GLOBAL INTERVENTION FOR HEALTH AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (GIHAD)

 

                     ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND

The Global Intervention for Health & Agricultural Development (GIHAD) is a legally recognized national nonprofit organization operating under the auspices of the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission in South Sudan, officially designated by registration number [insert number]. Strategically headquartered in Juba, specifically in Tonpiny, Block 5, Plot 111, near the Turkish Embassy, GI-HAD is uniquely positioned to coordinate and implement its extensive programs across multiple states, including Upper Nile, Bar El Ghazal, Central Equatoria, and Jonglei, with a particular focus on the Pibor administrative area. Embodying its slogan, “Nurturing Health & Agricultural Steps for life-saving and Zero Hunger,” GI-HAD is dedicated to addressing the critical livelihood and agricultural challenges faced by the most vulnerable populations in these regions. Through a comprehensive approach, the organization strives to enhance agricultural development, improve food security, and promote overall well-being, thereby uplifting underserved communities both locally and globally. GI-HAD’s multifaceted initiatives encompass a wide array of programs, such as General Food Assistance (GFA), Community-Based Agriculture (CBA), Resilient Livelihood Programs (including FFs/FFA/C4W), Village Saving Loan Association (VSLA) and Entrepreneurship and Economic Recovery efforts. Additionally, the organization provides essential resources like fishing kits, cultivation and crop harvesting machines, and tractors to streamline agricultural activities. Beyond agriculture, GI-HAD extends its impact to health, nutrition, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), education, protection, peacebuilding, and shelter and non-food item (NFI) distribution. These efforts are meticulously designed not only to meet immediate needs but also to empower communities toward self-sufficiency and long-term resilience. By fostering sustainable practices and innovative solutions, GI-HAD stands as a beacon of hope and a transformative force in South Sudan’s agricultural and humanitarian landscape, committed to creating a future where communities thrive independently and sustainably.

 

THE STORY OF GI-HAD

The Global Intervention for Health & Agricultural Development (GI-HAD) is a registered national non-profit in South Sudan, operating under the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission, Based in Juba. GI-HAD come to existence due to conflict that resort to deteriorating system of health, agriculture, and livelihoods in vulnerable areas like Upper Nile, Bar El Ghazal, Central Equatoria, and Jonglei, with a special emphasis on the Pibor administrative area. Mainly with perpetual maxim of “Nurturing Health & Agricultural Steps for life-saving and Zero Hunger,” which reflects its dedication to transformative change. Its programs aim to combat food insecurity, improve farming, and promote sustainable livelihoods. Core programs like General Food Assistance (GFA), Community-Based Agriculture (CBA), and Resilient Livelihood Programs empower communities. GI-HAD also fosters economic recovery through Village Saving Loan Associations (VSLA) and entrepreneurship programs, providing resources such as fishing kits, tractors, and farming equipment to improve agricultural practices.

GI-HAD also works in health, nutrition, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), education, protection, peacebuilding, shelter, and climate justice. These proactive efforts build long-term resilience and self-sufficiency, using innovative solutions and sustainable practices to help communities thrive.

In South Sudan, GI-HAD offers hope by addressing immediate needs and building a foundation for resilient, self-reliant, and prosperous communities? It aims to alleviate suffering and create a brighter, more sustainable future for South Sudan.

VISION

GI-HAD envisions a future where communities are self-sufficient, resilient, and empowered to overcome the systemic barriers to their development.

MISSION

To uplift underserved communities by implementing innovative and sustainable programs that enhance food security, promote agricultural resilience, and improve health and education outcomes.

 

CORE VALUES

At the heart of GI-HAD’s operations lie its core values, which serve as the foundation for its programs and initiatives:

• Compassion and Empathy: GI-HAD operates with a deep sense of compassion, ensuring that its interventions are tailored to the unique needs of the communities it serves. This empathetic approach fosters trust and collaboration, which are critical for sustainable impact.
• Integrity and Accountability: As a legally recognized entity, GI-HAD adheres to the highest standards of transparency and accountability. Every program is meticulously designed, implemented, and monitored to ensure that resources are utilized effectively and ethically.
• Innovation and Adaptability: The organization embraces innovative solutions to address the dynamic challenges of agricultural development and health care. By leveraging technology and community-based knowledge, GI-HAD ensures that its interventions are both relevant and resilient.
• Inclusivity and Equity: GI-HAD prioritizes the most marginalized and vulnerable populations, ensuring that no one is left behind. Its programs are designed to empower women, children, and other disadvantaged groups, fostering social equity and cohesion.
• Sustainability and Resilience: Beyond immediate relief, GI-HAD focuses on building the capacity of communities to sustain themselves. Its initiatives are rooted in sustainable agricultural practices, health education, and economic empowerment, ensuring long-term resilience.

