WHERE WE WORK
Rooted in Communities
Connected Across Borders
Transforming Lives
Diar Foundation does not simply work in these countries. We work alongside communities to empower people, build local ownership, and create lasting transformation. Communities are leaders, decision-makers, producers, and owners of their future. Our role is to listen, strengthen capability, connect people to opportunity, and help progress continue beyond a single project.
Across East Africa, with a U.S. base
Select a country on the map. South Sudan, Uganda, and Kenya are the 2024–2025 programmatic countries. Sudan is where our story began. The United States is our organizational base, so it sits beside the map.
Community session in Yirol, South Sudan
PROGRAMMATIC COUNTRY
South Sudan
South Sudan is a core Diar Foundation program country and the center of our long-term agricultural and community-development vision. Our work connects local food production, farmer capacity, livelihoods, youth opportunity, child protection, women’s participation, community partnerships, and resilience in a context shaped by conflict, displacement, food insecurity, and limited economic opportunity.
During 2024–2025, the South Sudan Will Never Starve Again initiative and a network of 21 farms provided the strongest place-based agricultural platform in Diar Foundation’s portfolio. The farms are envisioned as practical hubs for production, farmer learning, youth engagement, enterprise, food security, and community resilience.
Historical work in South Sudan and the former DRDA portfolio has included seed and tool distribution, farmer field schools, women’s farm schools, vegetable production, fishing kits, food-for-assets, youth livelihoods, child protection, peacebuilding, and community assets.
Field visit with community members in Uganda
PROGRAMMATIC COUNTRY
Uganda
Uganda is a core Diar Foundation program country. Our work and development direction include women farmers, livelihoods, enterprise pathways, family well-being, child protection, agriculture, skills, and community-led economic development. Uganda also plays an important role in Diar Foundation’s wider East African learning, production, training, and cross-border development vision.
Community fish farm in Kenya
PROGRAMMATIC COUNTRY
Kenya
Kenya is a core Diar Foundation program country and an important part of our regional development model. Current work includes aquaculture, farmer organization, nutrition, livelihoods, entrepreneurship, and community economic development. In 2024–2025, Diar Foundation reported one fish-farm initiative involving more than 35 women, men, and youth in a community farmer group/network.
Kenya is also being developed as an East Africa regional coordination and sustainability hub supporting shared learning, training, partnerships, monitoring, resource development, and regional systems.
WHERE OUR STORY BEGAN
Mayo IDP Camp
Khartoum, Sudan · 2003
WHERE OUR STORY BEGAN
Sudan
Our story began in 2003 at Mayo IDP Camp in Khartoum, Sudan. Karak Miakol and a group of displaced women came together, and that grassroots movement became the Diar for Rehabilitation and Development Association (DRDA). Its earliest work was rooted in women’s and children’s rights, education, livelihoods, protection, agriculture, emergency support, and community recovery.
Sudan remains part of Diar Foundation’s wider regional engagement and partnership footprint. The 2024–2025 programmatic reach count is based on South Sudan, Uganda, and Kenya. Community forums and regional partnership work have also connected stakeholders in Sudan. Sudan is not included in that annual reach total.
ORGANIZATIONAL BASE
Colorado
United States · Registered February 2012
ORGANIZATIONAL BASE
United States
The United States is Diar Foundation’s institutional base for nonprofit governance, executive leadership, fundraising, donor stewardship, compliance, financial oversight, strategic partnerships, communications, grant development, technology, and organizational growth. From Colorado, this base connects global resources and relationships with locally led implementation in East Africa. The organization did not begin here. It began in Sudan in 2003. The U.S. organization was registered in February 2012.
Our Work in Action
These figures are for 2024–2025 programming in South Sudan, Uganda, and Kenya. Sudan is not included in this reach total.
Community voices
These are documented words from people the programs have reached. The Kenya line is the name of the fish-farm work, not a personal quotation.
“I had no idea that my life was going to be transformed by SBS.”
Amissa Deng
South Sudan
Rumbek East. About $11 to start, about $8 a day.
“Now, I am somebody.”
Kate
Uganda
Poultry and other enterprises
From the pond to the market
Kenya community fish farm
Kenya
More than 35 women, men, and youth
