Complying with the MDGs, HAD deals with education as a main constituent of its strategy. Apart from the fact that most of the areas where HAD is operating lack the basic development and stability, educational institutions in these areas are completely destroyed, with school boys and girls displaced in the company of their displaced families.
Amid such appalling conditions HAD started working among IDPs in Nuba Mountains in western Sudan. It constructed, using local building materials, schools as well as early learning centres. It supplied a school meal and teaching materials. Integrating its efforts with local authorities’ and civil society efforts, HAD’s educational efforts resulted in a significant new reality in the area.
From IDPs camps to war stricken towns and rural areas in southern Sudan, HAD also opened computer learning centres, vocational training centres, primary schools and early learning centres in Terkaka, Awil and Bantiu. It also targeted nomadic people by opening nomads schools in Terkaka in southern Sudan and Mayram, Tadama, Abyei and Um Balayil in western Kordofan. Now well over 74 schools where 18894 school children receive schooling.
In Yemen HAD has similar pre-school education and is active in providing financial assistance to poor school children. In other African countries HAD pays a special attention to teaching languages such as English and Arabic in language centres in Chad, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and Nigeria. This is taking place through partnership with reputed academic and learning institutions such as ASSECO, Khartoum International Institute for Teaching Arabic for Non-Arabic Speakers, Addis Ababa’s International Linguistic Centre, University of Maiduguri (Nigeria), Africa International University (Sudan) and the Kenyan Teachers Training Institute.
Every year over 1000 students join these institutes, where improved teaching methods and scientific research is undertaken by experienced educationalists.
Veterinary Care Challenges:
Many challenges still make the provision of veterinary care services rather difficult. Among others, the following are some challenges in this respect:
a. Lack of NGOs’ focusing on veterinary care provision.
b. Post war land mines and unexploded ammunitions.
c. Cross national border animal diseases.
d. Lack of sufficient information on livestock.
Many challenges still make the provision of veterinary care services rather difficult. Among others, the following are some challenges in this respect:
a. Lack of NGOs’ focusing on veterinary care provision.
b. Post war land mines and unexploded ammunitions.
c. Cross national border animal diseases.
d. Lack of sufficient information on livestock.
Results and Hopes:
Plagued with challenges such as the ones mentioned above, yet there are some good news. Partnership between the Government of Sudan and International NGOs has ended up with declaring the Sudan as free from cattle plague.
Plagued with challenges such as the ones mentioned above, yet there are some good news. Partnership between the Government of Sudan and International NGOs has ended up with declaring the Sudan as free from cattle plague.