BACKGROUNDWHO WE ARE?

BACKGROUND

South Sudan is considered one of the world’s youngest nations in the world having gained independence in 2011. After years of conflict, the nation was set to the road of prosperity, unfortunately, shortly after independence, conflict soon broke out that affected most of the country. The conflict necessitated the brokering peace agreements between factions in the leadership that culminated in the formulation of the Revitalized Peace Agreement for the Resolution of conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) in 2018. The peace agreement is a good sign of the efforts towards nation building and prosperity but it is fragile and is yet to be fully implemented.

Years of conflict has had damning effects on the populations of South Sudan and exacerbated many of the existing problems and challenges the people face. Countless were left dead many of whom were presumably men and left women and girls vulnerable to the after math of war and conflict. The few infrastructure, social amenities and developments that were available were devastated by the conflict which has left a huge gap and most of the country is still suffering.

Considering all the above, Africa Life Aid was formed in order to save and alleviate the suffering of people across the region regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, religion, and any affiliations.

WHO WE ARE?

South Sudanese formed Africa Life Aid (ALA) was formed in 2016, borne out of the desire to save lives devastated by years on conflict in South Sudan and the larger region. ALA’s core mandate is to alleviate and mitigate loss and reduce victims’ suffering both male and female. We also respond to disasters both natural and man-made without discrimination and focusing on restoring their livelihoods in a sustainable manner. ALA is determined to provide durable solutions through developing individual and communal capacities, and strengthening their resilience in livelihoods to better respond to shocks in their environments.

Our concept of development is grounded on addressing inequalities that are outcomes of protracted civil strife, unchecked and biased cultural practices that are the root cause of poverty. We build the capacity of communities to become self – reliant and using emergency and non-emergency assistance as a bridge to resilient communities in the long run. We strongly believe in the importance of adaptive and action research as the basis of intervention in all our thematic areas that include:  Protection, Sexual and Gender based Violence (SGBV), Health, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Food Security& Livelihoods (FSL) and Environment protection and conservation, Education, Peace building and Conflict transformation, Gender and youth empowerment.

Africa Life Aid envisages tackling contextual community challenges by delivering resilience building interventions through creating proactive communities that derive own solutions to their challenges by effectively and efficiently exploiting their resources while protecting their environment.  The household is our basic unit of delivering emergency and development services and bearing in mind cost effectiveness of the service.

Africa Life Aid (ALA) is a non-governmental organization, non-partisan, non-profit, non-religious organization registered with the Ministry of Legal Affairs and with the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC) in the Republic of South Sudan. We are committed to promoting better living standards at across the country from household level through integrated approaches both in emergency and non-emergency situations.

As ALA is committed to gender inclusion and empowerment, we are a women led organization.  We have an independent non-partisan advisory board of professionals who have varied experience, professional training and competencies in development and humanitarian work that has been instrumental in our work. We have a competent team of skilled staff leading our country programmes. ALA has established operational offices in Juba, Terekeka and Magwi. Further, ALA has key liaison offices in Kajokeji and Mundri.

Africa Life Aid seeks partnerships to prevent, reduce vulnerability and poverty through innovative programming that utilizes resources efficiently to address community needs effectively.

MISSION STATEMENTVISION STATEMENT

MISSION STATEMENT

To support and develop community led solutions to chronic challenges in Protection, Sexual and Gender based Violence (SGBV), Health, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Food Security& Livelihoods (FSL) and Environment protection and conservation, Education, Peace building and Conflict transformation, Gender and youth empowerment while ensuring the vulnerable are protected.

VISION STATEMENT

We strive to be a leading organization in providing practical knowledge based resilience to vulnerable communities.

Africa Life Aid Core Values

  • Equality- Africa Life Aid promotes and ensure equality in all its interventions and services to people regardless of sex, race, age, political affiliation, religion and social status.
  • Mutual respect – Africa Life Aid considers mutual respect of individuals and persons that work with her and the communities she is serving as key and important aspect of its core values.
  • Protection of human dignity- Africa Life Aid seeks protection of human dignity as one of its core values and promoted at all times
  • Transparency and accountability – Africa Life Aid values transparency and accountability to its self, communities it serves, stakeholders and development partners in all programs, interventions and missions.
  • Partnership- Africa Life Aid is open to creating lasting partnerships with, local leaders, Ministries, CBOs, NNGOs, INGOs and international development partners and entities.
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