SOA stands for Special Operation Appeal. This was a specific emergency appeal response for assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs) and Returnees into Sudan from neighbouring countries. The Bishops made this appeal in February, 2005, following the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in January 2005. The appeal is implemented in three phases.
Phase 1: initial emergency relief of household kits, food, emergency medical supplies and mobile primary health services; repair, rehabilitation and development of community water supplies.
Phase 2 – agricultural support for first planting season and emergency relief comprising of agricultural tool, local crops and vegetable seeds.
Phase 3 – Livelihood recovery and disaster cycle management.
Accomplishments:
• Fund-raising and lobbying for the support of SCBRC departments by funding partners;
• Facilitating on-the-job training of SCBRC staff;
• Training of diocesan administrators in office and project management
• Facilitating better communication between dioceses and the international partners through provision of e-mail
• Helping 19 students complete their university and college education during the 2005/2006 period
• Assisting dioceses to establish social development services offices
• Encouraging linkages between SCBRC departments
Hopes and Desires
• We wish Sudan to be a peaceful country so that development efforts can be enhanced
• That patience prevails so that careless mistakes are not made in development practices
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