Gender Base Violent &
protection
Water Hygiene and
Sanitation (WASH)
education and
training
Peace building
and conflict mitigations
Food security and
livelihood
Emergency Prepareness
and Response
Nuitrition
Who Are We?
Action for Child Development Organization (ACDO) is a national non-governmental, non-political and non-profit making organization founded in 2018 and registered by Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC) with Registration No: 1484 to operate in south Sudan. Our aim is to serve and assist the underprivileged and the most vulnerable populations affected by both manmade and natural disasters in South Sudan. We response to emergency, recovery, resilience and development needs through our thematic areas of Child Protection, Education, Food security and livelihoods, Water Sanitation and Hygiene, Health and Nutrition, Youth Empowerment and Live skills, Shelter/ NFI, Access to Justice, Peace building and Good Governance.
Our Programs
Food Security and Livelihoods
ACDO’s food security and livelihoods interventions focuses on the following: - Training communities on Good agricultural Practices (GAP) and livestock production. - Livestock vaccinations and treatment. - Commercialization of livestock for economic value.
Read MoreWater Sanitation & hygiene (WASH)
ACDO supports sustainable delivery of water, hygiene and sanitation (WASH) services to communities, through capacity building of communities within their social structures to plan, implement, operate, manage and make informed decisions for improved WASH.
Read MoreEducation
In line with national education goals, ACDO prioritizes access to education for children, girls, and underprivileged youths. To assist in the advancement of educational opportunities for the listed categories, ACDO has launched many educational programs, including - mobile education which involves taking education to the cattle camps,
Read MoreNutrition
Action for Child Development aims at eradication of poverty through life-saving and life-sustaining humanitarian assistance that rehabilitates and fosters resilience. Besides, ACDO is build-up to timely respond to nutrition in emergencies and avoid further deterioration through partnerships and inclusive community-led interventions. In collaboration, coordination and coherence with other humanitarian and development actors,
Read MoreHealth
South Sudan's health indicators, such as infant mortality rates (IMR) and maternal mortality ratios (MMR), remain high. Many people continue to die as a result of preventable diseases in South Sudan. Bringing resources closer to the troubled population in hard-to-reach areas, as well as increasing local community capacity, continue to assist alleviate the problem.
Read MorePeace Building and Conflict Mitigation
This involves deployment of peer educators to engage the youth in the camps about negative effects of cattle rustling. Through people-to-people approach ACDO is supporting the peace process in the country, strengthening the communities by enabling them to analyze complex conflict situations,
Read MoreEmergency Prepareness and Response
Action for Child Development has continuously been at the frontline of supporting people unexpectedly displaced through conflicts or hazards with life-saving shelter and non-food items (S/NFIs). To save lives, ACDO, provides timely and integrated multi-sectoral assistance and services to reduce acute needs amongst the most vulnerable women, men, boys, and girls.
Read MoreGBV/ Protection
The ACDO gender and protection sector helps and supports survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) to heal and thrive for better future. ACDO works with communities and institutions to break the cycle of violence by rolling out different kind of interventions that empowers especially girls, women and disadvantaged persons in communities.
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Water, Hygiene & Sanitation
Food Security & Livelihood
Health & Nutritions
Education & Training
GBV & Child Protection
Peace building & Good Governance
Shelter/None Food items(NFI)