Oxfam Sudan, Building Community Resilience

Oxfam has applied to Sida for funding of 50 800 000 SEK to carry out the project "Building Community Resilience" in Sudan during the period 2019-2022. Sida will be the sole donor to this project. 50 % of the total budget will be forwarded to Oxfam Sudan's consortium partners Darfur Development and Reconstruction Agency (DDRA) and Sudan Vision. The agreement will be signed with Oxfam America which will transfer funds to the consortium lead Oxfam Sudan. Oxfam is aiming to implement the project by focusing on three strategic areas: 1) improve livelihood by addressing the root causes of agricultural declining productivity, 2) access to basic services, finance, market information, enterprise development, and skills training, 3) improve and promotion of conflict prevention, local peace building and coexistence. Outcome 1: Strengthened institutions and governance of natural resources to facilitate inclusive, equitable and sustainable access. Outcome 2: Increased food production through climate smart agriculture, livestock management and entrepreneurship. Outcome 3: Improved conditions for peaceful and inclusive societies with greater participation of women and young people. Through this project, Oxfam plans to reach 80,000 conflict affected households (including most vulnerable household headed by women and youth) over a period of three years living in Kassala, Central and East Darfur states have improved their resilience to economic shocks through better income and better access to basic services by 2022. The project will target 2 localities in Kassala state and 6 localities in East and Central Darfur states. DDRA will manage the work in Central Darfur, Oxfam in East Darfur and Sudan Vision will be the local partner in Kassala state.