US Embassy Awards Local NGO With $5,000 To Fight Against GBV The U.S. Embassy has awarded local NGO, Nile Hope with 5,000 USD to support the organization’s fight against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in South Sudan. 22 August 2017
By Peter Lokale JUBA, 22 August 2017 [Gurtong] – In 2015, U.S. Ambassador Molly Phee won the U.S. Department of State’s Sue. M. Cobb award in the amount of $5,000USD. She asked the former Ambassador Susan Page to select a local organization devoted to assisting South Sudanese women to receive the award money. Nile Hope “Prevention and provision of GBV services to survivors in Mangaten” project aims to address the issue of GBV through building capacity of Mangaten community leaders by: 1.Service Mapping- providing accurate and updated information regarding where and which types of support services are available for community members. 2. Training community leaders on identifying, addressing, and preventing GBV. 3. Organizing multiple GBV awareness campaigns in the community via door to door engagement, posters, and handouts that discuss the issue and share resources for victims. Nile Hope is a South Sudanese humanitarian organization that seeks to strengthen communities for sustainable development via projects in the areas of health, education, protection, and peace building. Its Protection Department was founded in 2009 to address and prevent the issue of GBV. “During my assignment to South Sudan, countless women and girls have suffered from sexual assault. I have great admiration for the work of Nile Hope in assisting communities in need and I am confident they will use these resources to help the fight against gender-based violence by increasing awareness and providing support to victims. Like me, Ambassador Page has great admiration for the women and girls of this country and we share a desire to see improvements in their safety and security,” said Ambassador Phee. In 2016, the United States provided over $2million USD to support the fight against GBV through South Sudan’s education and health sectors. Posted in: Home -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oos%3DuoyYgUrSafmLBxOedpcCsD8SeoX-V0q096J2V3jHw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
