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Back in the Market: Darfurian Farmers
Go back to Cultivation of Hibiscus |
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Some of Darfur’s poorest farmers
are being given the chance to benefit
from the growing global demand for
hibiscus, with a new United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) pilot
project, designed to improve cultivation
techniques for hibiscus production.The
hibiscus flower forms the major ingredient
of many fruit teas and Sudan is known
for producing high quality crops.
About half of Sudan’s total
hibiscus production is exported,....
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UNDP conducts Financial Reporting
Workshop for the Civil Society Organizations |
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More than 75 Common Humanitarian Fund
and Darfur Community Peace and Stability
Fund NGO partners participated in
the Financial Reporting Workshop conducted
recently by the UNDP Fund Management
Unit. The objective of the workshop
was to build the financial reporting
capacity of partners by demonstrating
step-by-step the process for completing
a financial report, and illustrating
what the FMU looks for when reviewing
financial reports for compliance.
The session also included an exercise
with NGO partners finding the errors
in non-compliant reports....
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Harnessing Youth Talents to Rebuild
Darfur |
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In Majak County of Abyei Area, Santino
Daho like many other young people
in his age has spent most of his youth
in an environment of instability and
violence. “Our parents have
lived with conflict for many years
and now passing it on to my generation.
I do not see the future getting better.
I do not have the necessary education
and am not really planning for tomorrow,”....
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Follow the Money:Sudan's Parliament
and UNDP Working Together for Accountability |
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Recently, the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) in collaboration
with the National Assembly's Economic
and Finance Affairs organized a two-
day training workshop on "Financial
Monitoring: The Relationship between
the Parliament and other Financial
Oversight Institutions" aimed at developing
and activating parliamentarians' financial
oversight role and skills....
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Harnessing Youth Talents to Rebuild Darfur |
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Kawther is a recent graduate from the Zalingei University in Central Darfur, where she read Agriculture and Crop Science Studies. Like many other youth in her community, she hopes for peace and stability in a region that has long suffered the consequences of conflict. Believing in the importance of young people working together for a common future, Kawther took part in the Youth Volunteers Rebuilding Darfur Project (YVRDP) under the' Environment Volunteers' scheme....
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Establishment of One Man Can (OMC) National Network |
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Following the successful implementation of the One Man Can
(OMC) campaigns in the Blue Nile, Northern Kordofan and Khartoum states, UNDP
sought to expand the experience and share success of the campaigns more widely
through capacity building of selected government and Non-Governmental
Organizations (NGOs) aiming at establishing a national OMCÂ Network....
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Putting
the Community First: New Reintegration and CSAC
projects take hold in South Kordofan State |
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On
April 21 2013, UNDP DDR unit in
collaboration with the Sudan DDR
Commission in South Kordofan state
commenced a survey and data collection
which will serve as the preparatory
stage for the upcoming community-based
reintegration projects to be implemented
in Dilling locality in the war-torn
South Kordofan state....
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If
You Can’t Beat it, Adapt to it |
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In Bara, a locality in North Kordofan
that encompasses 90 tiny villages,
the greenery can be deceptive. The
flat desert sprawls for miles around,
dotted with tiny villages where
the only colors to be seen are the
bright clothes of women coming back
from their weekly trip to the central
market of Bara town....
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In
ZamZam Camp: Inhabitants Facing Risk of Programme
Closur |
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An outlook at the desperate premises
of ZamZam Paralegal Justice and
Confidence Center (JCC) in Northern
Darfur is probably sufficient to
reflect the hard living conditions
and unenviable future of the camp’s
residents. This condition has primarily
been aggravated by diminishing financial
resources that severely affect the
camp and the JCC’s functionality
and performance. The camp residents
suffer from inadequate shelter,
low health standards, and lack of
gainful employment; all stealing
the hope from the camp’s residents....
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Contributing to Human Security in
Darfur |
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UK Minister for International Development,
Lynne Featherstone, had the opportunity
to witness the impact of community
policing and paralegal support in
Abu Shouk Internally Displaced persons
(IDPs) camp that is provided by the
Paralegal Justice and Confidence Center
(JCC) in Darfur....
