Sudan
Sustainable Livelihoods and Mine Action (SLAM)
Where:
Central and Western Equatoria, South Sudan
Who:
This project is implemented through a partnership between CHF, Mines Advisory Group, and Operation Save Innocent Lives (OSIL)
Funded by:
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Purpose:
The SLAM project aims to promote improved and equitable development opportunities for conflict affected communities in the Western and Central Equatoria states of Southern Sudan.
Situation:
Decades of civil war and mass displacement have had a significant effect on Southern Sudan, devastating the region’s fragile livelihoods systems and leaving the states heavily contaminated with landmines and other explosive remnants of war (ERW). The signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in January of 2005 has paved the way for renewed efforts to remove these explosive legacies of war, rebuild the country and promote sustainable livelihoods and development.
Objectives:
The Project addresses the safety, sustainable livelihoods and development issues posed by landmines and ERW in Central and Western Equatoria by clearing landmines and working with affected communities to develop and implement sustainable livelihoods strategies.
Through the unique integration of Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA), comprised of technical mine clearance and mine risk education, as well as livelihoods interventions and capacity development, the project promotes sustainable development. The capacity development component of the project is aimed at strengthening the capacity of OSIL, a local NGO, to gradually assume the responsibility for independently undertaking the HMA and sustainable livelihoods interventions in project areas.
It is anticipated that over 150,000 beneficiaries, including conflict-affected returnees entering and passing through Central and Western Equatoria, will be reached by the project’s mine clearance and mine risk education activities. In addition, the project’s work in improving sustainable livelihoods will have a direct affect on approximately 1,000 households.
Sustaining Peace and Enhancing Livelihoods in Southern Sudan (SPELS)
Where:
Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan
Who:
Who: CHF, Women Development Group (WDG) and Christian
Mission Aid (CMA)
Funded by:
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Purpose:
To contribute to the human security and peace-building efforts in communities in southern Sudan.
Situation:
A 21-year-old conflict in the Sudan — representing Africa's longest civil war — killed an estimated two million people, mainly through famine and disease, and displaced four million people in southern Sudan. In January 2005, Sudan's government and southern rebels signed a historic deal, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, to finally bring an end to the civil war.
The state of Bahr el Ghazal in South Sudan was particularly devastated by the conflict, and now suffers from widespread poverty and dependence on food aid. Simultaneously, Bahr el Ghazal is confronting the return of an estimated two million internally displaced persons and refugees.
Objectives:
In order to help communities in Bahr el Ghazal deal with the serious challenges facing them, CHF is partnering with Women Development Group (WDG), a local Sudanese organization. Established in 2000, WDG supports food security, peace building and income generation projects for the people of South Sudan. CHF is also working with Christian Mission Aid Kenya (CMA), particularly in the area of peace building.
- Building on CHF’s peace-building work in southern Sudan over the past six years, the three-year project focuses on improving food security and livelihoods, combined with conflict prevention and the re-integration of refugees and internally displaced persons.
- Approximately 250,000 community members of Wau (Western Bahr-el-Gazal) and Juaibor (Jonglei) will benefit directly from the SPELS Project, as well as the approximately 400,000 to 600,000 internally displaced persons and refugees expected to return to Wau.
- The project is working to enhance the capacity of its local partner, WDG, to more effectively engage local communities in peacebuilding and sustainable livelihoods activities.
- In Jonglei, the project is working to strengthen CMA’s capacity to integrate sustainable livelihoods with its peace building and health activities, and to support the development of one or more community-based organizations.