19.09.2002 - Source: American University of Cairo - Forced Migration and Refugee Studies

CARE International ("Report on the Situation of IDPs and Refugees in Northern Sudan: Findings of an exploratory study September 2002 (by Gina Bekker)") [#12484],  [ID 13084]

"CARE began exploring development-programming initiatives in Sudan in 1979. CARE
Sudan’s first projects were in the areas of water supply, forestry and energy conservation in
eastern Sudan, primarily to assist with the large influx of Eritrean refugees. CARE Sudan
then focused on the Kordofan region of northern central Sudan, where it has worked since the
famine of 1983/84. Currently CARE operates in the states of North Kordofan, West
Kordofan, Khartoum, South Kordofan, Wau and Unity State, undertaking a variety of
activities, including health food security, water, sanitation and emergency response. CARE
continues to support Sudanese people throughout the country to alleviate suffering and assist
in enhancing livelihoods.
OLS southern sector: CARE is currently implementing agriculture, primary health care,
sleeping sickness and rural road rehabilitation projects in counties of Tambura (Western
Equatoria), Bor (Jonglei) and Wau (Bahr Al Ghazal). In Tambura, the PHC project aims at
improving the health status of the entire county population, with activities including the
control and treatment of sleeping sickness. CARE’s agricultural projects focus on
strengthening the local extension service systems in addition to promoting the production and
transfer of local cereals and seed from surplus to deficit areas of southern Sudan in order to
promote self-reliance. The road project complements the above initiatives in facilitating the
revival of market linkages within and beyond the Equatorias."

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