Women Advancement Organization

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Munuki Block "B" Behind EB Clinic,
Juba South Sudan

WOMEN ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION (WAO)
The weekly staffs meeting at WAO boardroom carried out to follow up and get update on the activities from the various field locations across the country.
WOMEN ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION (WAO)
Football club promoting peace building and psychosocial support among the youth.
WOMEN ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION (WAO)
Promoting peacebuilding through football clubs within the community.
WOMEN ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION (WAO)
Women knitting bed sheets at Gondokoro Island.
WOMEN ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION (WAO)
Graduation ceremony of TVET in Wau NBG state
WOMEN ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION (WAO)
Wau Youth Center –Vocational Training activities sponsored by UNICEF, UNESCO, EDC & NRC
WOMEN ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION (WAO)
Community dialogue on ending child marriage in Morinakango Village in Gondokoro Payam.
WOMEN ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION (WAO)
The Chief of Mori-Nakango addressing the community during mediation and peaceful co-existence Campaigns in Gondokoro County.
WOMEN ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION (WAO)
WAO receives 3 landcruisers to accelerate YEA activities in Kapoeta North, Budi and Wau.
WOMEN ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION (WAO)
Covid 19 intervention in POC 1-2020, WAO team distributing re-useable face mask to the beneficiaries.
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Women Advancement Organization (WAO)

Women Advancement Organization (WAO) is a national non-profit Organization (NNGO), founded in 2012 in Juba, South Sudan, registered by the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC) registration No.439.  Purposely established to;

  • Empower, support vulnerable women and out of school youth through training in life skills, Alternative Education Systems and Technical, Vocational Education and
  • Advocate for the Fundamental rights of marginalized groups to access basic education, healthcare ..

Geographical Coverage

Central Equatorial, Western Bahar El Ghazel, Lake’s state, Western Equatorial, Jonglei state, Upper Nile, Unity, Eastern and Western Equatoria States and one administrative area of Abyei.

Our Vision

Resilient society with sustainable services.

Our Mission

To reduce illiteracy among women and out of school youth, improve their livelihoods, protect their rights and increase their participation in socio-economic activities.

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Our Core values

• Integrity, Accountability and transparency.
• Adherence to do no harm principle and neutrality.
• Equity and justice
• Effective partnership(Development actors, Government, private sector and community engagement)
• Compassion and solidarity with the conflict and disaster affected community.

Our Mandate

To empower women to participate in, social and economic development in order to achieve their potential.

Causes

FOOD SECURITY & LIVELIHOOD

Food security and livelihood, (FSL) We engage communities in vegetable production, income generating activities, fruit seedling, village saving and lending association, crop production and seed distribution to the conflict affected population.

EDUCATION

We engage communities in Early Childhood Development, Accelerated Learning Program, Technical Vocational Education Training, mobile Pastoralist education programs, Language/English course & Functional literacy/adult education program.

GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

We respond to Gender Based violence through awareness raising via community workshops, film production on ending of early child marriage, trainings of GBV volunteers, ,referrals, Advocacy, Psychosocial support, reproductive health programming, economic empowerment, dissemination of child act policies, establishment of women & child friendly space for out of school children and adolescent, GBV Campaigns such as (Mama RaSakit campaign) awareness raising and dialogue on prevention of recruitment of child soldier)

PEACE BUILDING

We engage communities on Conflict analysis, conflict prevention, community dialogue, policy development and governance. WAO integrates conflict sensitive approaches in education programmes and training to foster a culture of peace in the communities where we work. Establishing and enhance networks within Government and other stakeholders including sector clusters undertaking peace building through education and training activities.

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