CIDA Joins the Basic Services Fund
From the 1st of April the Canadian government joined, through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the Basic Services Fund with a contribution of GBP 4.2 million. Therefore it was possible to start up 5 new projects (Round 3b), which were previously already selected by the Steering Committee and were on the waiting list to receive funding from the Basic Services Fund The following projects/ NGOs received a grant for the following projects:
o HARD - Jur River and Wau Counties, Western Bahr el Ghazal - 1 April 2009 - 30 June 2010
o World Vision (in partnership with Tambura and Yambio Diocese) - Tambura and Ezo Counties, Western Equatoria - 1 April 2009 - 30 June 2010
o International Medical Corps (IMC) (in partnership with Presbyterian Relief and Development Agency (PRDA) and Hile Hope Development Fund (NHDF)) - Akobo County, Jonglei - 1 April 2009 - 30 June 2010
o Medair (in partnership with Malaria Consortium (MC) and Fashoda Youth Forum (FYF)) - Manyo County, Upper Nile State - 1 April 2009 - 30 April 2010
o UMCOR (in partnership with the Diocese of Rumbek) - South Aweil County, Northern Bahr el Ghazal - 1 April 2009 - 30 April 2010
The BSF secretariat organised a combined meeting for the round 3a and 3b grant recipients to kick start these 5 new projects and to stock take the implementation process of the 11 projects that started up in January 2009.
Southern Sudan
From mid 2002 continuous negotiations took place between the Government of the Republic of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/ Sudan People’s Liberation Army to end the longest running conflict in Africa.
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