With the exception of Sudan, where we implement a programme on the ground, SOS Sahel UK prefers to support the work of African-led organisations (currently in Niger, Mali, Ethiopia and Kenya).
 |
The Sahel AllianceSOS Sahel UK is committed to the principle of African-led development and in 2006 we successfully transformed from a conventional UK-based international charity with offices in Africa to working in partnership in a regional alliance with the now-independent African organisations that were our once-dependent country offices (SOS Sahel Ethiopia, Sahel ECO in Mali, CRAC-GRN in Niger and the Meru Dryland Farming Programme in Kenya). With our programme team in Sudan, we continue to work alongside these young African organisations, learning from and supporting each other where needed. Members of the Sahel Alliance collaborate on issues of common business as and when opportunities arise.
|
||
|
International Institute for Environment & Development (IIED)SOS Sahel UK has long-established links with IIED, an independent international research organisation. Both SOS Sahel UK and IIED contribute to the Global Water Initiative, a multi-agency partnership involving organisations working in 13 countries in West Africa, East Africa and Central America. From November 2009 to September 2010, our Kenya programme was managed under the aegis of IIED; it is now under the jurisdiction of the Ministry for Northern Kenya and Other Arid Lands.
|
||
|
