FPDO
Introduction
Friends of Peace and Development Organization (FPDO) is a non-governmental organization (NGO), non-profitable Sudanese voluntary organization concerned with promotion of peace, development. It commenced activities as of 19 March 2003.
Sub-Offices:
Kassala State (Kassala).
Al- Gadarif State (Gadarif).
Blue Nile State (ElDamazin - Alrusiris).
South Kordofan State (Talodi - Rashad - Dilling – Kadogli).
North Darfur State (Al- Fasher).
Khartoum State (Khartoum)(HQ).
Organizational Structure:
Vision Statement:
Sudan living in peace and stability, where social justice and development prevail and, where everybody realize and fully enjoy their socio-economic and political rights.
Values and Principles:
The values and principles that would direct and activate (work) of FPDO, as agreed on by the strategic planning workshop participants (after applying a simple rank order techniques) consist of the following:
* Transparency:
FPDO is keen to observe transparency when dealing with, donors, stakeholders, staff and consistencies particularly its partner community based organizations (CBOs) and their members. It intends to adopt continuous consultation and openness with its staff, executive committee, and board membership allowing unrestricted exchanging of ideas and views and accepting criticism with open mind and heart an work progress, strategies , options for meeting challenges and means for promoting efficiency and effectiveness .
* Accountability:
FPDO will observe the principle of accountability in all its operations and transactions through the preparing periodical reports and transparently discussing them internally and with external relevant stockholders.
* Learning:
FPDO and its individual members will always work to wards continuous learning from their own experiences and those of others, including all partners, stakeholders and others.
* Equality and Equity:
Avoiding all types of dissemination against its staff and the beneficiaries it serves and observing equity in the distribution of its services to its constituencies and benefit to its rainbow staff.
* Voluntarism and participation:
FPDO endeavors to consolidate the concepts of voluntary Work amongst its members (more 100 volunteers) and Constituencies in all areas in which it operates and shall continuously work on ensuring the active participation of all the relevant stakeholders.
* Sustainability:
To lay concrete foundation for an appropriate exit strategy and to ensure the future sustainability of its interventions, FPDO envisages the mobilization of local efforts and empowerment of its partner community based organizations, and to cement its relations with relevant government authorities, and will exert needed efforts to build the capacity of these CBOs in fund raising and resource mobilization in order to enable them to meet the running expenses and sustainability to manage their projects in future, all these create ample opportunity for sustainability.
Mission Statement:
Friends of Peace and Development Organization (FPDO) is a voluntary national non-profit organization established in March, 2003 its main goal is to contribute towards achieving peace and development in Sudan generally and the war-torn and volatile areas in particular, regardless of their ethnic, cultural ,political or religious background, with special emphasis on war affected spots/areas through dissemination of information to the target groups and through implanting a number of programs such as Mine Risk Education (MRE), Victims Assistance (VA), HIV/AIDS, Peace Building etc. in so doing FPDO is committed to the values of learning , from its own experiences and that of others, extending the span of participation and voluntary work and observing the values of equity transparency, and accountability in what it does.
Objectives:
- Help in building a healthy society that lives in peace and freedom.
- Work towards building and developing the society socially and economically.
- Assist disables.
- Work towards activation of the potentials of the civil society and spreading of trust among all factions of the community.
- Fight against mines by collecting data, of detection, mines awareness, demining, victim assistance and rehabilitation of the displaced.
- Furthermore, take part in monitoring adherence to Ottawa Agreement with regard to transport, storage and demolition of mines after said agreement being ratified by Sudan government.
Partnerships:
International:
UNICEF
UNMAO
UNDP
UNFPA
UNWOMEN
UNOPS
PLAN-SUDAN
AAR (Association for Aid and Relief-Japan)
Local:
Global Health Foundation (GHF)
Patients Helping Fund (PHF)
National Mine Action Center (NMAC)
Mubadiroon Organization for Prevention of Disaster and War Impacts (MADAR)
Operation Saves Innocent Lives (OSIL)
Sudan Integrated Mine Action Service (SIMAS)
Network of Nuba Based Organization (NNOB)
Peace Bridge Association (PBA)
Sudan Council for Voluntary Associations (SCOVA)
Sudan AIDS Network (SAN)
Sudan National AIDS Program (SNAP)
Network for Adolescents and Youth of Africa (NAYA)
Department of Voluntary Agencies Ministry of Health (DOVA)