 

THEMATIC AREA

GI-HAD’s work is organized into several key program areas, each designed to address specific needs while contributing to the broader goal of sustainable development:

1. Food Security & Livelihoods

GI-HAD prioritizes food security because it directly affects the well-being and stability of communities. Its efforts in this area are varied and adaptable:

• General Food Assistance (GFA): This program offers immediate aid to people facing severe hunger and malnutrition by providing essential food.
• Community-Based Agriculture (CBA): GI-HAD helps local farmers become self-sufficient by offering training, resources, and technical support to increase their agricultural productivity.
• Resilient Livelihood Programs: Initiatives like Farmer Field Schools (FFS), Food for Assets (FFA), and Cash for Work (C4W) aim to build economic resilience by providing short-term jobs and equipping people with skills and assets for long-term financial stability.
• Entrepreneurship and Economic Recovery: Supports small businesses and income-generating activities to stimulate local economies, encouraging innovation and self-reliance to reduce dependence on aid.

2. Health

GI-HAD believes that healthcare is a basic human right. Its health programs ensure that underserved communities receive essential medical care through:

• Clinical Outreach: Mobile health units deliver vital services to remote areas, connecting marginalized people with healthcare.
• Expanded Program for Immunization (EPI): Vaccination campaigns protect communities from preventable diseases, promoting public health.
• Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS): GI-HAD's MHPSS programs provide counseling and support to help people recover emotionally from trauma and displacement.

3. Nutrition

GI-HAD addresses malnutrition, especially among children, with targeted actions:

• Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) Management: This program identifies and treats malnutrition early to prevent it from becoming severe.
• Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM): CMAM offers life-saving treatment for severe cases, combining medical care with nutritional support.
• Stabilization Centers: These centers provide critical care for the most vulnerable, ensuring severely malnourished individuals receive intensive treatment.

4. Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)

Access to clean water and sanitation is crucial for preventing disease and improving health. GI-HAD’s WASH programs:

• Improve access to safe drinking water.
• Build sanitation facilities.
• Educate communities about hygiene practices to reduce waterborne diseases.

5. Education

GI-HAD supports education to empower people by improving literacy and vocational skills, especially for women and children.

6. Protection and Peacebuilding

·       GI-HAD defends the rights of vulnerable groups, including women, children, and displaced people, and promotes peace by addressing the causes of conflict and displacement.

7. Shelter and Non-Food Items (NFI)

·       GI-HAD provides emergency housing and essential household items to displaced families, ensuring their safety and dignity.

8. Climate Justice

GI-HAD addresses the connection between climate change and social inequality through:

• Awareness and Education: Educating the public about the link between climate change and social injustice.
• Legal and Policy Advocacy: Holding corporations and governments responsible for environmental damage and advocating for sustainable policies.
• Grassroots Mobilization: Working with affected communities to amplify their voices and support sustainable farming.
• International Lobbying: Advocating for fair climate policies to ensure developing nations receive the necessary support to adapt to climate change.

Who GI-HAD Works With

GI-HAD work with vulnerable farmers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugees, PWD, Returnees, corporations, and governments. It includes all stakeholders, ensuring everyone has a voice in shaping their future.

GI-HAD's Approach

GI-HAD empowers communities by using a bottom-up strategy, ensuring its work is tailored to their specific needs and goals. Community involvement is central to GI-HAD’s programs, recognizing that those affected by development should have a key role in its implementation.

