Areas of Focus

Community Development Projects in South Sudan:

Water

- Over 1 billion people in our world today lack access to clean water -

Access to clean drinking water is one of the most critical needs in South Sudan. High rates of water borne diseases are prevelant in communities that do not have a clean drinking water source. Water borne diseases are hygiene related and are primarily transmitted through contaminated water sources. Often, villagers are seen drinking from contaminated water sources. Reliable clean water sources for communities in South Sudan would drastically improve health conditions.

Eleos Project/Sudan is working to improve access to clean water sources through our Water for Sudan Project. This project is in the process of raising funds to purchase a portable water well drilling rig with a four wheel drive vehicle to increase access and to provide clean water sources for communities in South Sudan.

Agriculture

- Three quarters of a billion people in our world are chronically undernourished-  (this is the underlying cause of 55% of the deaths of children under five)

The availabilty and lack of access to food in South Sudan has led to famine in many areas in the past. South Sudan has become food-aid dependent, relying on large U.N. organizations such as the World Food Program. After years of dependence on this aid, a reliance syndrome has developed and will need to be corrected if South Sudan is ever to become self-sufficient in food production. Some analysts even believe that if properly developed, Sudan could be the breadbasket that feeds all of Africa. 

Eleos Project/Sudan is working to improve access to food sources through our Food for Sudan Project. This project is in the fund raising stage to provide seed and agricultural farming tools to assist communities in becoming self-sufficient in food production.

Health

- Millions of people die every year from diseases we know how to prevent -

Thousands of people die every year in Sudan from preventable infectious diseases. Sudan is home to more deadly diseases that any other country in the world including Malaria, Tuberculosis, Typhoid and Cholera. The HIV/AIDS epidemic is also spreading in South Sudan. The HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Sudan is believed to have moved in the generalized phase ... where infection has gone beyond high-risk groups into the general population.

Hospitals and clinics are almost non-existent, and the few medical facilities that do exist do not even come close to meeting today's health standards. Simple basic medical supplies are unheard of in many parts of South Sudan.

Currently there is no government-supported healthcare in South Sudan, and only 3.5% of the nation's relatively small GDP is spent towards healthcare needs. Those who desperately need emergency medical care have to be flown out of the country to a hospital outside of Sudan, most cannot afford this option and are left to perish.

South Sudan needs trained doctors, medical equipment, supplies and sustainable medical facilities to treat its present population and future generations. Health education is needed to raise health awareness and disease prevention.

Eleos Project/Sudan is working to improve health conditions through our Healthcare Initiative Project for South Sudan. This project is in the fund raising stage to provide volunteer health professionals, medical equipment and supplies,  health education and construction of a new medical facilities for communities in South Sudan.

- One child dies of Malaria in Africa every 29 seconds -  

Education

-Its common knowledge that education is the key to improving lives and reducing poverty-

A whole generation has not been educated in South Sudan due to the long running civil war. The education infrastructure in South Sudan has been completely destroyed and has created some of the highest illiteracy rates found in the world today. With the peace agreement in place, many families who fled South Sudan during the war are now returning with school age children who will need a basic education. Many are returning to areas in South Sudan where schools do not exist. In many areas throughout South Sudan, school is held under a large tree. These schools are typically overcrowded and work with very limited educational resources. Teachers are desparately needed and often work as unpaid volunteers.

Eleos Project/Sudan is working to improve access to primary education for children through our Education Initiative for Sudan Project. This project is in the fund raising stage to provide educational resources, soccer equipment, and the construction and rehabilitation of existing schools in South Sudan.