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UNDP – IOM Joint Conflict Reduction
Programme (JCRP) Flash update on Grants
Implementation |
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Vulnerable communities in the Three
Areas continue to be affected by civil
instability and violent inter-ethnic
conflicts. Peace-building and reconciliation
initiatives are vital to overcome
the circle of violence and to work
towards peaceful coexistence and sustainable
community development....
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Ending Impunity - UNDP’s Legal
Aid Programme in Darfur |
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Women and girls continue to suffer
from widespread insecurity in the
conflict-ridden region of Darfur.
For 13-year old Aisha, her childhood
ended when she was brutally raped
by an adult man while on the way to
the market of the small town of Garssila,
in former West Darfur, now Central
Darfur...
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“I am from South Kordofan”:
Peace Ambassadors Spread the Message |
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The Sudan DDR Commission (SDDRC) in
collaboration with the United Nations
Development Programme has implemented
a large-scale peace building project
in both Khartoum and five localities
in South Kordofan State, which aimed
to provide a broad radio sensitization
and outreach campaign to a populace
which very much needs to hear it.
The initiative was implemented through
UNDP’s Disarmament, Demobilization
and Reintegration (DDR) programme
in conjunction with the Joint IOM/UNDP
Conflict Reduction Programme (JCRP)......
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“Grateful for my sister”
A Friendship is forged in Abyei -
Story of a Dinka and Misseriya Friend |
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Hawa Deng, a tall Dinka woman, garbed
in a red tobe, smiles as she recalls
the time when she was due to give
birth to her youngest son, “I
was due for delivery and my husband
wasn’t at home then. It was
a difficult situation and I couldn’t
think what I should be doing. But
I will always be grateful that my
sister was here. .....
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Prioritizing Darfur: The 2012 Darfur
Joint Assessment Mission |
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The signing of the Doha Document for
Peace in Darfur (DDPD) between the
Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM)
and the Government of Sudan in July
2011 brought with it a new impetus
for recovery and reconstruction in
the Darfur region. As stipulated in
the DDPD, a needs-assessment was to
be carried out “to identify
and assess the needs for economic
recovery, development and poverty
eradication in the aftermath of the
conflict in Darfur.” This assessment
would be crucial in considering the
needs in social areas and infrastructure
which would in turn determine the
resources required for addressing
those needs within a six year period.
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"From the bottom up":Local
Development Brings Regional Impact
to East Sudan |
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In the remote village of Diemoyo of
Red Sea State in Eastern Sudan, a
region suffering from some of the
lowest development indicators in the
country, the once high rate of child
and maternal mortality has recently
been reduced. The challenges for reducing
maternity and child mortality are
manifold in Sudan, including limited
access to health care especially in
remote areas, limited capacity and
shortage of qualified healthcare workers,
low utilization of available health
services, and limited availability
of specialized care and equipment.
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| Putting
Down the Weapon, Picking Up the Pen |
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Community Security and Arms
Control (CSAC) interventions are a
crucial element of UNDP’s Disarmament,
Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR)
programme in Sudan which aims at creating
conducive environments for the peaceful
reintegration of ex-combatants and
associated groups.Read
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| A
Fresh Crop: Exciting Environmental
Initiatives Take Hold in Northern
Sudan |
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In the highly arid ecosystems in the
northern part of the country lies
River Nile state. Under the National
Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)
framework in the state, six villages
that lay alongside the western bank
of the River Atbara have been targeted
by UNDP for increasing the resilience
of the local communities to the effects
of climate change in Sudan.Read
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GOAL GREEN: UNDP Continues its Engagement
to Fight Climate Change in Sudan |
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Khartoum, 31, 7 2012, The United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) in Sudan
through its Transfer of Knowledge
through Expatriate Nationals (TOKTEN)
Project and in collaboration with
the Sudan Meteorological Authority,
the Agriculture Research Cooperation
and the Sudanese Climate Change ...Read
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| Delivering
Security. Securing Deliveries: UNDP
works for women in Darfur |
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On a balmy Wednesday afternoon in
the “North Darfur Midwifery
Training Centre” in El Fasher,
thirty young women listen attentively
to Reproductive Health Tutor Hawa
Osman Ushak, as she discusses the
necessity of sanitation when delivering
a baby. The women, dressed in clean
white garb,...Read
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| Sweeter
than Honey: Economic Recovery Returns
to Darfur |
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South Darfur is known as a troubled
region beset by years of endemic conflict,
poverty, destruction of natural resources,
and deterioration of livelihoods.
