Organisation

Sudan Social Development Organization (SUDO) Initiatives :

Peacebuilding initiatives in Darfur
Peacebuilding and water services

Established In: April 2001

Level of Operation:

National, Regional

Number of People Involved:

10-25

Contact Details:

N.O. 17 Block 4
Al Sajanah
Khartoum - Sudan

P.O. Box 11926
Khartoum 11000 - Sudan

Telephone: +249 183 494977 / 83494976 / 8348133
Fax: +249 13 32 90 34

E-mail: info@sudosudan.org
A Karroag, Programme Director: karroag@sudosudan.org
Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, Chair: mudawi@sudosudan.org

Web Links :

http://www.sudosudan.org

Date Added: July 2006
Last Reviewed: March 2006
Last Updated: March 2006

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Sudan Social Development Organization (SUDO)

SUDO seeks to promote peace and development in Sudan with an emphasis on human rights, through a series of peace conferences, training sessions and development projects.

Overview

SUDO is an independent, non-governmental, non-partisan and non-profit organisation dedicated to the promotion and the protection of human rights, peacebuilding and development. Registered according to the Humanitarian Aid Commission Act on April 21, 2001, it is recognised as a non-governmental organisation. SUDO is a national Sudanese organisation actively involved in human rights advocacy projects, peacebuilding and provision of basic services needed for the affected and needy people wherever they are in the country.

SUDO believes that poverty and need are among the root causes of conflict and war in Sudan and elsewhere in the world. SUDO accordingly aims to support the creation of local capacity at grassroots level, particularly emphasising the most vulnerable in remote rural communities. In all SUDO’s work there is a strong emphasis on the defence of human rights. SUDO’s objectives include:

a range of development goals (poverty alleviation, provision of basic needs, sustainable development, literacy);
the dissemination and spreading of a culture of peace, to enable conflicts to be managed and solved peacefully;
contribution to the establishment of a human rights culture through education, training, research and lobbying.

SUDO has convened conferences to peacefully resolve inter-clan disputes over water and other issues; provided training to women and young people to promote peace within the IDP camps around Khartoum; and has established a kindergarten and supports a school designed to promote good inter-ethnic relations.

What services are provided?

Conflict resolution training, advocacy, human rights monitoring, organising peace conferences.

Funding resources

Norwegian Church Aid (NCA), Trocaire, ACT/Caritas,
Kids For Kids, SudanAid, Concern, French Embassy,
British Embassy, UNDP.

Organisation