Children Aid South Sudan

Children Aid is National Non-Governmental, not for profit Organization founded by the group of south Sudanese expertise in Health, Education, Gender equality, Livelihood and Agriculture; to address the problems of south Sudan humanitarian situation based on the practical experience seen in the community by the founding members. Children Aid contribution is towards improving the health status of the communities with emphasis on children and women, reduce and eliminate absolute poverty, illiteracy and social inequalities in the south Sudan society. We explores the community and help them solves their own problems using their local initiative. 

Aims:

To assist vulnerable community to realize their full potential, by supporting and strengthening local institutions and community members to respond effectively to the impact of Health, Education, Agricultural, gender equality and social-economic challenges.

OUR MAIN PURPOSE

·         Promote the advancement of quality Health services among the vulnerable community especially children and women, and set and support health facilities and programs which will promote the health of venerable children especially those one suffering or at risk of HIV/AIDS.

·         Promote the advancement of quality Education among the vulnerable community including adults and run the schools on a non-profit basis for the purpose of educating those disadvantaged children who could not otherwise attend school.

·         Ensures that resources for intervention that benefit vulnerable community such as refugee and IDPs are mobilized and efficiently utilized.

·         Ensure the capacity of duty bearers’ vulnerable community are enhanced to provide quality services.

·         Organizes and hold activities and events related to children issues and vulnerable community

·         Enhance scholarship program for vulnerable children within the Community.

·         Work with other partner organizations in addressing vulnerable community’s needs.
     Help to promote and empower women in the society and ensure that their rights are promoted and equality granted

Our vision

“Is a community in which every vulnerable person receives quality services for empowerment and development that lead to sustainability.”

Our mission

Is to inspire breakthroughs in the way vulnerable community are treated.

Our core values are:

Accountability:

We take personal responsibility for using our resources efficiently, achieving measurable results, and being accountable to supporters, partners and, most of all, children and women and their vulnerable community.

Volunteerism: 

Volunteerism is the heart and soul of our organization.  We appreciate the myriad contributions of our volunteers, and recognize the power of “thank you.”  We value the power of good that volunteers can achieve. We seek to promote and encourage volunteerism among our stakeholders and the children and Youth we serve. 

Respect for Children and vulnerable community:

We believe that children and youth are our most precious resources. We believe in an approach to vulnerable community development that builds assets and empowers individuals. We foster leadership, engaging children and vulnerable community to give service and make decisions in a democratic society.

Our programs

PROVISION OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION SERVICES TO VULNERABLE COMMUNITY

Our services covers health and nutrition in emergency and support of primary health carein south Sudan. Along with medical and Nutritional services offered for patients, the project is focusing on training and giving technical support to the workers especially at emergency. To build strong community health councils that is supervising primary health care activities in cooperation with local government. This is seen as a crucial key to sustain and establish a continuation of the programs.

PROVISION OF EMERGENCY AND IMPROVED ACCESS TO EDUCATION FOR VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN SOUTH SUDAN.
The Management Team believes that education is a fundamental right for children and that through basic education a community can begin to develop and its people can be empowered to improve their quality of life. So even in emergency situation, children needs to be provided education and enough child spacing in order to provide them the enough space for playing and developing.

At present the Project aims to support child spacing in the IDPs, and provision of education in emergencies. We support both the children and adult literacy especially among women.

PROVISION OF SOCIAL SUPPORT TO VULNERABLE FAMILIES IN EMERGENCY

Social support covers a wide range of activities, including; distributing clothes, blankets, mosquito nets, food and assisting families to receive medical attention.

4. Help to promote and empower women in the society and ensure that their rights are promoted and equality granted.

Gender based violent is on rampage. As such, many women suffer homelessness and financial loss. To make a positive change in women life, Children Aid advocates and try to prevent GBV through educating women to know their right and try to speak out for their right.  Children Aid educates women on budgeting, how to save, understanding their finances--and how to focus on their dreams and goals, this help empower them.

We treat Children and their mothers

Provision of Health and Nutrition Services to the Vulnerable community

Our services covers health and nutrition in emergency and support of primary health care in south Sudan. Along with medical and Nutritional services offered for patients, the project is focusing on training and giving technical support to the workers especially at emergency. To build strong community health councils that is supervising primary health care activities in cooperation with local government. This is seen as a crucial key to sustain and establish a continuation of the programs.

We Empower Women

We talk to the community members especially women in order to probe into their major problems and find out the solution locally. we help them to make decision and give them preventive messages into the public health problems and gender issues.

Children Aid Education Program

Education is a fundamental human right for children. Children Aid as an organization has taken the chance for giving education to the vulnerable children and other adults in the community who had missed the opportunity to achieve it.

Adult Literacy

We have adult literacy program which is dealing mainly with the women. We empower women through this program, teaching them how to read and write; whereby scholastic materials such as books, pens, charts, manila papers, pencils, rulers, files etc are provided. We give them business courses which give them opportunity of running small scale businesses. These businesses empower them and help them support themselves and their families. We integrated courses of gender equality and women empowerment into these courses, this helps them to advocate for their rights and avoid Gender Based Violence which is very common in south Sudan. We work with various institutions such as churches, community groups, market vendors and schools. The parent educators oversee the progress of the project in the various locations of our operations.

During emergency, Children Aid sits with women and talks on how to take care of their situations and educate them on family basic education; since the children may not have the chance to access schools and therefore when the women get the adult education they pass the knowledge to the children and teach them how to read and write.

School going children

Children Aid deals with this group in various way, we provide scholastic materials to the vulnerable children. This helps the children to get back to school. We also pay school fees of the most disadvantaged children. We provide counseling and guidance to the children and their parents so that they continue going to school. We provide text books to schools, health education on STDs, health promotion and hygiene especially to girls through the provision sanitary facilities. We also provide girls peer pressure group education which ensures that the girls stay longer in school and achieve their dreams as well as establish self esteem in them.

In the emergency situations, Children Aid provide child space to the IDPs where children get a space for playing, we also provide education in emergency to all the children. Children Aid knows that in spite of the situation or condition, education remains the right of children which they have to receive for their full growth and development. 

Tertiary institution

To the tertiary institutions, Children Aid supplies stationary (text books) to enhance learning. We promote health and hygiene through health education which can be done through formation of school clubs contributing to change hygiene behaviors both in schools and homes providing hygiene equipment.