Governance Structure

GI-HAD is governed by a Board of Directors, consisting of a Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, General Secretary, Treasurer, and three other members. The Board's duties include establishing strategic policies and ensuring the organization works towards 

 ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND

The Global Intervention for Health & Agricultural Development (GI-HAD) is a legally recognized national nonprofit organization operating under the auspices of the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission in South Sudan, officially designated by registration number [insert number]. Strategically headquartered in Juba, specifically in Tonpiny, Block 5, Plot 111, near the Turkish Embassy, GI-HAD is uniquely positioned to coordinate and implement its extensive programs across multiple states, including Upper Nile, Bar El Ghazal, Central Equatoria, and Jonglei, with a particular focus on the Pibor administrative area. Embodying its slogan, “Nurturing Health & Agricultural Steps for life-saving and Zero Hunger,” GI-HAD is dedicated to addressing the critical livelihood and agricultural challenges faced by the most vulnerable populations in these regions. Through a comprehensive approach, the organization strives to enhance agricultural development, improve food security, and promote overall well-being, thereby uplifting underserved communities both locally and globally. GI-HAD’s multifaceted initiatives encompass a wide array of programs, such as General Food Assistance (GFA), Community-Based Agriculture (CBA), Resilient Livelihood Programs (including FFs/FFA/C4W), Village Saving Loan Association (VSLA) and Entrepreneurship and Economic Recovery efforts. Additionally, the organization provides essential resources like fishing kits, cultivation and crop harvesting machines, and tractors to streamline agricultural activities. Beyond agriculture, GI-HAD extends its impact to health, nutrition, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), education, protection, peacebuilding, and shelter and non-food item (NFI) distribution. These efforts are meticulously designed not only to meet immediate needs but also to empower communities toward self-sufficiency and long-term resilience. By fostering sustainable practices and innovative solutions, GI-HAD stands as a beacon of hope and a transformative force in South Sudan’s agricultural and humanitarian landscape, committed to creating a future where communities thrive independently and sustainably.

 

THE STORY OF GI-HAD

The Global Intervention for Health & Agricultural Development (GI-HAD) is a registered national non-profit in South Sudan, operating under the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission, Based in Juba. GI-HAD come to existence due to conflict that resort to deteriorating system of health, agriculture, and livelihoods in vulnerable areas like Upper Nile, Bar El Ghazal, Central Equatoria, and Jonglei, with a special emphasis on the Pibor administrative area. Mainly with perpetual maxim of “Nurturing Health & Agricultural Steps for life-saving and Zero Hunger,” which reflects its dedication to transformative change. Its programs aim to combat food insecurity, improve farming, and promote sustainable livelihoods. Core programs like General Food Assistance (GFA), Community-Based Agriculture (CBA), and Resilient Livelihood Programs empower communities. GI-HAD also fosters economic recovery through Village Saving Loan Associations (VSLA) and entrepreneurship programs, providing resources such as fishing kits, tractors, and farming equipment to improve agricultural practices.

GI-HAD also works in health, nutrition, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), education, protection, peacebuilding, shelter, and climate justice. These proactive efforts build long-term resilience and self-sufficiency, using innovative solutions and sustainable practices to help communities thrive.

In South Sudan, GI-HAD offers hope by addressing immediate needs and building a foundation for resilient, self-reliant, and prosperous communities? It aims to alleviate suffering and create a brighter, more sustainable future for South Sudan.

VISION

GI-HAD envisions a future where communities are self-sufficient, resilient, and empowered to overcome the systemic barriers to their development.

MISSION

To uplift underserved communities by implementing innovative and sustainable programs that enhance food security, promote agricultural resilience, and improve health and education outcomes.

 

CORE VALUES

At the heart of GI-HAD’s operations lie its core values, which serve as the foundation for its programs and initiatives:

• Compassion and Empathy: GI-HAD operates with a deep sense of compassion, ensuring that its interventions are tailored to the unique needs of the communities it serves. This empathetic approach fosters trust and collaboration, which are critical for sustainable impact.
• Integrity and Accountability: As a legally recognized entity, GI-HAD adheres to the highest standards of transparency and accountability. Every program is meticulously designed, implemented, and monitored to ensure that resources are utilized effectively and ethically.
• Innovation and Adaptability: The organization embraces innovative solutions to address the dynamic challenges of agricultural development and health care. By leveraging technology and community-based knowledge, GI-HAD ensures that its interventions are both relevant and resilient.
• Inclusivity and Equity: GI-HAD prioritizes the most marginalized and vulnerable populations, ensuring that no one is left behind. Its programs are designed to empower women, children, and other disadvantaged groups, fostering social equity and cohesion.
• Sustainability and Resilience: Beyond immediate relief, GI-HAD focuses on building the capacity of communities to sustain themselves. Its initiatives are rooted in sustainable agricultural practices, health education, and economic empowerment, ensuring long-term resilience.

