Projects

Current files. Past results. Work still to open.

UNESCO, UN Women, UNDP, UNICEF, UNMISS, World Vision, IOM, Save the Children, NRC and the EYA Board.

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Current projects

Women in South Sudan’s Security Sector

Ongoing · Juba County, Central Equatoria

Women in South Sudan’s Security Sector

A path to inclusive and transformative leadership for women in the security sector in Juba County.

UNESCO · 540 beneficiaries

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Gender Action Learning System (GALS)

Ongoing · Aweil Centre, Renk, Magwei, Yambio, Nzara, Maridi

Gender Action Learning System (GALS)

GALS cohorts across Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Upper Nile, Eastern and Western Equatoria.

UNDP · 7,500 beneficiaries

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Pastoralist Education Programme (PEP)

Ongoing · Aweil North County, Northern Bahr el Ghazal

Pastoralist Education Programme (PEP)

Education for pastoralist children and youth in Aweil North County.

UNICEF through Windle Trust International · 914 beneficiaries

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Construction of Otallo Primary School

Ongoing · Pochalla North, Greater Pibor Administrative Area

Construction of Otallo Primary School

A new primary school in Pochalla North, Greater Pibor Administrative Area.

UNMISS · 937 beneficiaries

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What closed, and what remained.

Past projects & success stories

Building Local Climate Resilience and Peace in Pibor

Completed · Pibor, Greater Pibor Administrative Area

Building Local Climate Resilience and Peace in Pibor

Empowering conflict-affected communities in Pibor with climate resilience and peace.

UN Women · 19,500 beneficiaries

Over two years in Pibor, conflict-affected communities linked climate action to local peace. Youth and women sat on resilience plans that local authorities could own. When the grant closed in October 2025, 19,500 people had been reached—evidence that climate work in GPAA can be delivered by a South Sudanese youth-led organisation.

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Sustainable resettlement of IDPs in Kor-Malang

Completed · Kor-Malang, Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal

Sustainable resettlement of IDPs in Kor-Malang

Resettlement and integration support for IDPs in Kor-Malang, Wau.

UNDP · 500 beneficiaries

In eight weeks EYA and UNDP walked with 500 people in Kor-Malang so resettlement was more than a tent move. Local authorities and the settlement committee stayed in the room. The file closed on time with the integration steps the community had named.

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Justice Confidence Centre, Northern Bahr el Ghazal

Completed · Aweil Centre and Aweil East, Northern Bahr el Ghazal

Justice Confidence Centre, Northern Bahr el Ghazal

A sustainable justice confidence centre for vulnerable people in Aweil Centre and Aweil East.

UNDP · 700 beneficiaries

Vulnerable women and men in Aweil Centre and Aweil East used a centre that explained rights without sending them to Juba first. Seven hundred people passed through. County justice actors remained partners after the grant date.

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The Nexus Accelerator Fund (NAF)

Completed · Juba County, Central Equatoria

The Nexus Accelerator Fund (NAF)

Nexus acceleration for 270 people in Juba County with World Vision International.

World Vision International · 270 beneficiaries

A short, disciplined cycle with World Vision reached 270 people in Juba County. EYA’s youth-led teams kept the nexus file local—humanitarian need and development skill in the same room.

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Peace building Roadmaps for Greater Pibor

Completed · Pibor, Greater Pibor Administrative Area

Peace building Roadmaps for Greater Pibor

Roadmaps and action plans written with communities in Pibor, GPAA.

IOM / UN Women · 200 beneficiaries

In ninety days, 200 people in Pibor produced peace roadmaps and action plans that local government could table. The documents stayed in GPAA when the facilitators left.

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Hepatitis B birth-dose advocacy

Completed · Juba, Central Equatoria

Hepatitis B birth-dose advocacy

Advocacy to suppress and eliminate hepatitis B in South Sudan by 2030, starting at birth.

The Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination · 125 beneficiaries

EYA put infant hepatitis B birth-dose on the Juba advocacy table with 125 counterparts—clinicians, parents and policy actors—aimed at elimination by 2030.

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Youth Leading Peace, Aweil

Completed · Aweil, Northern Bahr el Ghazal

Youth Leading Peace, Aweil

Youth-led peace in Northern Bahr el Ghazal with UNESCO through CIDA.

UNESCO through CIDA · 62 beneficiaries

A concentrated two-week cohort of 62 youth in Aweil practised leading peace, not only attending it. Several stayed in county youth structures after the close.

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Child-friendly spaces in Aweil East

Completed · Aweil East County, Northern Bahr el Ghazal

Child-friendly spaces in Aweil East

Life-skills and resilience for women and children affected by disaster and conflict.

Save the Children through LRFP · 365 beneficiaries

Existing spaces in Akuong and Majok Yinthiou were strengthened, not imported. Three hundred and sixty-five women and children—including IDPs and returnees—had a daily place for life-skills and protection.

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Peace and Community Cohesion (PaCC) 2

Completed · Aweil West, Aweil South and Aweil North, Northern Bahr el Ghazal

Peace and Community Cohesion (PaCC) 2

Twelve months of cohesion work in Aweil West, South and North.

