National Initiatives for Development Organization (NIDO)

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1. Health and Nutrition project Supported by UNICEF
Current Projects

Health and Nutrition project Supported by UNICEF

Through this project NIDO is providing lifesaving Health and nutrition services through fixed and mobile Primary Health care centers to 41 communities living in 10 localities of war affected and hard to reach areas in South Darfur , East Darfur and Khartoum states of Sudan.

Current Projects

Community-led Capacity Strengthening for fragile contexts (C4FC) through Employing Nutrition Sensitive Activities in South Darfur State supported by World Vision 2024-2025

The project targeting 4 IDPs camps in South Darfur State including Kalma, Elserif, Otash and Nyala North. The project is Aiming to implement Nutrition Sensitive Activities among the most vulnurable people and those with children with malnutrition these activities include support of home grown gardens, IYCF activities and MUAC screening and referral of childen and PLWs to the Nutrition centres.

Current Projects

Primary Health Care services to the refugees and Assylum seekers in South Darfur State Supported by UNHCR 2025:

The progect is targeting Refugees and Ssylum seekers in South Darfur State. Through this project NIDO is providing the health care services through 5 Primary Health care Centers in 5 refugees hosting localities in the state in addition to refugees referrals health services in Secondary health care facilities in Nyala Teaching Hospital and Buram Rural Hospital.

Current Projects

Community Health and Nutrition project Supported by BHA through IMC 2024-2025

The project is Targeting 2 IDPs camps in South Darfur state and 6 communities in Kassala locality of Kassala state. The project is Aiming to reise awerness among the communities on prevention of infectuse diseases, IYCF, ANC and family planning through conducting Health Education sessions, MUAC screening, House to House visits and Tracing of EPI and Nutrition programs defoltures in the community.

Latest News

NIDO response to Measles outbreak in Sharg Aj Jabal locality, South Darfur State December 2024.

East Jabal Marra is mountainous area bordering North Darfur and Central Darfur, the area is classified as hard to reach area with scanty  humanitarian services, and the area is currently hosting a huge number of New IDPs who arrived to the area recently due to the ongoing sudan conflict. On 17th December As soon as NIDO received update from MSF, NIDO formed Emergency response team composed of one medical doctor, one vaccinator and one Nutritionist. The team moved to the villages surrounding sunny where the cases were reported to verify, and 8 suspected cases were founded and treated. On 18th December NIDO Received 2 cases in Dirbat clinic. NIDO established Isolation Center in Dirbat with full staff led by Medical doctor and all necessary medication including Vit. A for treatment Severe cases that needs admission two cases admitted up to now. NIDO facilitated a mission for SMoH/ EHA department from Nyala to East Jabal Marra for verification and vaccination. The team arrived 20/12/2024. NIDO engaged in a field coordination Meeting with MSF team and MoH EHA team in Jawa and discussed a coordinated efforts to respond. In 21st December, NIDO and MSF started community awareness campaign through community outreach intervention in all NIDO catchment areas in Sunny, jawa, Dirbat, Dera, Kurny and will reach Sorro and surrounding villages. NIDO is conducting on-job training to the all PHC medical staff on measles prevention and case management in all NIDO PHCs. NIDO established a triage system in all entry points of PHCs to identify the cases to be isolated then treated, then more than 200 cases were identified and treated in NIDO clinics. NIDO reported to UNICEF, WHO and MoH appealing for more response Challenges: Availability of Measles vaccine in the state NIDO, MSF and MoH team During coordinated response to Measles in Jawa EJM 20/12/2024 NIDO isolation Center for treatment of Measles cases  in Dirbat EJM 19/12/2024 NIDO Outreach teams to search and respond to Measles cases 20/12/2024. Triaging and Identification of measles cases to be Isolated in Jawa PHC, 20/12/2024 NIDO medical team During treatment of Measles cases without complications in Sunny clinic 22/12/2024. Measles prevention awareness session Taiba clinic 21/12/2024

Previous Projects

WASH Project

NIDO implemented WASH program Support by UNICEF in East Darfur , Yassin locality , Muhajeria to responding Southern Sudanese’s refugees in the Topics below: Humanitarian situations accessing appropriate sanitation facilities and living in environments free of open defecation. @ of School with access to improved sanitation facilities @ of people in humanitarian situations who access and use safe drinking water.

Previous Projects

SAFE Project (Biogas)

NIDO implemented Biogas project in east Darfur funded by WFP in 2015.The project covered sharia locality where 6 biogas were constructed to cover 6 schools to be used as school feeding.

Previous Projects

SAFE Project School Farm (FFA)

NIDO implemented school farm project in east Darfur in 2015 which was supported by WFP. This project is covering six schools in Yassin & Sheria localities of East Darfur, aiming to help communities’ ownership of food for education activities and to ensure project sustainability. The project is successfully implemented and currently is at the final stage of storage and utilization of harvested crops for the benefit of the FFE programme.

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