South Sudan became the world’s youngest country after seceding from Sudan in 2011 and has since struggled to overcome a multitude of challenges. Conflict, climate change and a continuing economic crisis, and the global food crisis, continue to put sufficient, nutritious food out of reach for millions of families. South Sudanese communities are facing a multitude of threats, concerning livelihood, healthcare, education and more. South Sudan ranks 185 out of 189 on the Human Development Index (HDI).
There are many local and international charity organisations in South Sudan Sudan helping those in need by providing them with basic needs such as water, food, clothing, shelter, sanitation or hygiene, and more. Many of these charity organisations rely on donations and volunteers to help reach as many as possible and make a great impact.
Here are some of the leading local and international charity organisations in South Sudan:
Helping Hands of South Sudan
Helping Hands for South Sudan is a nonprofit charity based in Los Gatos, California. Their mission is to make education possible for South Sudan’s children. Due to the South Sudanese Civil War, many of them are orphans and must live as refugees in large camps where conditions are poor and the opportunity to go to school is almost nonexistent. Helping Hands for South Sudan provides scholarships, room and board, school supplies, books and uniforms so they may attend school.
Contact: helpinghandsforsouthsudan@gmail.com
Website: helpinghands4southsudan.org
Social media: Facebook www.facebook.com/helpinghands4southsudan/, Instagram @helpinghands4southsudan
Hope4Sudan
The Hope4Sudan organisation was established in 2007 by founder Lauren Pickens following a missions trip to the country with a small team. It is a multi-faceted ministry that now reaches into Kenya where pockets of South Sudanese students go to continue their education. The Hope4Sudan compound in Kapoeta, South Sudan, is a place of hope for the Toposa tribal villages that surround it. Hope4Sudan establishes compounds with deep water wells, schools, medical clinics, and churches. Hope4Sudan also partners with People to People Ministries to provide feeding and child sponsorship programmes. The ongoing ministry of Hope4Sudan is funded by generous donors who share the vision and commitment of taking hope to the people of South Sudan. There are numerous opportunities for individuals to plug into the ministry whether through praying, giving, or joining a team.
Website: hope4sudan.org
Hope for South Sudan (South Sudan Leadership and Community Development)
Hope for South Sudan’s story began in 1994, with the Lost Boys of South Sudan, who resettled in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Also known as the South Sudanese Leadership & Community Development (SSLCD), it is a non-profit organisation founded in 2004 to promote the health and well-being of South Sudanese villagers through grass roots leadership development and community building in the Mungula and Olua refugee camps in northern Uganda. They focus on empowering women by assisting them through the birth process with birth assistants and supplies as well as supplemental food provision. They promote economic development through a series of self-help coops for food production, soap making, provision of solar power, sewing and embroidering, and micro loans. They also have trained local leaders as peace builders and trauma healers.
Contact: michigan.organizing@gmail.com
Website: www.hopeforsouthsudan.com
Social media: Facebook www.facebook.com/hopeforsouthsudan, Instagram @hopeforsouthsudan
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) South Sudan
The ICRC established a delegation in Juba when the country became independent on 9 July 2011, although the organisation’s operations in South Sudan began in 1986, following the conflict between the Sudanese government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM/A). The ICRC has three sub-delegations in Malakal, Bentiu and Wau, and works in Jonglei and Western Equatoria states. The ICRC works to prevent violations of international humanitarian law and supports hospital and physical-rehabilitation services. The organisation helps conflict-affected communities to survive and become self-sufficient through livelihood support and by improving access to clean water. It also reunites families dispersed by conflict and visits places of detention to support the Republic of South Sudan in adhering to international standards. The ICRC visits places of detention and supports healthcare facilities.
Contact: +211 912 170 275
Website: www.icrc.org/en/where-we-work/africa/south-sudan
Social media: Facebook www.facebook.com/ICRCinSSudan/, Twitter @ICRC_SSudan
International Rescue Committee (IRC) South Sudan
The IRC started working in South Sudan in 1989. With more than 900 full-time staff members, the IRC provides critical primary and reproductive health and nutrition, environmental health, protection and economic recovery and resilience services to increasingly vulnerable internally displaced persons, refugees, returnees and host communities. In addition, the IRC provides essential health services, including reproductive health services, as well as epidemic control, water and sanitation, education and support for survivors of violence. The IRC in South Sudan partners with national and state authorities and local partners to strengthen health systems and support especially displaced populations to obtain durable solutions. The IRC provides vital support to South Sudanese who are struggling to recover from decades of civil war and life-threatening food shortages. The IRC works with communities on peacebuilding projects aimed at conflict reduction and economic recovery. South Sudan is under the IRC’s Crisis Watch as civilians are experiencing record levels of food insecurity.
