Our Roots.
Hope Alert Network for Development and Local Empowerment (HANDLE) is a National Non- Governmental Organization registered and regulated by South Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC) under chapter 3, section 10 of the NGO Act of South Sudan.
HANDLE was established and registered in 2019 (Reg. No. 2383) in South Sudan to respond to the gaps created by the conflicts in the country leaving millions of South Sudanese displaced in the refugee camps in the neighboring countries, eg Uganda, Kenya etc.
HANDLE's purpose is to create spaces for women and youth in decision making and to include them in improving the living conditions of the entire community. We work to realize the Fulfillment of Children's and Women's Rights and, in particular, their rights to a Healthy Psychosocial Development .
HANDLE has six major intervention areas:
• Education (vocational training and sponsorship)
• Peace Building and Conflict Mitigation
• Health
• Livelihoods/Agriculture
• Women's Economic Empowerment through VSLA
• Human Rights Advocacy
. Internship Centre for National and International students.
More recently, we have successfully included programs focusing on activities such as informal education, sustainable livelihoods, peace building, and health. Our organization targets vulnerable populations that cuts across rural and urban divides, including: widows, single mothers, formally abducted children, child-headed households, landmine survivors, persons with disabilities or illness, and orphans.
To realize our mandate, we implement, either directly or together with our partners, programs that protect and empower children and vulnerable people. Creative community based interventions and conflict transformation programs have become our core business over the years.
Today, HANDLE operates in Magwi County in South Sudan. We aim to empower vulnerable communities through livelihoods activities and advocacy campaigns for the rights of women, girls and other vulnerable individuals in the community. HANDLE programs provide women's economic empowerment, livelihoods enhancement, education, health care, trauma counselling, micro-credit, community development services, peace building, research/internship opportunities, and advocacy efforts which cut across all our activities. We strive to nurture relationships with our target communities rooted in mutual respect and a compassionate exchange of ideas, knowledge and values.