The Sahel Alliance

SOS 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.  We currently collaborate on a long-term programme entitled Securing Pastoralism in East and West Africa: Protecting and Promoting Livestock Mobility.  Both SOS Sahel UK and IIED also 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, our Kenya programme will be managed under the aegis of IIED.

Excellent Development

Excellent Development supports farmers in Africa to gain access to clean water and grow enough food to eat and sell.  It also works with development organisations, such as SOS Sahel UK, to apply the development model and technologies it uses to reach an even greater number of beneficiaries.  In Sudan, Excellent Development is supporting SOS Sahel UK’s water supply programme, in particular the introduction of sand dam technology to the Kordofan region, where it will help reduce conflict as well as poverty.  For more information, click here.

Skillshare International

Skillshare International is an international volunteering and development organisation working to reduce poverty, injustice and inequality and to further economic and social development in partnership with people and communities throughout the world.  It does this by sharing and developing skills and ideas, facilitating organisational and social change and building awareness of development issues.  SOS Sahel UK and Skillshare have entered into a strategic partnership, sharing information and expertise and providing targeted support to SOS Sahel Sudan.

OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER
Ministry of State for Development of Northern Kenya and Other Arid Lands

The new Ministry for Development of Northern Kenya & Other Arid Lands was created by the Coalition Government in Kenya in April 2008 and is a landmark in the government's efforts to tackle inequality in its dry regions. Upon request from the Hon. Mohamed Elmi, the new Minister, SOS Sahel UK seconded Izzy Birch as Advisor to the Minister from June 2008. We are also working with the Government of Kenya to support the education sector, in particular access to appropriate education for nomadic pastoralists.

Arid Lands Development Focus (ALDEF)

ALDEF is a Kenyan NGO based in Wajir whose aim is to support pastoral communities by promoting livelihood and food security, ensuring the provision of basic social services and enhancing equity. SOS Sahel UK is working with ALDEF to help pastoralists in Wajir to evaluate their future development options and share their aspirations with district government.

Pastoral Integrated Support Programme (PISP)

PISP is an intermediary, local Non-Governmental Organisation based in the Marsabit District of northern Kenya. Initiated in 1996, PISP started working with pastoral communities and their traditional Ya'a councils (which govern the social/cultural aspects of the wider Gabra community) to reduce nomadic household poverty by establishing sustainable water access within the District.