 

THEMATIC AREA

GI-HAD’s work is organized into several key program areas, each designed to address specific needs while contributing to the broader goal of sustainable development:

1. Food Security & Livelihoods

GI-HAD prioritizes food security because it directly affects the well-being and stability of communities. Its efforts in this area are varied and adaptable:

• General Food Assistance (GFA): This program offers immediate aid to people facing severe hunger and malnutrition by providing essential food.
• Community-Based Agriculture (CBA): GI-HAD helps local farmers become self-sufficient by offering training, resources, and technical support to increase their agricultural productivity.
• Resilient Livelihood Programs: Initiatives like Farmer Field Schools (FFS), Food for Assets (FFA), and Cash for Work (C4W) aim to build economic resilience by providing short-term jobs and equipping people with skills and assets for long-term financial stability.
• Entrepreneurship and Economic Recovery: Supports small businesses and income-generating activities to stimulate local economies, encouraging innovation and self-reliance to reduce dependence on aid.

2. Health

GI-HAD believes that healthcare is a basic human right. Its health programs ensure that underserved communities receive essential medical care through:

• Clinical Outreach: Mobile health units deliver vital services to remote areas, connecting marginalized people with healthcare.
• Expanded Program for Immunization (EPI): Vaccination campaigns protect communities from preventable diseases, promoting public health.
• Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS): GI-HAD's MHPSS programs provide counseling and support to help people recover emotionally from trauma and displacement.

3. Nutrition

GI-HAD addresses malnutrition, especially among children, with targeted actions:

• Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) Management: This program identifies and treats malnutrition early to prevent it from becoming severe.
• Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM): CMAM offers life-saving treatment for severe cases, combining medical care with nutritional support.
• Stabilization Centers: These centers provide critical care for the most vulnerable, ensuring severely malnourished individuals receive intensive treatment.

4. Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)

Access to clean water and sanitation is crucial for preventing disease and improving health. GI-HAD’s WASH programs:

• Improve access to safe drinking water.
• Build sanitation facilities.
• Educate communities about hygiene practices to reduce waterborne diseases.

5. Education

GI-HAD supports education to empower people by improving literacy and vocational skills, especially for women and children.

6. Protection and Peacebuilding

·       GI-HAD defends the rights of vulnerable groups, including women, children, and displaced people, and promotes peace by addressing the causes of conflict and displacement.

7. Shelter and Non-Food Items (NFI)

·       GI-HAD provides emergency housing and essential household items to displaced families, ensuring their safety and dignity.

8. Climate Justice

GI-HAD addresses the connection between climate change and social inequality through:

• Awareness and Education: Educating the public about the link between climate change and social injustice.
• Legal and Policy Advocacy: Holding corporations and governments responsible for environmental damage and advocating for sustainable policies.
• Grassroots Mobilization: Working with affected communities to amplify their voices and support sustainable farming.
• International Lobbying: Advocating for fair climate policies to ensure developing nations receive the necessary support to adapt to climate change.

Who GI-HAD Works With

GI-HAD work with vulnerable farmers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugees, PWD, Returnees, corporations, and governments. It includes all stakeholders, ensuring everyone has a voice in shaping their future.

GI-HAD's Approach

GI-HAD empowers communities by using a bottom-up strategy, ensuring its work is tailored to their specific needs and goals. Community involvement is central to GI-HAD’s programs, recognizing that those affected by development should have a key role in its implementation.

Governance Structure

GI-HAD is governed by a Board of Directors, consisting of a Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, General Secretary, Treasurer, and three other members. The Board's duties include establishing strategic policies and ensuring the organization works towards its mission. They meet twice a year to assess operations. The Executive Director, chosen by the Board, manages daily activities. This person puts the Board's strategies into action and connects the Board with the management teams. GI-HAD focuses on the growth and well-being of its employees, with support from departments like finance, HR, and logistics, and a detailed HR manual. This well-organized structure promotes strong leadership, efficient operations, and a positive workplace, which supports GI-HAD's agricultural development work.

 its mission. They meet twice a year to assess operations. The Executive Director, chosen by the Board, manages daily activities. This person puts the Board's strategies into action and connects the Board with the management teams. GI-HAD focuses on the growth and well-being of its employees, with support from departments like finance, HR, and logistics, and a detailed HR manual. This well-organized structure promotes strong leadership, efficient operations, and a positive workplace, which supports GI-HAD's agricultural development work.