UNDP · 1,300 beneficiaries

PaCC 2 proved EYA could repeat cohesion work at county scale: 1,300 people, half women, across three Aweil counties, with UNDP and local government still in the partnership at close.

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Women and youth in R-ARCSS implementation

Completed · Aweil Centre County, Northern Bahr el Ghazal

Women and youth in R-ARCSS implementation

Knowledge and influencing so women and youth participate in the revitalised agreement and decision-making.

UN Women through YWCA South Sudan · 1,200 beneficiaries

Women and youth in Aweil Centre left the six-month cycle able to speak about R-ARCSS in rooms that used to close. One thousand two hundred people—500 of them women—finished the influencing curriculum.

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Youth engagement through sports, Yuai

Completed · Yuai HQ, Uror County, Jonglei State

Youth engagement through sports, Yuai

Internally funded sport for peace in Uror County, Jonglei.

Internal funding · 230 beneficiaries

When no external donor sat on the file, the Board still funded sport in Yuai. Two hundred and thirty young people played through a six-month season—proof that talent work is not only a grant line.

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Menstrual hygiene for school girls, Uror

Completed · Uror County, Jonglei State

Menstrual hygiene for school girls, Uror

One-month hygiene promotion for 100 school girls in Uror County.

Internal funding · 100 beneficiaries

One hundred girls in Uror stayed in class through the month because dignity materials and promotion arrived from EYA’s own funds, not a delayed pipeline.

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Business management skills for youth and women, Munuki

Completed · Munuki, Juba County, Central Equatoria

Business management skills for youth and women, Munuki

Free training with Rejoice in the Lord Ministry Church and Aweil Business Association.

Rejoice in the Lord Ministry Church and Aweil Business Association · 60 beneficiaries

Sixty youth and women in Munuki finished business skills without a donor invoice. Church and business-association partners made the room; EYA made the curriculum.

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Peace and Community Cohesion (PaCC) 1

Completed · Aweil West, Aweil South and Aweil North, Northern Bahr el Ghazal

Peace and Community Cohesion (PaCC) 1

The first UNDP PaCC cycle in three Aweil counties.

UNDP · 1,300 beneficiaries

PaCC 1 established EYA with UNDP in Aweil West, South and North. Equal numbers of women and men finished the year. The relationship held into the second cycle.

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BREAD — youth economic accomplishment

Completed · Majok Yinthiou, Aweil East County, Northern Bahr el Ghazal

BREAD — youth economic accomplishment

Building Resilience through Economic Accomplishment and Development for youth in Majok Yinthiou.

European Union through NRC Empower Project · 900 beneficiaries

BREAD put 900 young women and men in Majok Yinthiou through a full year of economic accomplishment. EU and NRC trusted a youth-led South Sudanese partner with the file—and the file closed on time.

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HIV and AIDS awareness campaigns, Juba

Completed · Juba, Central Equatoria

HIV and AIDS awareness campaigns, Juba

Three months of public HIV education reaching 10,000 people in Juba.

NRC, South Sudan · 10,000 beneficiaries

In the hard months of 2020, EYA and NRC still put accurate HIV information in front of 10,000 people in Juba—radio, meetings and community teams.

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COVID-19 awareness in Northern Bahr el Ghazal

Completed · Aweil, Northern Bahr el Ghazal

COVID-19 awareness in Northern Bahr el Ghazal

Radio talk shows, town halls, jingles and songs on COVID-19 in Aweil.

NRC, South Sudan · 5,000 beneficiaries

Songs and jingles in Aweil carried COVID-19 facts when movement was limited. Five thousand people heard EYA and NRC in a language they already used.

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Tree planting campaign, Wanyjok

Completed · Wanyjok, Aweil East County, Northern Bahr el Ghazal

Tree planting campaign, Wanyjok

Six months of tree planting with Wuon-Anock Company Ltd.

Wuon-Anock Company Ltd. · 200 beneficiaries

A South Sudanese company and a youth-led NGO planted through one rainy season in Wanyjok with 200 women and men sharing the labour equally.

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Sports tournament and cultural gala, 2018

Completed · Juba County, CES, and Uror County, Jonglei

Sports tournament and cultural gala, 2018

Youth engagement through sport and culture in Juba and Uror.

Democracy International and EYA Board of Directors · 700 beneficiaries

Registered in 2018, EYA already put 700 young people into sport and cultural gala between Juba and Uror. The Board co-funded. Talent was a founding programme, not an afterthought.

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Briquette production, Lologo

Completed · Lologo, Juba, Central Equatoria

Briquette production, Lologo

Women-led briquette production in Lologo, Juba.

EYA Board of Directors · 120 beneficiaries

Before large UN files, the Board invested in 100 women and 20 men making briquettes in Lologo. It remains the origin story of EYA livelihoods: women first, Juba settlement, own capital.

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Work EYA is prepared to open.

Upcoming

Extension to remaining states and administrative areas

Upcoming · All states and administrative areas of South Sudan

Extension to remaining states and administrative areas

EYA is prepared to extend operations to all states and administrative areas of South Sudan.

To be mobilised · Scope to be mobilised

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