Active Women Arise Africa (AWA-Africa)

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Impact

What the work has delivered

Every figure on this page carries its source and period. AWA-AFRICA publishes what it can evidence and states plainly where a number is still being verified.

10,000+
People reached with health and education services
Cumulative, 2019–2025
800+
Women and girls supported through GBV response
Cumulative, 2019–2025
200+
Women trained in vocational and technical skills
Cumulative, 2019–2025
4
Major humanitarian emergencies responded to
Upper Nile and Jonglei States

Source: AWA-AFRICA Organizational Profile 2025. Figures cumulative since founding.

Where we work

Six states, chosen for need

AWA-AFRICA prioritises conflict-affected, underserved and hard-to-reach areas with high levels of humanitarian need, displacement and vulnerability among women and children.

Central EquatoriaJuba, Yei
Upper NileMalakal, Ulang, Nasir, Renk
JongleiBor, Fangak, Akobo, Atar, Khorfulus
UnityRubkona
Eastern EquatoriaTorit
Northern Bahr el GhazalAweil North, Aweil West
A wide view of an AWA-AFRICA community workshop in Malakal
Community workshop, Upper Nile StateConvening community representatives across ethnic, generational and religious lines.
Delivery

Evidence on the ground

Tangible outputs from the Community Violence Reduction project and the livelihood start-up kits issued to survivors.

A canoe provided as part of a livelihood start-up kit
Livelihood start-up kitsCanoes and fishing nets offered to women affected by conflict-related sexual violence in Rubkona County, Unity State.
Participants and AWA-AFRICA staff with the project banner at the launch in Renk County
Project launch, Renk CountyCommunity representatives, local authorities and AWA-AFRICA staff.
Scaling

Where the organisation is going

Institutional capacity

Strengthening the systems needed to manage larger programmes and donor partnerships.

Resource mobilisation

Securing sustainable funding for long-term impact rather than project-to-project survival.

Strategic partnerships

Technical partnerships with NGOs, UN agencies, government institutions and community structures.

Community-led design

Investing in gender-responsive, conflict-sensitive programming that communities own.

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Active Women Arise – Africa

A women-led national non-governmental organisation promoting the rights, dignity and holistic well-being of women and children in South Sudan.

Head office

Hai Mangateen, opposite IOM
Juba, South Sudan

Registered with the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC) of South Sudan as a national non-governmental organisation, granted legal status on 28 April 2020. © Active Women Arise – Africa.