Community Development Center - South Sudan

BACKGROUND TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (CDC):

Community Development Centre (CDC) is an indigenous non-governmental, nonprofit making
organization. The organization was founded on January 2014 by South Sudanese youths who are
concerned of the deteriorating livelihoods and the poor economic, social, and environmental,
health and high rates of unemployment that resulted from illiteracy and marginalization of
communities. To promote cultural, social and sustainable human development and creation of
peaceful society through supporting, community development initiatives, awareness and
empowerment programs. The organization also works to aware stakeholders at regional and
international levels on community development needs and situation of the disadvantaged rural and
urban women, men and youths. Community Development Center (CDC) seeks to build stronger
and resilient local community and response to community development programs.
The organization is headquartered in Juba and have presences in Yei River, Morobo, Lainya
Counties and now to Bor, Malakal, Bentiu, Wau and gradually expanding to other major South
Sudan towns.
CDC has a well-established and functional Board of ten (10) members elected by the General
Assembly - which is the supreme body of the organization. The board is the steward of the CDC’s
constitution, polices and projects. The Board supervises the management and ensures that it
develops, implement and meets the needs of the community. The organization is headed by the
Executive Director who is the secretary to the board. The management ensures that the strategies,
policies and regulations of the organization are implemented. The management consists of six (6)
staffs who have a wealth experience on project management and monitoring and 6 support staffs
who compliment the work of the program staffs.

OUR MISSION:

To work for the welfare of communities through poverty mitigation, conflict prevention, and
environmental protection.
OUR VISION:

Stronger communities that are well informed, peaceful, healthy and empowered towards
development.

THEMATIC AREAS OF OPERATION:

1. Peace Building and Conflict Resolution.
2. Food Security and Livelihood.
3. Media, Innovation and Technology.
4. Community Empowerment and Integrated Development Programs.
5. Community Social and Cultural Heritage.
6. Education.
7. Heath and Nutrition
8. WASH
9. Protection

OUR CORE OBJECTIVE
To work for community development

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:

1. To foster unity, promote peace and work for reconciliation, healing and conflict resolution
2. To Increase access to adequate and quality food by households participating so that vulnerable women and men achieve improved livelihoods security – in terms of food, income or other assets sufficient to ensure their well-being;
3. To promote cultural and social development in the communities.
4. To promote entrepreneurship, innovation, technology, open culture and empower communities with life skills and capacity building for socio economic development.
5. To raise awareness on dangers and prevention of HIV/AIDs and risks of necrotic drugs, public smoking and other related health issues.
6. To provide access to quality education through establishment of schools, management, supervision and supporting of learning development programs.

CDC BENEFICARIES:

CDC targets the community of Men, Women, Youths, Leaders and Stakeholders towards Community Development.

CORE VALUES:

Open Culture; CDC team believes in open culture and systems for Community development, socio-Economic
Impact and Growth.

Comprehensive Approach; CDC works through a comprehensive approach of both delivering services and impacting the
community led program towards development.

Partnership; CDC shall work alongside with diverse partners from regional and international levels to build
stronger local communities and response to community led programs towards development.

Accountability; CDC has the highest level in record keeping, honesty and loyal in reporting data accurately related
to our mission.

Responsive; CDC has close links to communities and stands in direct contact to access possible emerging needs and is quick to address them

Community; CDC is an idea of team work; a community and cooperative consortium for creation of larger communities towards community development.