Cash For Work Road Project Kicks Off In Morobo

This article was last updated on May 25, 2022

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Engineer Primo Makpe Guli working with Action Africa Help South Sudan program said the project is being funded by the World Bank through the National Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

Primo added that the project is being implemented by the Emergency Food Crisis Response project under Action Africa Help South Sudan program in collaboration with the County and local authorities.

The 18.2 kilometre road connects Lojulu and Odabi payams bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo and at least seven kilometers of the road has now been graveled.

Several groups including men and women from the local communities residing along the road are formed to work on the opening of the road using traditional tools.

Each group has a headmen elected by the group members who handle the wages of the groups. This is to show transparency and accountability and to make the communities own the project.

Primo said the main objective of this road opening is to empower the vulnerable communities’ access for cash and change their living standards through good food and nutrition.

The areas of Yugufe and Aloto are highly productive in terms of agricultural outputs.

Primo said putting this road in good shape will increase on the level of food production for both commercial and domestic consumptions, since the farmers can easily access the market with their produces.

The 24 kilometers Nyori-Yondo and Poki roads will also be rehabilitated to improve service delivery to the communities in these areas.

Primo said, this road opening and rehabilitation is expected to be completed by the end of April.

Emergency Food Crisis Response project has two components; one is public works and provision of agricultural inputs like seeds, trainings, building concrete stores, maize mills and rice hurlers to the farmers.

The project also provides sanitary facilities to market places by building stances of ventilated improved pit latrines.

The Emergency Food Crisis Response project implements a similar project in Yambio, Western Equatoria State.

Last year the Emergency Food Crisis Response project had planned to rehabilitate the Adekedi Bridge four kilometers along Lojulu-Odabi Congo road. The bridge was constructed since 1982 by the Norwegians, since then it has not been rehabilitated.