A better life for women and girls
Poverty, marginalisation, traditions and customs together with gender blind plans and policies contribute to gender inequality in Sudan. Women and girls are traditionally responsible of all domestic...
View ArticleA step forward for women’s empowerment
Livestock Epidemic Surveillance Programme (LESP) , funded by the European Community aims to improve awareness and skills of rural livestock producers and other stakeholders in animal health and...
View ArticleBetter veterinary services in remote areas
The Livestock Epidemio Surveillance Programme for Eastern Sudan (LESP-ES) aims to establish effective epidemio-surveillance and control of trans-boundary animal diseases and priority diseases and link...
View ArticleNew animal vaccination and inspection facilities in Kassala
The administration of quarantine and meat inspection in Sudan lies with the Federal Ministry of Animal Resources. Because of the density and diversity of animal wealth in the eastern sector of Sudan...
View ArticleVeterinary checkpoints in Kassala
The three states of eastern Sudan, Kassala, Gadarif and Red Sea, are among the poorest in Sudan. Chronic poverty and food insecurity is widespread. More than two thirds of the region’s population live...
View ArticleOur hands, our future
Since 2008, Global Handwashing Day has been celebrated annually, worldwide on 15 October. It presents an opportunity to campaign, motivate and mobilize people around the world to improve their...
View ArticleSpreading the message on animal health
The overall objective of the LESP-ES animal health project is to contribute to poverty reduction and to eradicate food insecurity in Sudan by improving the livelihoods and resilience of rural...
View ArticleImproving food security in Talkok
Telkok is one of the most poverty stricken localities in the state of Kassala and needs a great deal of effort to build up the food security and resilience of its communities. Practical Action and...
View ArticleA Darfurian Woman Pressing for Progress
Kabkabyia is a small town in the Northern part of North Darfur state. It is one of the places where Practical Action Sudan is implementing development projects in post-conflict context. The area is...
View ArticleWater is life for villagers in Darfur
A simple solution like a solar powered water pump can have a profound impact on a community. This is eloquently demonstrated in these first-hand accounts from residents of two villages in drought-prone...
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