 households in South Sudan. In a worst-case scenario, if US government funding for MPCA is not secured for 2025, the estimated transfer to recipients could plummet from a baseline of $30 million in 2024 to as low as $1 million in 2025.
The cessation of these projects has had significant repercussions on joint market monitoring initiatives (JMMI), as the absence of field partners has severely disrupted monthly data collection efforts for JMMI.
An OCHA survey indicates that Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) is more adversely affected than in-kind assistance in South Sudan, despite CVA being more cost-effective and efficient where feasible.
