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ACHIEVEMENTS & RECOGNITION
Diar Foundation’s predecessor and field structures have implemented substantial humanitarian and development programming over many years. The following selected figures are drawn from the historical information packet. They are an organizational track record and are not added to the 2024–2025 annual reach total, because the periods, units, and beneficiary definitions differ.
UN FAO — seed distribution / cash-for-seeds (2020-era)
15,000 households targeted in Rumbek East for direct seed distribution; 2,500 households in Rumbek Centre and 2,000 in Rumbek East targeted through cash-for-seeds.
DANIDA through Save the Children — Youth Resilience Project
300 vulnerable youth targeted in Rumbek Center and Wulu Counties.
UNICEF — Child Protection and Youth Empowerment
Implemented in Rumbek East, Rumbek Centre and Wulu Counties.
FAO — Emergency Livelihood Response (2018)
7,500 households reached across Yirol West and Yirol East through seed fairs and direct distribution.
European Union with Save the Children — Youth Employability and Participation
1,200 young women and men aged 14–25 targeted with skills training and sub-grants to business groups.
FAO — Input Trade Fair / livelihood kits (2016)
13,967 households supported with crop seeds, fishing and vegetable kits in Lakes State.
FAO — emergency livelihood support (2015)
10,750 households supported in Rumbek North, Yirol West and Awerial.
Oxfam GB — FEED project (2015–2017)
6,525 beneficiaries targeted through beekeeping, fishing, farmer field schools, fruit-tree nurseries, peace committees, disaster management committees and gender campaigns.
WFP — Food for Assets
100 households targeted in Rumbek Center through labor-based community asset creation.
FAO — Reintegration support (2012)
2,000 returnee and vulnerable households supported with seeds and tools, plus 200 households with vegetable seeds; 19,452 kg of assorted seeds and 6,000 tools distributed; 10 vegetable groups formed.
Total EP South Sudan — women’s cooperative empowerment/farm school
Farm-school programming documented hundreds of women and broader participants in modern farming, adult literacy, youth livelihood lessons, children’s education and production.
French Embassy in Juba
Supported construction of a meeting hall and two classrooms for continued women’s training.
CEFA / Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Two model farms established as learning centers; 400 beneficiaries received training and used the farms for continued income generation.
Selected historical partners and funders include the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), UNICEF, Save the Children, DANIDA/Denmark, the European Union, Oxfam GB, the World Food Programme (WFP), Total EP South Sudan, the French Embassy in Juba, CEFA with support from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Global Justice Journal, and community-based and local government partners.
Community-led development with local roots and a regional vision.
Building dignity, leadership, opportunity, economic ownership, resilience, and long-term self-reliance.
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