About us
Nuba Women for Education and Development Association (NuWEDA) is a non-profit, non-partisan national society working in the field of education and development, economic, social and political empowerment, which also promotes the reproductive health and school health program, the development of leadership capacities of young people, the promotion of the principle of self-confidence for adolescent girls, the education of children and the provision of humanitarian assistance.
The NuWEDA Association was launched as an idea in 1997 by women activist from conflict and war zones of Southern Kordofan and registered as a National Association at the Commission for Humanitarian Aid (HAC) in 2002. The Association operates in the following areas of the Sudan, including Khartoum-White Nile (Kosti), Blue Nile (Damazin) and South Kordofan (Kadugli).
NuWEDA Accomplishment
- The 2020 Democracy Award Honor, from National Endowment for Democracy. Washington DC
- The 2021 Award for supporting and empowering of women from Zain Sudan & USAID
Vision
Message
All marginalized groups in the Sudan enjoy all their rights and realize their development potential, which guarantees them a decent life and effective participation in society and the State.
We, the Nuba Women’s Society for Education and Development, are working to achieve social justice and community participation, especially those affected by conflicts, wars and disasters.
Overall objective
Combating poverty and illiteracy
Self-help curriculum
The idea of a self-help approach came to Sudan in mid-2000s, and then NuWEDA adopted the program by the end of 2018, when it showed a great success in Asian countries, especially India, which was in poverty at the time. It is a simplified approach used to eradicate poverty, increase women’s capacities in the social, economic, cultural and political spheres, and strengthen relations between women in the same region, especially in advocacy processes. The concept of the curriculum revolves around the gathering of poor women in the particular region with the aim of forming small groups called self-help, whose socio-political objectives have certain conditions and controls agreed upon by the group members.