Contact: +211 920 621 000
Website: www.rescue.org/country/south-sudan
Sudan Relief Fund
Sudan Relief Fund is a non-profit organisation dedicated to bringing food, safe drinking water, clothing, shelter, medical attention and hope to the people of South Sudan. Since 1998, Sudan Relief Fund has made significant progress developing and strengthening the South Sudanese community, but our efforts are far from over. Their mission is to provide peace and hope for the future by alleviating immediate humanitarian concerns and aiding in the development of infrastructure necessary for growth and stability in the world’s youngest nation. The Relief Fund are achieving this by building schools, hospitals, and training programs to help empower and educate the people of South Sudan in order for them to be better able to take control of their own future.
Contact: +1 888 488 0348, info@sudanreliefund.com
Website: sdnrlf.com
Social media: Facebook www.facebook.com/SudanRelief, Twitter @SudanReliefFund, Instagram @sdnrlfund
South Sudan Red Cross
A volunteer led humanitarian organisation–- national society of South Sudan and part of world’s largest network of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies.
Contact: +211 926 255 358, info@southsudanredcross.org
Website: www.ssdredcross.org/
Social media: Facebook www.facebook.com/southsudanredcross/, Twitter @SSRCS
Water for South Sudan
Water for South Sudan began when a Lost Boy, Salva Dut, from a rural village in southwestern Sudan returned home, only to find his father fighting deadly waterborne parasites. Water for South Sudan delivers sustainable quality-of-life services to and with the people of South Sudan by efficiently providing access to clean, safe water, and improving hygiene and sanitation practices in areas of great need.
Contact: +(585) 383-0410
Website: www.waterforsouthsudan.org
Social media: Facebook www.facebook.com/waterforsouthsudan/, Twitter @WaterforSoSudan, Instagram @waterforsouthsudan
Wells for Hope for South Sudan
Founded in 2014, Wells for Hope for South Sudan are a group of volunteers committed to raising funds to build wells to provide clean water to villages in South Sudan. It was inspired by Majok Marier, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan who was relocated to the USA. Majok knew that he needed to do something to give rural villages in South Sudan access to better medical care. He wanted to raise money to build a health clinic, but realised that no clinic could operate without clean water, which was very hard to get in these villages, so he wrote a book about his refugee journey to help raise funds for wells and with his co-author, Estelle Ford-Williamson and a small group of volunteers, formed the non-profit known as Wells for Hope for South Sudan in 2014.
Website: www.wellsforhopeforsouthsudan.org
Social media: Facebook www.facebook.com/seedofsouthsudan/
WFP South Sudan
According to the World Food Programme (WFP), Food insecurity in South Sudan has reached the most extreme levels since independence in 2011. Though famine has eased after a significant scale-up in the humanitarian response, the situation remains dire across the country as two-thirds of the population (7.7 mn people) face severe food insecurity. In South Sudan, WFP provides food assistance, nutrition, livelihood support, school feeding programmes, food system and safety nets, post-harvest losses and common services. WFP is conducting emergency operations in South Sudan to help people affected by the conflict, food insecurity and economic crisis.
Contact: +211 (0) 912 465 581, wfp.southsudan@wfp.org
Website: www.wfp.org/countries/south-sudan
Social media: Twitter @WFP_SouthSudan
UN agencies in South Sudan
IOM South Sudan
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is the leading inter-governmental organisation promoting humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all with a presence in over 100 countries, and supporting 175 member states to improve migration management. IOM works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration to promote international cooperation on migration issues, assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need – refugees, displaced persons or other uprooted people. IOM operates in the four broad areas of migration management: migration and development, facilitating migration, regulating migration, and addressing forced migration. Cross-cutting activities include the promotion of international migration law, policy debate and guidance, protection of migrants’ rights, migration health and the gender dimension of migration. IOM works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners and has had a presence in South Sudan since 2011. IOM’s work in South Sudan focuses on migration management, crisis response, international cooperation and partnerships, and data and resources.
Contact: iomjuba@iom.int
Website: southsudan.iom.int
Social media: Facebook www.facebook.com/iomsouthsudan/, Twitter @IOMSouthSudan, Instagram @iomsouthsudan
UNDP South Sudan
UNDP is the leading United Nations (UN) organisation fighting to end the injustices of poverty, inequality and climate change. Working with a broad network of experts and partners in 170 countries and territories, we help nations to build integrated and lasting solutions for people and planet. UNDP has been working in South Sudan for over 30 years, supporting efforts to achieve sustainable development, building and strengthening resilience to crises and shocks, safeguarding development gains, fostering good governance, building lasting peace, protecting the environment, creating opportunities for empowerment and addressing the legacies of conflict.
Contact: +211 910 401 011, info.ss@undp.org
Website: www.undp.org/south-sudan
Social media: Facebook www.facebook.com/UNDPSouthSudan/, Twitter @undpsouthsudan, Instagram @undpsouthsudan
UNHCR South Sudan
South Sudan hosts some 330,000 refugees and asylum-seekers (mainly from Sudan) and has two million internally displaced persons due to conflict, insecurity and the impact of climate change. In addition, over 500,000 South Sudanese refugees have returned to the country since the signing of the Revitalized Peace Agreement in 2018. South Sudan’s refugee crisis remains the largest in Africa, with over 2.3 million South Sudanese refugees generously hosted in neighbouring countries, mainly Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda. Under the Refugee Coordination Model, UNHCR has built partnerships with governmental, humanitarian, development and peacebuilding actors to provide multisectoral assistance. This includes protection, education and livelihood support to refugees, IDPs, returnees and their hosting communities in seven states in South Sudan. UNHCR is working towards development-focused solutions for refugees and returnees. South Sudan continues to be on the frontline of today’s climate crisis and has been heavily impacted by flooding and food insecurity. Find more information on UNHCR’s South Sudan emergency page.
