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Sudan
"The view that pastoralism is damaging to the environment is changing in Sudan. Pastoralism as a livelihood strategy is now widely appreciated for looking after the fragile Sahelian environment. SOS Sahel has been at the forefront of promoting this change".
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Since it was established in 1985 as SOS Sahel International UK/SAHEL has mainly worked in three areas:
North Kordofan State
Khor Arbaat in Red Sea State
Shendi, Dammar and Lower Atbara in Nile State
Working closely with:
Ministry of Agriculture and government departments.
Many other development organisations including Oxfam, Ockenden International, and World Food Programme.
Local partners are community organisations and their umbrella unions.
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 Download strategy paper [Word document, 250kB]
Work and Achievements
North Kordofan - intensifying small holder agriculture; protecting grazing areas; piloting community forest management and replicating it widely; strengthening local associations. Construction of 11 water reservoirs (hafirs), largely built with World Food Programme resources; reafforestation of 90,000 feddans of land; strengthening the livelihood resource base of 32, 000 people through community forest management; setting up of 14 community forestry associations; half of association members are women.
Khor Arbaat - supporting producers associations, increasing cultivated areas through small scale irrigation from 2,000 to 5,000 feddans, integrating the programme support to small scale farmers into the Ministry of Agriculture. Establishment of a local development union of 500 farmers (more than 50% women); establishment of womens development centres and revolving loan funds; literacy classes for women.
Shendi, Dammer and Lower Atbara - Womens Forestry Programme (1998 to 2001) trained 5,000 women in 30 villages and children in 30 schools; strengthening womens skills and economic resource base for 30,000 people in the project area. The largest impact was in increasing womens confidence. An independent evaluation found the women proud to be contributing to fighting against desertification and discovering new possibilities in themselves.
Future Strategies, Context of Sudan
Since 1990 many international agencies and much international funding have withdrawn from Sudan. Severe economic difficulties and civil war in the South have made long term development difficult to maintain. But forestry and environment are concerns which cannot be easily put down and picked up again. With momentum towards a peace settlement and international recognition, SAHEL’s experience and plans for work in legal reform and conflict resolution are in demand, and are being applied by UNDP as part of its peace building programme.
Links to our partners in Sudan:
www.ockenden.org.uk
www.acord.org.uk
www.undp.org
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