Objectives

Cause of Orphanhood
Orphan hood is not a new phenomenon in Sudan and in the Continent of African as well as else where in the World .The high prevalence of adults mortality rate in most developing countries has always resulted to living orphans behind and it had never been a problem in most Sudanese communities. What makes orphanage an area of concern now is its magnitude and the circumstances surrounding the death of parents and or caretakers in Sudan. Most parents or adults especially the men are killed in the seemingly endless civil war in Sudan and the indiscriminating cause of death – AIDs.  

What makes Orphanage an area of concern?
The lost of both parents is itself a big blow to a child(ren) as they have to struggle to survive by assuming responsibilities at an early age lacking proper parental guidance, love and most importantly education thus, living many severely traumatized and without means of self-reliance or skills to compete in the labour market It also jeopardizes all advances made in a child’s welfare and survivorship as enshrined in the Geneva Convention on the rights of a child such as access to good education, recreation, health and happy living. This is aggravated by the traditional extended family and social fabric set up break down due to high migration, weak socio- economic status to cope with the needs of the families, high poverty and illiteracy prevalence.
The Sudanese Orphans Support Trust (SOST) like many other Humanitarian Organisation in Sudan strives to support the education of orphans. The Founders of the Trust believe in the saying that “Feed a hungry man today, he will be hungry; Teach him how to fish, he can have food tomorrow; Educate his child(ren), you have given him Future”  

Goal
To support orphans formal and informal education in displaced camps in Sudan and refugee camps in Uganda. 

Specific Objectives
·          Support orphans in basic and secondary education
·          Support technical and vocational training of orphans
·          Raise funds to help build a Community Based Training Centre (CBC)
·          Support awareness raising programs on gender, health especially on HIV/AIDS
        prevention, sanitation and environmental protection
·          Strive to promote economic activities to improve the living standard of orphans.
·          Organise workshops, seminars, and activities for public awareness in the
        Netherlands about the status of children in Sudan
·          Network with NGOs, Institutions that support children’s welfare and or share the
        same aspirations as SOST.

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