For information about UNHCR’s work in South Sudan:
Website: www.unhcr.org/south-sudan
Social media: Facebook www.facebook.com/SouthSudanUNHCR/, Twitter @UNHCRSouthSudan
UNICEF South Sudan
South Sudan has one of the highest under-five mortality rates in the world. Many mothers die from lack of basic medicines and care. UNICEF is working with the government and its partners to support access to basic health services for children and women.
UNICEF has been in South Sudan since 1989 when Southern Sudan was part of Sudan. Under a ‘One Country, Two Areas Programme’ approach, UNICEF worked for children in what is now the world’s newest country. The current country office was established at the time of South Sudan’s independence in July 2011. UNICEF currently has 13 field and zonal offices throughout South Sudan enabling UNICEF to deliver life-saving services to all corners of the country, despite the poor infrastructure.
Contact: +211 912 176 145
Website: www.unicef.org/southsudan/
Social media: Facebook www.facebook.com/unicefsouthsudan/, Twitter @unicefssudan, Instagram @unicefssudan
Other non-profit organisations providing aid in Sudan:
CAFOD
In 2015, CAFOD merged their operations in South Sudan with those of Trocaire, their sister agency in Ireland to increase programme scale and impact, while reducing administration and support costs. CAFOD and Trocaire both have a long history of working in South Sudan through church and non-church partners who support vulnerable people of any or no faith.
CAFOD supports families with crop production through provision of seeds, tools, and training in climate-friendly agricultural practices; provides food and essential household goods to people who have returned or been displaced by conflict or climatic pressures such as floods; provides safe water for communities, installing and fixing water pumps; and promotes justice and peace, working with church partners to bring communities together for non-violent resolution to conflict.
In the UK, they continue to campaign for the British government to help maintain long-term peace and development in South Sudan.
For more information or donations, visit CAFOD’s website.
CARE International
CARE International has been working in the now independent South Sudan since the 1970s. In 1993, we responded to famine by providing humanitarian relief to internally displaced people in Western Equatoria. The signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005 allowed CARE South Sudan to expand into Jonglei and Upper Nile States to support returnees from the refugee camps, and we have since broadened operations to include health, nutrition, food security and livelihoods, peacebuilding, and gender-based violence prevention.
For more information or to donate, visit the CARE website.
Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
CRS helps feed hungry people affected by poor rains and ongoing conflict. The organisation works with community members to improve water and hygiene systems. CRS collaborates with the Catholic Church and other organisations to support peacebuilding and reconciliation in this fractured nation. But this work cannot be done without you. When you donate to CRS, you do it all. You help families eat during war and drought. You teach life-changing hygiene habits. You work to heal communities seemingly broken by violence and tension. In South Sudan, CRS’s work focuses on several areas, including disaster response, agriculture, water and sanitation, and peacebuilding.
For more information or to donate, visit the CRS website.
Islamic Relief
As part of Sudan, it endured decades of civil war and conflict – which displaced millions of people and stunted much-needed development. This has continued since independence in 2011. Civil war broke out in December 2013 and since that time, more than 50,000 people have been killed and more than 3.5 mn people have been forced from their homes, despite a ceasefire being declared in 2015. The UN has stated that the conflict has caused the biggest refugee crisis in Africa, and hunger and malnutrition have reached unprecedented levels. Currently, Islamic Relief has two offices in South Sudan. Their Central Equatoria State office is located in Juba, whilst our Tonj North County office is based in Warrap. Islamic Relief is providing emergency food and water and sanitation for displaced people in Bahr el Ghazal and Central Equatoria and people affected by the drought and the conflict in Eastern Equatoria. In areas where it is more stable, such as Terekeka in Equatoria, Islamic Relief is helping people to improve their livelihoods through farming.
For more information or donations, visit the Islamic Relief website.
Save the Children
Save the Children worked in South Sudan prior to its independence in 2011, and remains a leading charity for children’s humanitarian relief and development. In fact, Save the Children is one of the nation’s focal point for family tracing and reunification, launching innovative approaches, as well as the lead health and nutrition provider in several South Sudanese states. Save the Children provides South Sudan’s children with access to education, health care and nutrition support, as well as families with food security and livelihoods assistance. Their child protection programmes support vulnerable children including former child soldiers and those affected by violence and displacement. In a country affected by regular outbreaks of conflict, food shortages and natural disasters such as floods, Save the Children responds to the needs of children and their families.
For more information or to donate, visit the Save the Children website.
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