Sudan
NCA has worked in Sudan since 1972, beginning with a large multisectoral program in Eastern Equatoria. Since then, we have played a key role in both humanitarian and development efforts across the country. Today, we are active in seven states, with key results in gender-based violence prevention, climate-resilient WASH, peacebuilding, and economic development and food security.
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Challenges and response
The ongoing Humanitarian Crisis
NCA saves lives by providing water, sanitation, and waste management services, ensuring sustainable access for host communities. We support vulnerable women and girls through GBV case management, safe spaces, dignity kits, and psychosocial support. NCA also provides multipurpose cash assistance to help families purchase life-sustaining food and essential non-food items. These services address immediate needs, alleviate suffering, and protect vulnerable communities, especially women and girls.
Conflict, Environmental Degradation, & Social Instability
NCA Sudan focuses on building resilience by providing sustainable water supply, sanitation, and hygiene promotion while strengthening WASH committees. Through livelihood training, climate-smart agriculture, and entrepreneurship, NCA enhances local capacity and economic stability. The organisation supports community-based nutrition, natural resource management, and disaster risk management, empowering communities to adapt to challenges. NCA also fosters women’s empowerment through leadership training and GBV support. Additionally, activities, including mental health support and community-driven initiatives, promote social cohesion and long-term resilience.
Working towards Social Cohesion and Justice
NCA works to improve access to justice in Sudan by supporting grassroots capacity development. NCA Sudan strengthens the capacity of national and local civic organisations to actively participate in humanitarian response, and rebuilding a peaceful Sudan. In collaboration with the NCA Joint Africa Advocacy Programme, we address gender justice and inequality, contributing to the implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace, and Security.
Norwegian Church Aid in Sudan
Been present since
1972
in Sudan
In 2024, we spent
5.602.860
EURO in Sudan
Partners
- Sudan Zero Waste
- Hope and Friendship for Development Organization
- Catholic Agency for Oversees Development
- Darfur Development and Reconstruction Agency
- Emergency Relief Rehabilitation and Development Agency
- Rural Community Development Organization
- SOS Sahel Sudan
- Sudanese Environmental Conservation Society
Our donors in Sudan
All donors
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
World Food Programme (WFP)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ)
Act Appeal
Country Director Sudan
Dirk Peter Hanekom
Tel: +249 912 300 283
E-mail:
dirk.peter.hanekom@nca.no
LinkedIn:
Dirk Hanekom
Contact
House No. 195, Block 4, Al Mattar Area, Port Sudan, Red Sea State, Sudan
Tel +249 912 300 283
Facebook: facebook.com/ncasudan
Instagram: @nca_sudan
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/norwegian-church-aid-sudan
Why
Since April 2023, the conflict in Sudan has left approximately 30.4 million people, including nearly 16 million children, in urgent need of aid. Around 8 million people have been displaced, and most of the country is facing high levels of acute food insecurity. Half of the population (24.6 million people) is facing crisis levels of acute food insecurity or worse. Displacement, high food prices, and disrupted livelihoods are intensifying the crisis, pushing communities to rely on negative coping strategies and further deepening the threat of famine.
How
NCA and the Nuba Women for Education and Development Association (NUWEDA) supported 5,100 small-scale farmers and internally displaced people (IDPs) vulnerable to famine in White Nile State by providing vouchers for seeds, tools, fertilizers, and agricultural land leasing. We also provided on-farm training in climate-smart farming practices and pest management, along with guidance from trained extension workers.
Result
Through these interventions, 30,600 individuals in White Nile State regained their livelihoods and food security. The project promoted self-reliance, reduced aid dependency, and increased resilience. It fostered economic cooperation between internally displaced people and host communities, easing tensions and improving market access amid ongoing conflict, demonstrating impactful humanitarian efforts.
Local partner for this project
Nuba Women for Education and Development Association (NUWEDA)
Donor
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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