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\u2018Any child is everyone\u2019s child,\u2019 one Sudanese proverb goes. \u2018None of us is safe until all of us are safe\u2019 might be a timely interpretation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In Sudan, UNDP is working with trusted local partners to respond and rebuild better as the ongoing pandemic threatens to reverse decades of progress in tackling poverty and inequality.<\/p>\n
Coordinating with health authorities and others, Sudanese community groups and networks \u2014operating in eight languages \u2014 are partnering with UNDP to ensure at-risk groups including internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugees, and migrants, with untapped skills and huge unmet basic needs, aren\u2019t left even further behind.<\/p>\n
\u2018We have a great responsibility to our community, especially regarding health,\u2019 Fadlalla Mohamed Gabriel, leader of a community network in Sudan\u2019s southern White Nile state.<\/p>\n
Even before COVID-19, the Sudanese economy was stressed and spiraling downward, suffering from structural trade and fiscal deficits, widespread poverty, high inflation, limited infrastructure and basic services, and regressive taxes. Nearly 2 million people remain internally displaced, living in dire conditions, while the country also hosts more than 1.1 million refugees and migrants. UNDP\u2019s socio-economic impact assessment projects worsening hardship as a result of the pandemic, with incomes lost, exports reduced, and oil prices sharply lowered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Responsible local leadership can bridge the gap in addressing needs, mitigating conflict, and managing projects and resources. Donor support has allowed UNDP to establish more than 150 community management committees, peace committees, natural resource groups, police networks, volunteer groups, and other organizations across 12 states.<\/p>\n
In Khartoum\u2019s impoverished Mayo district, 60,000 people have been safely provided information or supplies door-to-door, at gathering places, and at facilities such as police stations. In Darfur and elsewhere, local networks have canvassed hubs\u2014government offices, prisons, water collection points, courts, markets, IDP camps, and justice and human rights centers.<\/p>\n
\u2018This assistance is possible due to the flexibility of our international partners,\u2019 UNDP Sudan\u2019s Resident Representative Selva Ramachandran said. \u2018This has allowed communities to quickly tackle COVID-19 and meet pressing health needs.\u2019<\/p>\n
Support from Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, and Italy has allowed community networks to connect with urban populations, rural settlements, temporary refugee and IDP camps, and conflict-impacted areas.<\/p>\n
Partnership between UNAMID \u2014 the United Nations\u2013African Union Mission in Darfur\u2014 and UN agencies has also provided\u00a0US$1.9 million of dedicated funds<\/a>\u00a0for health and hygiene supplies, medical equipment, and health system improvements\u2014ensuring that much-needed information reaches at-risk communities.<\/p>\n Key facts<\/strong><\/p>\n – Across Sudan, UNDP has established more than 150 community management committees, peace committees, farming and water management groups, legal networks, and youth and police volunteer groups.<\/p>\n – These groups are working together in multiple states in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Together, they have reached tens of thousands of people, distributing thousands of flyers, posters, and health and hygiene supplies.<\/p>\n – Safety remains top priority for community outreach. Volunteers have provided extensive briefings, along with masks, gloves, and sanitizing products.<\/p>\n – Support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), the Governments of Norway and the Netherlands, Swiss Development Cooperation, and Italian Development Cooperation has been reallocated to address COVID-19. UNAMID\u2019s State Liaison Function has also contributed to COVID-19 response in Darfur.<\/p>\n Distributed by APO Group on behalf of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).<\/i> \u2018Any child is everyone\u2019s child,\u2019 one Sudanese proverb goes. \u2018None of us is safe until all of us are safe\u2019 might be a timely interpretation. In Sudan, UNDP is working with trusted local partners to respond and rebuild better as the ongoing pandemic threatens to reverse decades of progress in tackling poverty and inequality. Coordinating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":50462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1595165488_570_418.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[252],"tags":[258,256,302,5707,4696,4689,303,7963,32489,32926,5989,4345,4381,4301,257,7715,254,4708,1801,7866],"class_list":["post-50461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-central-african-republic","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-car","tag-car-news","tag-central-africa","tag-central-african-republic","tag-central-african-republic-news","tag-community","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid19","tag-development","tag-fight","tag-leaders","tag-nations","tag-news","tag-programme","tag-south-africa-today","tag-sudan","tag-undp","tag-united"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1595165488_570_418.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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