Organizations Supporting Sudanese Civil SOciety

Plan International

Plan International has been working in Sudan since 1977. Their work supports vulnerable children and young people to reach their potential in safe communities that respect their rights and gender equality.

Plan International’s main priorities in Sudan are: education, keeping children safe, health and early childhood development, skills and job opportunities for young people, participation of children in society, water and sanitation, and responding to disasters and crises.

Saferworld

Saferworld began its work in Sudan in 2011. They support civil society organizations to undertake research, policy and influencing work. Saferworld provides space and opportunities for civil society to come together to discuss how to further peace and democracy. They also help civil society organizations to raise public awareness of conflict and governance issues and promote debate.

Sudanese Professionals Association

The Sudanese Professionals Association traces its roots to October 2016, when an alliance charter was drafted and approved by three of Sudan’s largest professional groups. Namely, The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors, The Sudanese Journalists Network, and The Democratic Lawyers Association.

The Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) is a continuation of the long history of Sudanese professionals’ persistent attempts to form independent trade unions and bodies to defend their rights and seek to improve their working conditions. Several attempts to form such bodies were made in the past; most notably the attempts to form a professional alliance in 2012 and 2014. Both failed to achieve their goal because of the regime’s opposition which extended to the persecution and arrest of key founding members.

The SPA is currently comprised of many bodies united under an agreed upon charter and common goals. These were announced in June of 2018. A large number of professional bodies declared their backing of the SPA, while they await to formally join.

Development organizations in Sudan

Practical Action

Practical Action’s Sudan HQ is in the country’s capital, Khartoum. From this central position they’re well-placed to work with communities in isolated rural areas across the country. Practical Action also has field offices in western Darfur region, the eastern region (Kassala) and the southern region (Blue Nile).

Practical Action’s work includes significant projects focusing on agriculture, energy access and improvements to sanitation. As many communities have needs in some or all of these areas, their projects are often combinations of these approaches.

Windle Trust International

Windle Trust International is dedicated to increasing access to and improving the quality of education, working across the breadth of the education sector from primary schools to the tertiary sector. Their commitment is to work with communities in all their diversity – girls and boys, refugees and citizens, teachers and school management committees.

Windle Trust International has a geographical focus on East Africa and the Horn of Africa. With offices in Sudan, South Sudan and the UK, they combine local knowledge and expertise with international contacts and a global perspective. This is especially important in our scholarships programme, where they work in partnership with some of the UK’s outstanding universities to provide opportunities for access to world-class teaching institutions.

Relief Organizations in Sudan

American Refugee Committee

In Sudan, the American Refugee Committee invests in healthcare infrastructure and ensures that people who live in some of the most remote, hard to reach areas still have access to clean, safe drinking water. They also work to make sure that Sudanese children have a healthy start with their nutrition programs.

Association for Aid and Relief (Japan in Sudan)

Un the east side of Kassala, AAR Japan works on rehabilitation of safe water intake facilities as well as construction of toilets. At the same time, AAR team encourages maintenance efforts by the local people of these facilities, establishing and training local maintenance committees. Promoting hygiene education among villagers are also an important mission of AAR, utilizing those IEC (information, education and communication) materials developed by AAR IEC team.

Since 2013, AAR Japan has been collaborating with a local NGO in the state of White Nile, in order to combat infectious diseases such as mycetoma.

Islamic Relief USA

Sudan is the first country the Islamic Relief global family provided relief to by responding to famine in 1984. Since then, Islamic Relief USA has worked to provide humanitarian aid in the region as permitted by U.S. law. Recent aid has included emergency response to flood survivors, as well as food aid.

Médecins Sans Frontières (France in Sudan)

Fighting has displaced tens of thousands of people in Sudan, where Médecins Sans Frontières respond by providing medical care for malnutrition, diarrheal diseases and malaria.

At a project in Sortoni, they provide treatment via outpatient and inpatient consultations. The project also provides nutritional services and vaccinations.

At Dar Zaghawa, four of their health centres offer medical care, with a particular focus on mothers and children.

Mercy Corps International Sudan

Since beginning their work in Sudan in 2004, Mercy Corps has been able to provide relief and support to hundreds of thousands of vulnerable host communities, displaced people and refugees from neighboring countries. Their work has allowed us to build a more stable and secure future for everyone in Sudan. In 2018 alone, they reached over 361,000 people.

Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) in Sudan

NCA Sudan has been a key player among the humanitarian INGO community in the country. Its innovative responses and solutions in the provision of life-saving support to conflict affected communities throughout South and Central Darfur, through the Darfur Programme (DP), and White Nile and Kordofan states continue to achieve sustainable and durable results, in an ever-changing environment. ​

World Relief International

World Relief is responding with emergency health, nutrition, and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in Central Darfur State, where armed conflict persists. In more stable West Darfur state, World Relief continues with health, nutrition, and WASH interventions, but also aims at recovery and development through peacebuilding and livelihoods programming.

ZOA Refugee Care

In Sudan, ZOA works on improved access to water, enhanced livelihoods, increased social cohesion and improved governance so to increase resilience, meanwhile providing relief where necessary. In 2017, ZOA reached close to half a million people with their support.