Area: 7,434 sq. km
Population: 376,432
Communities: 35
Sponsored children: 4117
Edduweim is located in the White Nile state in central Sudan. Most of the population are small-scale farmers and shepherds and the  annual average income is about US$550.

Since 1995 Plan has been working in the area in partnership with communities; the local government departments - especially the ministries of education, health and agriculture; local organisations and the youth training centre, in order to support children's rights and well-being.

Programme highlights
Children’s and mothers’ health

Plan focuses on various health interventions to improve the health of children and families. These include community-based integrated management of childhood illnesses, reproductive health, malaria control, nutrition and environmental sanitation.

Safe environment for children

Plan gives special attention to changing people’s behaviour through hygiene education, and children and youth are actively involved in campaigns to promote a safe environment.

Plan supports communities to have access to safe drinking water through our Community-Led Total Sanitation initiative, which educates people about the importance of sanitation and helps them to construct and maintain their own latrines.

Learning for life

Plan has successfully created child-friendly environments in schools and has also promoted adult education by empowering the community to work towards education for all.

Various advocacy campaigns are carried out on child rights and protection, as well as Plan’s campaigns for Universal Birth Registration and Learn Without Fear.

Household economic security

To improve farmers’ agricultural production and household income, Plan trains them in new techniques and fishermen are supported through a market development approach.

Plan has also introduced the use of improved energy saving stoves and helped farmers to open ‘fire lines’ which act as a break against spreading wild fire to protect natural pasture.

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