However, the land is also a dynamic
region that defies its popular conception
as intractably and inevitably conflict-ridden.
Recently, new projects being implemented
by the UNDP Darfur Livelihoods Recovery
Programme are slowly but surely changing
that view....Read
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| Civic
Education Comes First in South Kordofan |
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On June 26-27th
2012 in Dilling, South Kordofan state,
UNDP DDR implementing partner Near
East Foundation unrolled the first
civic education training of trainers
in the state. Using the lessons learned
from the project originally piloted
in neighboring Blue Nile state last
year and reaching an estimated 1300
people, the project aims to train
both ex-combatants and civilians in
topics including first aid, nutrition...Read
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| Reintegration
Services Continue to Roll Out for
South Kordofans |
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May 21, 2012 – As part of its
firm commitment to fulfilling its
obligations to provide Reintegration
services to ex-combatants in South
Kordofan State, Sunday May 20, 2012
saw the signing of a final contract
by national NGO, Jasmar with UNDP
DDR and its partner SDDRC...Read
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| UNDP
Sudan Celebrates Mother’s Day |
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Khartoum- 20th 2012, Staff at the
United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP)Sudan paid tribute today to
their mothers, sisters, spouses and
daughters in celebration of Mother’s
day. Speeches were given, poetry recited
and joyful signing accompanied the
ceremony to mark this important day
in everyone’s life...Read
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| Fund
Links Women to Skills and Income Opportunities |
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Port Sudan, Red See State, 14 August
2011 - The women of the Diem Arab
Centre in downtown Port Sudan have
traditionally suffered from absence
of viable economic options and welcome
income-generating opportunities to
earn money for their families. The
members greatly appreciated the eight
bakery ovens and eight sewing machines
received from UNDP in late 2010 that
have provided a new lease on life
to the women’s centre. ...Read
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| UNDP
Supports Value Chain Development in
Sudan |
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Khartoum 28 July, 2011 – In
the framework of supporting microfinance
sectors in Sudan and enhancing capacity
building mechanisms of national and
sub-national levels for value chain
development in Sudan, the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration
with the Microfinance Unit (MFU) at
the Central Bank of Sudan organized
a five day workshop on July 24th on
“Training on Inclusive Market
Development with a Focus on Value
Chains and Access to Finance.”
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| Mixing
(small) Business and Pleasure: a UNV
story in Sudan |
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1 May 2011 - On a dusty side road
in Damazine in Blue Nile State, near
a sparkling but empty Chinese hospital,
Amir Muhamad Babiker tends his shop.
It’s not big, but it’s
his and this Tuesday morning it seems
the whole town is looking for sugar.
A girl not more than five or six steps
forward and shyly hands Babiker a
crumpled one Sudanese pound note.
He measures out the appropriate amount
of sugar and dutifully hands it back
before she quickly scurries off. ...Read
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| UNDP
Supports Training of 50 Sudanese Judges
to Promote Good Governance and Rule
of Law |
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Khartoum- February 13, 2011: The Sudan
Judiciary and the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) have launched today
a comprehensive training workshop
targeting subordinate court judges
at the Judiciary House in Khartoum.
