AnnuAl HigHligHts 2012 -2013

Practical Actions vision and mission

Vision our vision is one of a

Technology Justice; a sustainable

world free of poverty and
injustice in which technology is
used for the benefit of all.
Mission
To contribute to poor peoples
wellbeing, using technology to
challenge poverty by:
building the capabilities of
poor men and women,
improving
their
access
to technical options and
knowledge, and
Working
with
them
to
influence social, economic
and institutional systems for
innovation and the use of
technology.

Principles
The core principles which inform all of Practical Action's
work are:
Putting people first
Our work with technology is people-centred i.e. focuses
support on what matters most to the people with whom
we work, respects their rights, and supports their own
efforts to improve the quality of their lives;
Working in partnership
People living in poverty are partners in their own
development. Practical Action can help them to get
access to information, knowledge and options to
identify their priorities and choose the way to deal with
them.
A concern for future generations
Practical Action's projects aim to

economically,
environmentally,
institutionally

be sustainable
socially
and

Respect for diversity

Practical Action's policies and practices respect basic
human rights of all people regardless of their differences
in terms of gender, ethnicity, religion or physical ability.

Country
Director
Overview

Practical Actions strategy focuses on

Sustainable wellbeing for all:
the ability of all individuals and groups
to live the lives they value without
compromising the ability of others, now
and in the future, to do likewise.
This is our first annual highlights covering
the first year in our new strategy that
spans from 2012 to 2017, this year we
managed to support and benefit 170,750
people.
Our current strategy focuses on three
priority goals that will hopefully contribute
to improving the lives of 2,125,000 people
in Sudan.
The first goal is Energy Access for all,
aligned with the UN call for Sustainable
Energy for ALL through working in energy
efficiency practices, renewable energy
solutions, and advocating for energy
access as the basic technology that
serves and drives all human activities.
The second goal is Agriculture and
livelihoods, which also includes aspects
of disaster risk reduction (DRR) While our
third strategic goal is focusing on urban
water and sanitation. The work on the
first two goals is progressing very well
while

the work on the urban WASH will start

during the course of the 5-year strategy.
In addition to generous financial and
technical support from our head quarters
in the UK, we work with wide range
of supporters including the European
Union, UNDP, and UNDP-managed
Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF) and
the Darfur Community Peace & Stability
Fund (DCPSF), UNEP & FAO. The work
on household energy is getting support
from Carbon Clear (a UK-based private
company).
We also work in partnership with
International NGOs such a Goal Ireland
& HelpAge International to support and
learn from each other.
We have been working with national
counterparts such as the authorities of
agriculture, veterinary, forestry, water,
rangeland and others.
Practical Action continued the strategic
partnership and the organizational
capacities development to a number of
national civil society organizations.
We work with five networks and 280
CBOs in North Darfur, Kassala and Blue
Nile to realize our commitment towards
community-led development.

The First-Ever Registration project in Sudan- A Golden Standard

Increasing poor people access to LPG in North Darfur,
Improving Poor People Access to LPG

Practical Action with financial support from

Carbon Clear and in strategic partnership with
Women Development Association Networks
(WDAN), Forest National Corporation, Nile
Petroleum Company, Civil Defense Authority, and
Sudanese Standards Metrological Organization
(SSMO), managed to help 1000 households to
access LPG sets benefiting 6500 beneficiaries
( 3575 female; 2925 male), through adopting
revolving fund approach. This contributed to
reducing the pressure on dwindling forests, save
money, reducing disease of respiratory infections,
eyes hazards for women and children who spend
more time at home and women who take the
responsibility of cooking as well as collecting the
fire wood and charcoal.
During this year the project reduced emissions of
about 40,000 tons of greenhouse gases.

Our work on Energy is reflected in the advocacy

work through the annually produced report of
PPEO (Poor People Energy Outlook). To raise
the awareness of poor people and influence the
decision makers Practical Action launched the
PPEO report of 2013.
Access to modern energy services is a fundamental

prerequisite
for
poverty
reduction
and
sustainable
human
development
and
people without access are
constrained to a life of poverty.
Our work goes in-line with the
UNEnergy Access: SE4ALL
in the areas of
- Energy Efficiency

- Energy Access
- Renewable Energy
The Total Energy Access index
Total Energy Access will not
be achieved through availing
the energy at household level
only, but as well should be
accessed for businesses and at
community services and how
that energy is used.

Agriculture & DRR

Women Using Technology in Agriculture

By taking technology justice perspective and promoting

A transition to sustainable systems of agriculture and
natural resource management that provide food security
and livelihoods for the rural poor in Kassala rural
areas, the work focused on building the capacities of
vulnerable communities to cope and become resilient to
the occurrence of droughts cycles and floods. Women
farms are introduced, thus contributing to their capacities
upgrade and new diets become part of their dietary
culture.

Technology empowering women

Household drip-irrigated Jubraka; micro-drip irrigation
systems for women in Ammara village in Kassala

Facilitation of innovation systems.

Drip irrigation systems installed coupled with
horticultural extension in women farms

 Three community forests (total 8,000

seedlings). Pasture seeds, 700 hectares
Participatory mapping and development of
market systems
1200 families Received small grants in
revolving fund based
Building of adaptive capacity to climate
change and increased resilience of
smallholder farmers to droughts and floods;
140 terraces were constructed (Square and
crescent shapes) for small scale producer
farmers.
18 MTs of improved seeds varieties
distributed to almost 15,000 farming
families.

Goats distribution for re-stocking using the revolving system

in Blue Nile (Damazine & Rosaries) areas.

