Sudan
Photo: Miguel Samper for Mercy Corps
In the country's semi-autonomous south, we're building a network of local organizations that are helping their communities rebound from Africa's longest civil war.
These organizations are filling essential social-service needs by teaching adult literacy, caring for orphaned children and offering HIV/AIDS counseling, among others. Combined with Mercy Corps programs to build roads and community centers, electrify village markets and expand opportunities for farmers, we're laying the groundwork for long-lasting peace. More than 69,000 in southern Sudan benefit directly from our work.
Until early March, when the Government of Sudan revoked its registration in north Sudan, Mercy Corps also aided 200,000 Darfurians displaced from their homes by violence — by keeping camps clean, training health promoters, building and supplying schools, and providing skills training to women and other vulnerable people. Mercy Corps is appealing the decision.
Special Report: The Pursuit of Peace ›
In one of the world's most troubled countries, Mercy Corps is sustaining Darfuris displaced by the conflict while strengthening the fragile peace between north and south in the places considered most critical to lasting tranquility
Blog Post: A week of firsts ›
Over the past week, I took my first UN flight. Landed on my first dirt runway. Saw my first portable control tower. Got my first glimpse of rural Africa.
Blog Post: Images ›
There are
Images painted right in the core of your mind,
No camera can take, nor video rewind
Blog Post: Celebrating peace dividends in Sudan ›
Topics: Peaceful Change, Civil Society, Citizen Involvement
Last month marked five years after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in Sudan.
Blog Post: Merging forces for change as nominations begin in Sudan ›
Topics: Peaceful Change, Governance, Civil Society, Citizen Involvement
Efforts by civil society organisations are pointing to a people’s determination to partake in a defining moment in their lives here in Sudan: the country's upcoming elections.
Blog Post: Making voter education matter ›
Topics: Peaceful Change, Governance, Civil Society, Citizen Involvement
Introducing voter education mechanisms in a community ravaged by war and internal strife is as challenging as it is exciting.
Blog Post: Sharing what little we have ›
Topics: Education, Peaceful Change
Peer-to-peer knowledge sharing has reaped notable results in adult learning in Sudan.
Blog Post: Sustainable civil society in Sudan ›
Topics: Social Innovations, Civil Society, Citizen Involvement
The success of our initiatives in Sudan will come from the creation of self-sustaining local organisations that provide hope and support to Sudanese communities.
Blog Post: Renewing Sudan's farmlands ›
Topics: Conflict & War, Agriculture
“It’s the demining guys,” I say to Hakim as we both look ahead to find the road barricaded by a rope with signs that read “Stay on the tracks.”
Blog Post: Making words count for everybody ›
Topics: Civil Society, Citizen Involvement
Mercy Corps Sudan staffer Jameson Gadzirai writes that we need to do a better job of giving semi-literate communities access to helpful information.

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