Fifty judges from different states
are to participate in this four-week
workshop which is aimed at raising
the capacity of the judges to effectively
and fairly apply the law and deliver
justice. ...Read
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| UNDP
Organizes First Forum on Legislative
Coordination in a Federal System in
Sudan |
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Khartoum, 12 December 2010 - Ensuring
the proper implementation of a decentralized
governance system in Sudan, was the
main theme of the first forum on “Legislative
Coordination in a Federal System”
held in Khartoum on 12-13 December
2010...Read
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| UNVs,
Children's Charity Team UP to Restore
Hospital Palliative Centre for Cancer
Patients in Khartoum |
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Khartoum, 5 December 2010 - “Volunteering
for Millennium Development Goals”
was the theme of the International
Volunteer Day 2010 in Khartoum. A
commemorative event was organized
to celebrate the IVD 2010 amidst much
festivity at the Radiation and Isotopes
Center in Khartoum (RICK) of the Khartoum
City Hospital....Read
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| Better
information means better poverty reduction
policies |
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Juba,13 August 2010 – The fight
against poverty requires a better
understanding of what causes poverty,
who is poor, and how poverty changes
over time. Without this information,
designing and implementing effective
poverty reduction programmes can be
very challenging.To help address some
of the data gaps that exist and measure
the scope of poverty in Southern Sudan
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| County
consultations: Linking the government
to the people |
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Juba,
13 July, 2010 - Over the last decade,
the international community has become
increasingly focused on projects that
are community planned and community
driven. Experience has shown that,
by engaging people at the community
level, development projects tend to
be much more responsive, better designed
and likely to succeed in the long
term. While UNDP’s programme
in Southern Sudan places a heavy emphasis
on building the capacity of key government
institutions....Read
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UNDP-Managed
Elections Basket Fund Enables Women’s’
Effective Participation
Women’s’ High Turnout
in Sudanese Elections a Potential
Game-Changer |
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Khartoum,
19 April 2010 - Setting aside physical
and logistical difficulties and thinly-veiled
threats from a section of the religious
right, women across the North and
Southern parts of the country thronged
polling stations in large numbers
to exercise their vote, the first
time in a generation. There were an
estimated 16,000 polling stations
throughout the country, over 10,000
in the North and nearly 6,000 in the
South. What really accounted for high
enthusiasm among women to participate
in the landmark Sudanese elections
possible and have their voices heard?....Read
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| Shifting
the balance: Sudanese women in positions
of power |
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Juba,
16 April 2010 - There is unequal participation
and representation of men and women
in almost all political and socio-economic
spheres in Southern Sudan, with women
remaining a minority. Though some
progress has been made since the signing
of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement
(CPA) in 2005, more must be done to
encourage women to compete for high-level
positions so that they are properly
represented in key institutions. Enabling
women to pursue careers in government
and law will help create a new generation
of leaders who can address and defend
equal rights in parliament, in the
courtroom, and in the community....Read
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| VCT
Centers Ensuring Universal Access
to Testing and Treatment |
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Khartoum,
1 January 2010 - “The social
aspect of HIV is the worst aspect
of the disease,” explains counselor
Nahla Mahjoub Al-Zubair who works
as a social counselor in the Voluntary
and Counseling and Testing Center
(VCT) in Khartoum North Hospital
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| NTP
and GFATM formulate New Messages for
TB Education |
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Khartoum,
1 January 2010 - Tuberculosis (TB)
is a huge public concern in Sudan.
The disease is characterized with
public ignorance and high social stigma
of TB-patients leading to increased
number of TB positive cases. According
to the WHO, Sudan alone carries 15%
of the TB burden in the Eastern Mediterranean
Region. TB is a curable disease however
discontinued treatment is very common
which leads patients to develop resistance
to treatment
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| Interview
with the Director of the Sudan National
AIDS Control Programme Dr. Ehab Ali
Hassan |
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Khartoum,
1 January 2010
Q.1 Dr. Ehab first, I wish to congratulate
you on your new post as the Sudan
National AIDS Control Programme (SNAP)
director. How would you describe the
current HIV situation in Sudan?
A. Sudan is a very large country with
diversity in both climate and in ethnicity;
hence the HIV situation also varies
in the South and the North.
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| Malaria
Survey Kicks off in 15 Northern States |
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Khartoum,
1 January 2010 -The National
Malaria Control Programme (NMCP),
in collaboration with GFATM and WHO
is currently entering data for the
findings of the national malaria survey
conducted during the period 19 October-
4 November2009. This survey was conducted
in 11 states covering a population
of more than 17 million and was divided
into three components: a household-,
household member’s-, and women
and children questionnaire
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| The
National Elections Commission registers
over 75% of eligible voters in preparation
for the upcoming Elections |
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Khartoum,
6 January 2010 - Early official reports
from the National Elections Commission
provide optimism for the April polling
process. The Commission registered
over 16 million voters throughout
Sudan from Nov 1 through Dec 7, 2009.
