Sudan Sunrise
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Southern Sudan Community Building
The Southern Sudan Community Building recognizes that after four years of prevailing peace in South Sudan, many Southern Sudanese do not have access to basic services such as primary education, health care and clean water. Heavy rains for six months of the year can delay many projects. Community building is capital intensive due to the large territory, lack of commercial transport, and poor infrastructure. Sudan Sunrise seeks to help the marginalized people in the villages of Turalei, Gor Ayen, and Doung-Paloi by providing access to primary education and clean water. We seek to help the marginalized people in the village of Kimotong by rebuilding a church and community center.
Peace through Education: Supporting Schools in Sudan
The Education and Reconciliation Program recognizes the most enduring means of reconciliation is education, with supporting primary schools in South Sudan that, from their inception, welcome Darfurian and other Northern students, to which Darfurians are invited to help build the schools, help teach at the schools, and send their children to the schools. Children currently learn outside under trees and they cannot attend school when it rains during the long rainy season in Sudan (April through October). These schools will stand in the communities as symbols of the benefit of cooperation among the marginalized of Sudan, use technology and materials in a context to make a difference in empowering people to build schools, and to grow a reconciliation and education movement to impact the next generation of Sudanese. Currently less than two percent of Sudanese finish primary school.
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of children reached with a meal each school day
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Peace through Education: Supporting Schools in Sudan
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Objectives and Priorities
2015
Mission Focus: Reconciliation
- Objective: Partner with at least 2 groups on events or initiatives that foster reconciliation for Sudanese and/or South Sudanese, whether across religions, tribes, or other grouping. (Examples: Jonglei Peace Initiative, Annual Nuba Day)
- Objective: Fundraise, plan, and gain approval for second Reconciliation Church project.
Mission Focus: Education
- Objective: Deliver 28,000 donated US textbooks to South Sudan.
- Objective: Provide funding for guarding and preparing World Food Programme school lunches at 4 schools, serving approximately 2000 students.
- Objective: Identify 5th school to receive aid in school lunch program.
Mission Focus: Community Building
- Objective: Support one project that fills a community need for basic necessities such as food, water, shelter, or safety, or that provides community resources such as media access. (Examples: well in Shirikat, Daniel Deng's radio station, Small World News)
- Objective: Partner with Nuba Youth, or other comparable organization, to supply necessary resources to an identified population in Sudan or South Sudan.
2016
Mission Focus: Reconciliation
- Objective: Partner with at least 2 groups on events or initiatives that foster reconciliation for Sudanese and/or South Sudanese, whether across religions, tribes, or other grouping. (Examples: Jonglei Peace Initiative, Annual Nuba Day)
- Objective: Complete construction of second Reconciliation Church, with Muslims leading construction efforts.
Mission Focus: Education
- Objective: Deliver 28,000 donated US textbooks to South Sudan.
- Objective: Provide funding for guarding and preparing World Food Program school lunches at 5 schools, serving approximately 3000 students.
Mission Focus: Community Building
- Objective: Support one project that fills a community need for basic necessities such as food and water
2022
Mission Focus: Reconciliation
-Objective: Partner with the former president of Kush State to deliver moringa seeds to both Christians and Muslims.
- Objective: Deliver additional seeds to help with the famine that is plaguing South Sudan.
- Objective: Continue to support both the Manute Bol School and the Future Generation School in their efforts to add additional classrooms and feed currently enrolled students.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
For the period 2020-2022, we will be distributing seeds all over South Sudan as well as education people on the benefits of the Moringa tree.
Our staff will utilize various professional development opportunities offered by Blackbaud and other organizations.
In addition, we will enhance regular communication with representatives in the field in Africa and support annual trips by at least one staff representative to the field.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Our organization has strong credibility in the Sudanese community, along with a solid reputation in the United States. Under the capable leadership of our Board, we have developed several important partnerships both nationally and internationally.
We hold a valid OFAC license, and have proven our ability to serve as fiscal sponsors on grants in country.
We have received endorsements from the late Manute Bol, former President George Bush, and George Stephanopoulos.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Weaknesses we would like to address in the near future:
Social media presence
Monitoring capacity
Fiscal procedures manual
Small staff
Lack of capacity to absorb volunteers
Marketing
Lack of crowd funding
Inconsistent presence in DC
Website
Succession planning
Opportunities for development:
Interns
Volunteers
Jonglei state
National Council for International Visitors
Sudanese-American community
Books from US school systems switching to electronic texts
Local dinners/networking
10th Anniversary: A Decade of Service
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback
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The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Sudan Sunrise
Board of directorsas of 03/29/2023
Mr Dwight Arn
Hallmark
Term: 2020 - 2022
Dwight Arn
Hallmark
Thomas Prichard
Sudan Sunrise
Amanda Jane
Richard Young
Bill Hudson
Mary Asel
Heather Flor
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Equity strategies
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- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.