Transforming Lives in South Kordofan – Economic Empowerment for Conflict Transformation
We’re working to empower youth and women in South Kordofan by providing training, supporting small businesses, and creating income opportunities. We aim to help them build a better future, strengthen their resilience, and contribute to lasting peace in their communities. In the heart of South Kordofan, where conflict and economic…
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Peace Isn’t Made on Paper
Peace doesn’t happen in conference rooms. It’s not built with signatures on treaties. It doesn’t live in legal agreements or policy documents. Real peace—the kind that lasts—happens in the everyday. It’s in the moments where neighbors show up for one another, where former enemies share a meal, where people choose…
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‘They Come for Us First’: The Women Bearing Witness to Sudan’s Genocide
Abdelsadig, a senior adviser at the peacebuilding organization Search for Common Ground, led the effort to bring 14 Sudanese women from various civil society sectors to U.N. peace talks in Geneva in August 2024. Their contributions were essential in formulating the 2024 code of conduct adopted by the RSF during…
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Standing with Sudan: A Peacebuilding Perspective on Accountability and Hope
The ongoing conflict in Sudan, marked by the unrelenting violence between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has created one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises. Over 30 million people urgently require assistance, and hundreds of thousands face famine in the wake of widespread…
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Final Evaluation – Strengthening Women and Youth-led Approaches to Reconciliation and Conflict Prevention in South Kordofan and Blue Nile – August 2022
Search for Common Ground (Search) in Sudan has implemented the three year Maa Baaad Namo project (2018-2021) in collaboration with its local partners: the Badya Centre for Integrated Development Services (Badya), Um Serdiba Association for Development (Um Serdiba), Paralegal’s Association (PASS), the Human Security Initiative Organization (MAMAN), and ElSharq Centre…
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Final Evaluation – Maa Baaad Nanmo We Grow Together: Supporting Sudanese CSOs to improve multi-sectoral development for vulnerable women and girls – September 2021
Search for Common Ground (Search) in Sudan has implemented the three year Maa Baaad Namo project (2018-2021) in collaboration with its local partners: the Badya Centre for Integrated Development Services (Badya), Um Serdiba Association for Development (Um Serdiba), Paralegal’s Association (PASS), the Human Security Initiative Organization (MAMAN), and ElSharq Centre…
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Final Evaluation – Women, Rise Up! Empowering Sudanese Women in South Kordofan to Advance Women’s Rights – October 2020
This EU-funded project “Al-nisa’, artaqauu!– Women, Rise Up! Empowering Sudanese Women in South Kordofan to Advance Women’s Rights” was implemented in partnership with Badya Centre for Integrated Development (Badya) from January of 2018 to December 2019. The women of Sudan remain one of the most marginalized groups in the country…
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Report – SFCG Among Family and Friends – August2020
The research team in consultation with Search for Common Ground (Search), the Sudanese National Commission on Counter-terroism (SNCCT), and the US Embassy identified three target areas for this research: South Darfur, Kassala, and Khartoum. These locations were selected based on the diversity of risk factors they represent, as outlined below,…
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Report – Sowing Seeds of Peace in Sudan – August 2020
Since July 2020, the French Embassy-funded program, "Empowering Women and Youth in South Kordofan", and the EU-funded project, "Strengthening Women and Youth-led Approaches to Reconciliation and Conflict Prevention", co-supported the distribution of seeds in different locations throughout South Kordofan. Search staff and local representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture organized…
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