This is 79% of just over 20 million
eligible Sudanese voters determined
by the 2008 census exercise
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| Volunteers
plant 1,000 trees in rural Khartoum |
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Khartoum,
December 2009 - Arriving in five buses
at the desert village of Wawisi, 50
kilometres north of Khartoum, 150
volunteers set out with the local
community to plant 1,000 trees in
commemoration of International Volunteer
Day on 5 December. “We need
the trees for water and to make us
healthier,” 18-year-old student
Suha said,...Read
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| UN
brings together opposing Sudanese
tribes in historic peace talks |
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Abyei,
December 2009 - Amidst the cheering,
drumming and dancing of women from
Sudan’s Missiriya tribe in Um
Khaer village in the Sudanese county
of Abyei, a group of Missiriya representatives
from this traditionally nomadic tribe
gathered on December 14, 2009 for
a historic meeting with representatives
from the Dinka Ngok tribe
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| UNDP
Southern Sudan makes poverty reduction
a key priority |
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Juba,
November 2009: World leaders have
pledged to achieve the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015,
which include the overarching goal
of cutting extreme poverty in half.
The United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP), using its worldwide network,
is coordinating global and national
efforts to reach these Goals
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| Mobile
Clinic Reaches Remote Communities |
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Warrap
State, November 2009: Abuop Deng lifts
up her baby’s shirt and shows
a community health worker a rash that
covers the infant’s stomach.
He has had it for weeks, along with
a fever and diarrhea, she explains.
They, along with dozens of other community
members, are sitting under the shade
of a huge tree in the centre of the
small village of Mawut.
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| Microcredit
Programme Pays Off |
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Wonduruba,
September 2009: A group of men sit
outside a shop beside the main road
of Wonduruba chatting and drinking
cold beverages. A woman rummages through
a small cooler and approaches them
with another round. As she opens one
of the bottles she cracks a joke that
gets the crowd going.
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| Female-run
Farms Flourish after RRP Training |
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Wonduruba,
September 2009: Helen Koja holds her
son in her arms as she strolls through
fields of fresh green vegetables.
She bends down, picks a piece of spinach
and hands it to the baby in her arms.
This, she says, is full of vitamins;
and will help children to grow up
strong. The spinach and other crops
surrounding Koja’s home are
doing more than that...Read
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| Organic
Honey a Sweet Success |
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Central
Equatoria State, September 2009 :As
a young boy Lorwue would follow his
older brother as he collected pieces
of bamboo and tied them together with
local grass. They would leave these
traditional hives deep in the forest
and come back late at night when they
would light a torch and start fires
to disturb the bees out of their hives
and collect the honey.
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| Southern
Sudan Legislative Assembly Delegation
Concludes Study Tour to Egypt |
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Juba,
July 2009: A delegation representing
the Committee on Gender, Social Welfare,
Youth and Sports in the Southern Sudan
Legislative Assembly (SSLA) participated
in a study tour to Egypt from 20 -
26 June. The aim of the visit was
to enable the members of the Committee
to examine gender laws in Egypt and
draw lessons from the Egyptian experience
in gender equality ...Read
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| Local
Government Act Passed |
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Juba,
June 2009: The Government of Southern
Sudan (GoSS) passed the Local Government
Act in April, paving the way for the
dissemination of authority to local
government councils. “Support
to local government is a key element
of UNDP’s efforts to strengthen
government structures in Southern
Sudan”, said Joe Feeney, UNDP
Southern Sudan’s Head of Office...Read
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| Fishermen
Reel in Shared Profit |
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Red
Sea, June 2009: “You can always
tell when you are getting near the
sea, says 50-year old Ali Abu Ali.
“The air feels different; cooler
against your skin.” Ali and
most of the men in his village have
been fishing most of their lives ...Read
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| Community
Farms Cultivate Food and Financial
Success |
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Red
Sea, June 2009: As the sun rises and
the smell of ginger-infused coffee
fills the air, women emerge from their
homes and head to a lush green field
of abusabean, a crop used as cattle
feed. It grows easily and abundantly
in Sudan; provided there is enough
water. ....Read
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| Water
Network Sprouts Unexpected Returns
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Ashkoot,
April 2009: The first time the water
started flowing through the pipes
in the dry, remote village of Ashkoot,
all that could be heard throughout
the community was the sound of “zaghrouta”,
the celebratory ululation of joy that
is particular to the region ....Read
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| Food
Production Training makes Cents |
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River
Nile State, April 2009: Thirty-five-year
old Alwaia Ahmed Elnigai might have
never known she had an entrepreneurial
streak in her had she not decided
to participate in the RRP food processing
course that was offered in Tuaakin,
a small and sleepy village with little
economic activity in River Nile State.
