ACHIEVEMENTS
OF
ATITA SOLIDARITY
SERVICES: 1996 – 2006
Atita Solidarity Services has achieved the following
in the past 5 years:
1.
The positive
impact of establishing partnerships with Atita Partners inside and abroad and
others e.g. Propaganda Fidei, AMA, Noi Insieme, Agrilatina,
HOPE Canada, Parish of Villafranca,
2.
Promotion of
basic education, scholarship programs
to some needy children and young people, etc.
3.
Promotion of
peace-building and reconciliation activities
4.
The impact on the
rural household and communities through Atita Programs e.g. Sustainable Agriculture,
Women empowerment, etc.
5.
Some Projects
have greatly improved namely the farming, socio-economic promotion, etc.
6.
The diocesan
Bishop, some priests, religious, laity, National and Local Civil Leaders are
becoming more involved in Atita activities at different level.
CHALLENGES OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM:
Atita
Solidarity Service’s Challenges:
In our strategic plan we have to read the signs of the
times and reflect on what the real environment looks like in our society so
that Atita addresses real issues which affect people's lives from the
grassroots. The following factors in
1) Education:
For decades millions of
children in the Sudan have gone with out education, such situation is alarming,
if the Sudan has to emerge out of violence and negative stories which go with
it, education must be number one priority.
2)
Absence of Peace:
Knowing the
fact that the number one reason for the poverty and suffering of the Sudanese
people is the absence of peace, the Atita provides peace-building programs on
all levels. The Association hopes to enter into a leading partnership with the
United Nations’ Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict, in order to
raise awareness about the plight of children trapped in situations of armed
conflict, and to provide educational opportunities for war affected children.
3)
Atita is working to create a generation of
peace-builders
from
4)
Poverty:
In this New
Millennium one of the most negative aspects in our society is Poverty. There is
an increasing income-gap in our Country as the poor get poorer while few rich
ones get richer. There is a need for increased services from the Church and
State to embark on Programs jointly that assist people to fight poverty.
5)
Events:
Which have
a bearing on the future, like the killer diseases such as Malaria, HIV / AIDS
pandemic, drought, insurgencies and regional instability.
6)
Insurgencies
and Regional instability:
In the
7)
Key Factors:
In
development like: the family which must be addressed in order to achieve real
development and identify people who must be promoted to be agents of their own
development.
8)
Trends:
Within and outside the country like the field of interest of our Atita
partners, economic liberation and growth of regional institutions in our areas.
9)
National Strength:
Like the
macro-economic stability, economic growth, enabling policies in economic,
social, political environmental, cultural and technological areas.
10)National Weakness:
Like
Racism, Religious intolerance, tribalism, nepotism, corruption, regional
inequalities, poverty, political instability, gender inequalities and a poor
communication network.
11)Opportunities:
Like appropriate technological advancement, donor confidence, regional
integration, and globalization.
12)Threats.
Fragile peace agreement and delicate implementation of the peace
agreement. To
our national development like the burden of the International Debt, Internally
displaced people, refugees’ inflows, regional instability and global warming
due to charcoal and burning, pollution e.g. fish poisoning and desertification.
13)Democracy and good Governance:
We need
capacity building in the area of Democracy and Good Governance. This program
seeks to strengthen the involvement of Community leaders and civil society
organizations in working for a 'just' Society and to make Government Leaders
and Institutions accountable to the people.
14)Globalization.
The effects
of globalization are leading to the shrinkage of the role of Government in
Our strategies are formulated with the above considerations
as a foundation and as a means of implementing them. Given Sudan's current status
in the economic, social, political, ecological, cultural and technological
fields on one hand, and the issues noted above on the other hand, we have
formulated strategies bearing in mind critical targets which are of a strategic
nature that must be accomplished to ensure that our aspirations for healthier
generations are attained with the assistance of our partners, whom Pope John
Paul II invited to be more generous to offer to poor Dioceses economic
assistance dedicated to projects that will generate resources with a view to
increasing the financial self-reliance of the Churches [Cf. Ecclesia in Africa
No. 104]
SUMMARY:
Formed: January 1999
(Sudanese refuges settlement in
Number of Chapters : 37
Number of Active Volunteers: 99
Number of Current Projects: 11
Funds raised in 2004: approx.
$19,000
Funds raised in 2005:
approx. $29,000