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NEF maintains an office in Khartoum with six staff members. It is has a general registration with the Government of Sudan to operate throughout the country, as well as a general license from the US Department of Treasury to conduct its activities in Sudan.
1) Internally Displaced Communities: Sudan's internal conflicts have forced an estimated two million people to flee to urban and peri-urban settlements in greater Khartoum. They receive few if any public services, such as running water, health care, education, and most survive on low-paying day labor.
Dar Al-Salaam Al-Rabwa: In this 30,000-member community approximately 40 kilometers from Khartoum, NEF built a health clinic in 2004 with support from the Packard Foundation and in 2006 added a maternity ward with support from the Population Council. Previously, there was no health care available in the community. The clinic, which NEF operates in partnership with the Ministry of Health, provides pre- and post-natal care, primary care, maternity services and health awareness. NEF also supports the Tagwa primary school, the Tawheed pre-school and the Awatif women's literacy program, all founded and operated by local residents. NEF has assisted community leaders in registering their own NGO, Zad El-Kheir, which NEF is training to assume management of the health clinic and NEF's other programs.
Soba: in this community of 35,000 in Khartoum, NEF supports five local NGO's providing primary and adult education, microcredit and services for the disabled. NEF is helping these NGO's organize into a network to strengthen their resources.
2) Community-Managed Credit. Since 2002, NEF has organized communities in northern Sudan and Khartoum, to provide microcredit to individuals starting or developing businesses, such as water delivery and handicrafts. NEF's program has provided 1,000 loans per year in each of 10 communities.
NEF's History in Sudan
NEF has worked in Sudan continuously since 1978 in the north, center and west (Darfur). Throughout the 1980s, NEF implemented rural development initiatives in partnership with local organizations to improve nutrition and supplement incomes. Since the early 1990s, NEF has provided training and technical assistance to help organizations in western Sudan bring basic health care, medicines, and clean drinking water to isolated areas and revitalize fish farming along the Blue Nile in the north of the country.
NEF works in cooperation with a variety of local and international partners, including Sudanese universities, local NGOs, international donors, UN agencies, government agencies and provincial governors. In particular, NEF has worked to build local capacity, having trained nearly two thousand local development professionals, volunteers, and community leaders in practice-oriented workshops since 1992.
Latest Reports From the Field:
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Reports From the Field ; Sudan - Monday, March 03, 2008
On The Road with NEF President in Sudan
In February 2008, NEF President Alexander Papachristou visited the NEF office and projects in Sudan. In light of the continuing crisis in Darfur and the increasing population of internally displaced Sudanese in and around Khartoum, he met with NEF Sudan finance manager Musa Gismallah and administrative manager Mohamed Ali to review NEF's programs. NEF plans to hire a program manager to expand its current activities in Sudan and Mr. Papachristou interviewed candidates for this position.
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Reports From the Field ; Sudan ; USA - Thursday, August 09, 2007
'Lost Boy of Sudan' Inspires U. of Arizona Episcopal Campus Ministry Contribution
"David" says he is "doing good" with a summer school class that keeps this mathematics major busy as he enters his senior year at the University of Arizona in Tucson. For their part, the university community is "fortunate" to have him in their midst, according to the Rev. James Strader, Acting Episcopal Chaplain.
He sent NEF (Near East Foundation) a check for the El Tagwa School in the squatter community outside of Khartoum where our current Sudan development activities are centered. The ... (more) |
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Reports From the Field ; Sudan - Monday, July 23, 2007
Despite Rain, 'Jam For Sudan' Helps Raise $3,000+ For Sudan Squatter Settlement School
Founded in 1851, St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Oxford, Mississippi, which boasts Nobel laureate William Faulkner among its past distinguished members, has yet more to be proud of these days. The following letter by Wil Oakes, a lay minister at the church, on behalf of the youth and entire church family at St. Peters so eloquently explains why.
"I am very excited to be writing to you on behalf of the youth of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Oxford, Mississippi. We've been thinking a ... (more) |
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Reports From the Field ; Sudan - Monday, July 23, 2007
NEF's Flourishing Alumni Association--Introducing Philip Deng
Philip Deng's story illustrates NEF's (Near East Foundation) good sense in who we hire and nurture--and what is most promising in our approach to international development. Rather than emphasizing handouts or direct assistance (admittedly sometimes needed), NEF works to provide people in need with information and opportunities to develop themselves and their futures. Philip took full advantage of both, built upon them, and has achieved a rich and fulfilling life of service in the process. Bot ... (more) |
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Reports From the Field ; Sudan ; Iraq - Tuesday, May 29, 2007
With the Help of NEF's Partners & Friends--Millions in Medical Supplies for the World's Neediest
Thanks to the continuing partnership between NEF (Near East Foundation) and other partner organizations, and they strong link to Canada-based Health Partners International, people in places like Sudan, Iraq, and the Palestinian Territories have received over $20 million worth of medical aid packages and the gifts of healing, hope, and life itself they contain.
"It's a warm and productive partnership that we all have enjoyed for many years as an international team," commented Roger Hardister, ... (more) |
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