Increased access to water for 30000 including

16500 women
Total number of people benefitting is 117,591 including
88,400 women.
Water distribution systems to separate humans from
animals- Water-points were designed considering
separation of animals from human mixed drinking practices

Rehabilitation of borehole and hand-dug wells manufacture

and distribution of donkey drawn water carts

Protecting the green covers

and forests by fire-lines

Rehabilitation of natural environment;

Natural Resource Management Total number

of people benefitting 42,000 Including 23,100
women.
Livestock vaccination
Livestock Vaccinations

1152 chiken were distributed for 48 women-headed households.

Nafisa Silkiay village- Eastern Sudan

Other livelihoods interventions

Rearing chicken to enhance nutrition and provide

income for poor households
A technology adopted to reflect the gender
mainstreaming in our work;
Poultry Farms utilized with green solutions.
Solar lanterns, two solar water pumps in two
communities in Kassala state.
As environmental protection and enhancing
the income generation, we rely on Mesquite
Management (and charcoal production); this
year the work capacity is 120 metal kilns, trees
cutting tools and shoes (boots) were distributed to
charcoal producers.
charcoal producers.

Practical Action as Knowledge Broker/ Practical Answers vehicle for

sharing development knowledge
Partnership with ARC (Agriculture
Research Corporation):

The National Committee on Releasing Varieties

- Ministry of Agriculture - has released the farmer
-breeder millet variety named Wad-Al Bashir
by the farmer Mohamed ELDaw AlGhazali from
the Mirehbiba village in North Kordufan.
The variety underwent the Obeid Agricultural
Research Station testing procedures in
collaboration with Practical Action project
(PROLINOVA; now hosted by SOS-Sahel),
adopting the Farmer-Led Development
approach (FLD).
The new variety is now cultivated at large
scale in Kordufan region, due to its ability of
pest resistance and early maturing period,
taste and high value fodder

The linking between Research and Extension

Farmer leading research on production of new varieties- linked to research and
extension services

Extension Services is a wing of our

Knowledge Management

As a knowledge broker, we facilitate knowledge

creation in participation and collaboration
with the communities, using the indigenous
knowledge that is already available; and
under-supervision of Ministry of Agriculture
in accreditation of the produced messages.

Participatory Knowledge development: Knowledge is disseminated and tested

in front of beneficiaries, and get their feedback (testing the appropriateness of
extension messages, Kassala area).

Civil Society Voices

Active community participation Influencing the policy
development and or implementation

Empowering the community and its organizations

to actively engage in sub-national and local
planning and policy discussion

Peace building and conflict resolution in North Darfur:

Colour coded posts for demarcation. The different
colours signify the levels of agricultural intensity in
the area and how vigilant pastoralist should be when
travelling through

Demarcating

the

Animal

Routs

North

Darfur.

Adopting
the
PAPD
(Participatory
Action
Plan
Development) approach, to reduce the conflict and
secure food and agriculture, the project of Peace Building
in North Darfur managed to install concrete poles for
demarcating 115 km long route for pastoral migration of
the farm land.
Among the backstopping activities to protect and
regenerate the environment, the project constructed
350 km of fire-lines in Kilimondo, Elkuma, and Elfasher
localities. In addition to covering 1000 feddans by seed
broadcasting to improve the rangeland conditions.

Enacting Land Right Law, North Darfur:

The DCPSF- UNDP funded project with the involvement
of community based organizations (CBOs) and networks
including Women Development Associations Network
(WDAN), Elfasher Rural Development Network (FRDN)
and Voluntary Network for Rural Helping and Development
(VNRHD), resulted in building the trust between farmers
and pastoralist.
The government of North Darfur has recently enacted a
new law regarding land rights for farmers and pastoralists.
The law states the width of the animal migratory route
is to be 150 meter while the temporary settlement (Syniya)
is 5 km.

Demarcating the Animal Routes - In North Darfur;

Camels are passing through nomads are now respecting
and abiding to the demarcated routes- North DarfurKulkulJabal Shala
Another example of movement within the demarcated
routes step towards structured and peaceful
communities. North Darfur.
About 500,000 farmers and pastoralists are benefiting
from the new law.
School boys and girls are engaging in the community
forests and protecting the environment.
The project has been identified as a success story
and presented during the DCPSF review workshop in
September 2012
School boys and girls are engaging in the community
forests, protecting the environment.

Um Hajaleej- 20 km West Elfashir

at Kulkul village- Rural Elfashir Locality

Gulu area west Elfashir

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61,900
419,099

Income in

349,191

Our Financial Income + Donors 2012/13

198,644
75,050

61,900
UNDP

198,644

18%

UNEP

349,191

32%

FAO

61,900

6%

Others

75,050

7%

EC

419,099

38%

349,191

419,099

198,644

Income

GBP

EC

419,099

UNEP

349,191

% UNDP
38%
UNEP
31%

UNDP

198,644

18%FAO

FAO

61,900

Others

75,050

Total

1,103,884.00

6%
Others
7%
100%EC

198,644

18%

349,191

32%

61,900

6%

75,050

7%

419,099

38%

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Contact us
Postal address:
Practical Action Sudan
PO Box 4172, Khartoum 1114
Khartoum Central, Sudan
Khartoum Office:
Block No. 46 street 55, Al-Jazira Street
Khartoum #2 North of Badr Park
tel:
+249 183 578821 / 578827 / 460419
Fax:
+249 183 472002
E-mail: info@practicalactionsd.org
North Darfur Office:
Elfashir, Hay Kafout
North to A. Zain Abdien Private School
tel:
+249 731 843596
Kassala Office:
Elmirghania Eltaka Club street
Block No. 13- House No. 14
tel:
+249 411 822699 / 822103
Blue Nile Office:
Damazin, El-Darajah Area, House No. 95
South of Investment Corporation
tel:
+249 157 845180

AnnuAl HigHligHts 2012