KARAMA: DIGNITY. EMPOWERMENT INTERVENTIONS FOR VULNERABLE WOMEN IN THE STATE OF KHARTOUM
WHERE: City of Omdurman: Zona Arda
Location of Umbedda: Suburb of Dar El Salam
Khartoum city: Assafa area
Location of Jabel Aulia
PERIOD: October 2022-September 2025
LOCAL COUNTERPART: Usratuna Sudanese Association for Disabled Children (USADC)
OTHER PARTNERS: General Department for Special Education of the Ministry of Education, Khartoum State; Department of Primary Health Care Ministry of Health, Khartoum State; Physical Disability Challenger Organization; E4Impact Foundation
SUDAN - EDUCATIONAL COMMITMENT
GOAL
Contribute to strengthen the rights to health, education and dignified life of the most vulnerable women, girls and kids in the peripheral areas of Khartoum
BENEFICIARIES
- 300 health workers, including 180 women
- 6400 pregnant and postnatal women who receive assistance through awareness-raising services and campaigns
- 25,250 underage patients visited, of which 12,000 girls and 2% of them with disabilities
- 800 minor patients with early diagnosis of disability over three years
- 113 children with disabilities in the primary schools involved, of which 65 were boys and 48 were girls
- 10 children with disabilities in the Dar El Salam Preschool
- 10 children with disabilities in the Preschool in Jabel Aulia
For a total of 133 children
- 120 children with disabilities, including 84 girls and 36 boys at the Maygoma orphanages, Dar El Mustakbal.
- 60 teachers receive specific training on disability and inclusive education, including 48 women and 12 men
- 63 volunteer CBID promoters of which 30 for orphanages and 33 in communities, 50 women and 13 men.
- 60 students of the VTC with a proportion of 50% between women and men
- 10 women from the Physical Disability Challenger association
- 15 teachers of the VTC including 7 women
- 5 executives of the USADC association including 3 women
MAIN ACTIVITIES
1) The network of basic health services increases accessibility for the most vulnerable women and their children and spreads knowledge of the Family Health Approach for professionals in the areas of Dar El Salam city of Omdurman, Assafa locality in the city of Khartoum.
A1: Training cycle for healthcare personnel
A2: Maternal and child health care service
A3: Opening and consolidation of basic rehabilitation services for children with disabilities
2) Children with disabilities, who attend school and those housed in orphanages, are included in the special training courses and receive support and support in the extra-curricular time from operators trained thanks to the application of the education model of Community Based Inclusive Development
A1: Extension of the educational model of the support teacher in the schools of DES and Jabel Aulia
A2: Extension of the CBID model for extracurricular support
A3: CBID in orphanages
3) The most vulnerable women and girls have improved their professional preparation and are protagonists of the social and economic life of their family with the launch of an income-generating micro-business
A1: Capacity building of managerial staff
A2: Training of Vocational Training Center (VTC) Trainers
A3: Training of students and alumni of the VTC selected by the associations of the network
A4: Starting up an Artisan Company
CO-FINANCERS
