Introduction
Together for Sudan is a dynamic charity that prides itself in stretching
and squeezing value from every scrap of funding. So despite 2009 being a tough year
that saw a reduction in funding by 10%, TfS achieved much and managed to
double the number of people reached by our HIV/AIDS outreach teams.
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few of the 100 community health workers trained by TfS In addition to this, in May 2009 a hundred community health workers graduated from a six month training course. Thirty six more university scholars graduated in 2009, bringing our grand total to 169 in eight years.
More Achievements
The Trust’s activities during the year included:
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Support of 187 students at Sudanese universities as at end-December, in addition to 36 who graduated during the year. 169 students have now
graduated under this programme.
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Four students under the technical training programme graduated and five
are continuing their studies.
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100 students, including 90 women, completed a six months training course
for basic level community health workers.
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Funding of 126 pupils, mainly AIDS orphans, as at end-December, at basic
and secondary schools.
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Health training for 50 teachers and community leaders in the Nuba
Mountains.
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Payment of salaries to teachers at two schools for the displaced in
Khartoum and Juba.
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24 eye care outreach clinics in displaced areas around Khartoum and a
further 2 in Kadugli. In all 6568 patients were seen in 2009, and 671
surgeries performed, with a further 269 awaiting treatment: eyeglasses
were supplied to 1318 patients and medicines to 2467, a substantial
increase compared with 2008.
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HIV/AIDS awareness outreaches in displaced areas around Khartoum
attended by nearly 7000 people; refresher training for the trainers and
basic training for 38 community volunteers.
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Maintenance of 9 solar panels in the Nuba Mountains. Six more will be
redeployed in 2010 to other sites in the Nuba Mountains..
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young boy very much in need of the care we provide.Objectives for 2010
The overriding objective is to mobilise sufficient funds to sustain and,
if possible, expand all of Together for Sudan’s present programmes in
Sudan, with priority given to the university and school scholarships,
teacher training, vocational training, eye care and HIV/AIDS outreach
programmes.
We plan to focus the schools scholarship programmes on 10 selected
schools for the displaced around Khartoum and to provide additional help
for those schools. We aim to resume teacher training in the Nuba
Mountains and, subject to the availability of further funds, will expand
the teacher-training and support programmes there. We aim to resume
support of literacy classes for women that were closed because of
funding reductions. We will continue to keep all programmes under review
with a view to ensuring their cost-effectiveness.
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