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| Midwives
Making a Difference in Kurgus |
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Kurgus,
April 2009: Siham Hamed is in the
hospital waiting to deliver her first
child. Although she is nervous she
says she is confident that the thsree
midwives there will take care of her
and her baby. She has been coming
to see them every month since she
found out about her pregnancy eight
months ago. ....Read
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| JIPUs
receive medical aid |
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Abyei,
April 2009:To ensure the good health
of Joint Integrated Police Units (JIPUs)
officers and to enhance policing services
and access to justice, the Support
to the Abyei Civil Administration
project provided JIPUs with medical
kits including antibiotics, painkillers,
syringes and needles, bandages, and
gauzes. ....Read
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| Code
of conduct for prisons staff approved |
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Juba,
April 2009: Decades of war and instability
in Southern Sudan have devastated
the delivery capacity of local law
enforcement institutions. The Prisons
Service in the region is largely staffed
with ex-combatants with little or
no formal correctional training, and
the majority have been working without
compensation or on a voluntary basis.
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| Skilled
midwives help make motherhood safer
in Blue Nile State |
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Blue
Nile State, April 2009: “The
first time I delivered a baby I felt
so nervous. I thought can I or can’t
I really do this?” says 18-year
old Nafiza Abdallah as she sits outside
her home in the small fishing village
of Ofud in Blue Nile State. ....Read
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| Southern
Sudan road safety campaign |
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Juba,
April 2009: Traffic accidents, particularly
motorcycle accidents, are a widespread
problem across Southern Sudan. More
vehicles on the roads increase the
availability of transportation for
people, goods, and services, but when
road safety procedures and laws are
neglected, drivers, passengers, and
pedestrians are all at risk ...Read
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| Sudan
Judiciary trains 60 judges |
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Khartoum,
April 2009: In a continuing effort
to strengthen the capacity of Sudanese
judges, Sudan Judiciary’s Training
Department with support from the Capacity
Building of the Sudan Judiciary project,
is holding a series of capacity building
sessions aimed at training 60 judges
in several areas of law from 15 February
to 30 June 2009 in Khartoum. ....Read
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| Sand
water filters: Simple solution to
a life threatening situation |
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Kolang,
29 Januray 2009: For as long as she
can remember, 43-year-old Ajang Abier
watched friends and family fall mysteriously
ill in her remote community of Kolang,
in Upper Nile State. It wasn’t
until she found herself rushing her
7-year-old son to the health centre
due to severe stomach pain and vomiting
that she vowed to look into the reasons
why her village was vexed with a constant
host of stomach complications ....Read
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Finding more ways to volunteer in
Southern Kordofan |
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Kadugli,
26 Januray 2009: A group of UNV volunteers
working in Sudan is uniting to volunteer
after hours and encourage local people
to volunteer in their community. There
are 17 UNV volunteers in Kadugli,
Southern Kordofan, assigned to the
United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS)
and UNDP in a variety of roles ...Read
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| 6th
Governors’ Forum of Southern
Sudan Wraps Up Today in Juba |
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Juba,
Southern Sudan, October 2 2008, The
6th Governors’ Forum of Southern
Sudan wraps up today with a strong
commitment from First Vice President
of the Republic of the Sudan and President
of the Government of Southern Sudan
(GoSS), H.E. Lt. General, Salva Kiir
Mayardit, Vice President of the GoSS,
H.E. Dr. Riak Machar, ministers, state
governors, UN and development partners
to the decentralization process in
Southern Sudan. ....Read
full story
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| Birth
of SHAWG: Sudanese Expatriates Join
the Fight Against AIDS in Sudan |
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Khartoum,
11 August 2008, Four Sudanese HIV/AIDS
specialists who live and work in the
UK and South Africa began a venture
that could significantly improve the
fight against the epidemic in Sudan.
On 10 August they launched the London-based
Sudan HIV/AIDS Working Group (SHAWG);
a voluntary network of healthcare
professionals who seek to help roll
back the epidemic in the country ....Read
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| Imams
in Darfur Discuss International Law
and Women's Rights |
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Nyala,
April 5 2008, As part of its Rule
of Law Programme in Darfur, UNDP regularly
organises public debates and workshops
to engage with all sections of the
conflict-riddled society. Religious
leaders are an important target group,
as they are a trusted source of guidance
on matters related to ethics and human
behaviour ...Read
full story |
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| First
Vice President Presses Ahead With
Transition From Relief To Development |
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Juba,
Southern Sudan, June 2008 - First
Vice President of the Republic of
the Sudan and President of the Government
of Southern Sudan (GoSS), H.E. General
Salva Kiir received on 6 June a UNDP
delegation led by Ms. Ameerah Haq,
the Deputy Special Representative
of the Secretary-General for Sudan,
Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident
Representative. ...Read
full story |
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| Promoting
the Rule of Law in Darfur as a UN
Volunteer |
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El
Geneina, February 2008, West Darfur
is a long way from my home in North
Carolina in the southern part of United
States of America ...Read
full story |
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| RRP
Upper Nile Helps 203 Farmers Expand
Production |
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Khartoum,
13 January 2008, Deng Kak has worked
on the cotton and sunflower commercial
farms for as long as he can remember
...Read
full story |
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| Lesson
on HIV/AIDS Advocacy: Kober Prison Inmate’s
story |
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December
5, 2007, When Amir Suleiman was jailed
at Kober Prison in Khartoum for bankruptcy
last year, he did his best to avoid
contact with the other inmates. But
Amir, a 37-year-old father of three
...Read
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| The
First Gender Task Force in South Kordofan
State: |
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Kadugli,
11 September 2007, This week the first
Ministerial Gender Task Force in South
Kordofan state was established. The
Task Force is composed of 45 civil
servants, 25 of which are women, selected
from nine state ministries, .... Read
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| Three-month
de-mining campaign completed: |
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Khartoum,
July 28 2007, The true extent of the
problems related to landmines and
Explosives Remnants of War (ERW) remains
unknown in Sudan .... Read
full story |
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| UNDP
responds to Floods in Sudan: Early
Recovery Efforts Continue: |
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Khartoum,
August 3 2007, According to Sudanese
Red Crescent assessments, the floods
that had hit Sudan this year is by
far the worst disaster in the last
two decades .... Read
full story |
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| River
Nile State Government Boosts Local
Recovery and Rehabilitation Project
in the region: |
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In mid-July
2007, the River Nile state government
pledged a 30% in-kind contribution
to the Recovery and Rehabilitation
Programmeme (RRP) in Abu Hammed and
Berber localities ... Read
full story |
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| RRP
Advances Modern Medical Treatment
Through Keyala Healthcare Center: |
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Juba, 22
March 2007, Four-year-old Bosco Oliha
was wrestling with his brother at
home when he tumbled to the floor
and fractured his leg. His father,
Sarlino Oliha, carried him 15 kilometers
to the Keyala healthcare center ...
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full story |
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| Volunteers
continue to make a difference in Sudan: |
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Until Thursday
December 7, 623 Sudanese girls, students
of Omer Elmokhtar girls school, one
of Khartoum’s oldest establishments,
were crammed 50 to a classroom...
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full story |
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| Sudanese
women in joint call for greater political
representation : |
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Juba, 12
May 2007, The Samani Hall of the prestigious
Juba University in South Sudan reverberated
with song and dance. More than 700
women filled the hall that has a seating
capacity of only... Read
full story |
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| Puppet
Shows in Southern Sudan: |
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Juba, November
8 2007, In the Wonduruba market in
Southern Sudan, community members
paused and listened as a familiar
song momentarily blocked out the sound
of the every-day hustle and bustle.
It was a song they'd heard before...
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full story |
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| Student
Helps Build the School He Hopes to
Attend: |
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Juba, December
15 2007, Secondary student Paul Zaradia
spends his weekends mixing concrete,
making bricks, and helping to build
the school he hopes to attend in Korera
village in South Kordofan. Paul, who
is 16 years.... Read
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