BACKGROUND OF TGCDA
Trust Guarantee Community Development Aid (TGCDA) is a national non-profit, humanitarian and development organization, operating in the Greater Bahr El Ghazal, with head office in Juba, Central Equatoria State, south Sudan. TGCDA’s mission is to help grass-root communities and vulnerable groups in the society to get equal access to basic needs by developing their resilience against the effects of conflict, poverty, illiteracy, diseases and discrimination. TGCDA implement multi-sectoral programs that includes emergency response, protection, child right to education, gender mainstreaming programs, youth and women empowerment, health, water and sanitation, reproductive health care awareness and sensitization, HIV/AIDS and GBV prevention and awareness. These responds geared toward economic sustainability and opportunities for the returning population and vulnerable groups in the communities. TGCDA is staging multi-sectoral response to address the humanitarian needs of internal displaced people (IDPs) in Kuajok, Warrap State and host communities to realize stability and access to basic needs and assistance. To effectively achieve the programme objectives, TGCDA committed to, engross, participate and work closely with most affected vulnerable communities to enhance and advocate for development and humanitarian supports at its critical situations to address humanitarian challenges and global hunger threat; as well as providing a platform for the socio-economic inspiration and empowerment of local community and beyond through lobbying, mentoring, and networking, strategic alliances, and developing and recognizing the need for a sustainable development environment.
The mission statement highlights two harmonizing and intrinsically linked goals: ending under-development, extreme poverty and promoting and building resilient, democratic society that is able to realize their potential. TGCDA fundamentally believe that helping the most needed and ending extreme poverty requires enabling environment inclusive, sustainable growth; promoting free, peaceful, and self-reliant society with effective, legitimate governance; building human capital and creating social safety nets that reach the poorest and most vulnerable group.
Correspondingly, our cross-cutting efforts in promoting humanitarian relief, human rights, rule of law and good governance, more especially empowering women and girls, advancing prosperity, building resilient society, and mitigating conflict are all essential to ending inter and intra-communal conflict and extreme poverty and under-development in the most vulnerable communities of Warrap States, South Sudan.
Resilient, democratic societies don’t simply maintain stability: they are essential to sustaining development progress. Resilient, democratic societies feature broad-based economic growth; healthy, well-nourished, and educated populations; and environmental sustainability. They embrace not only elections, but also legitimate, inclusive, and accountable institutions that effectively deliver services to all of their people, respect and promote human rights, and strive to advance freedom, human dignity and development. They have the ability to manage conflict, mitigate the impact of natural disasters, and forestall crisis that otherwise roll back development gains. These societies are equipped to ensure that pathways out of conflict are sustained.
At the core of our mission is a deep commitment to work as partners in fostering sustainable development. Rather than impose, we seek to empower and support through collaboration. We work hand-in-hand with those we seek to assist as well as others striving to support the most vulnerable. Communities must increasingly be able to meet the needs of their citizens whether by providing health care, education, or economic opportunity, etc.
TGCDA’s efforts directly enhance community empowerment and prosperity. The community is safer and stronger, when fewer people face destitution, when our partners are flourishing, when community can withstand crisis, and when societies are freer, and more inclusive, protecting the basic rights and human dignity of all citizens. These two goals, together, we position ourselves to meet the challenges of today while mitigating the risks of tomorrow.
VISION
Improving and saving life of the community through strengthening socio-economic development.
MISSION
Strive to build skills, experiences, and capacity of local societies leaders by sustaining and expanding farming skills, child rights, human rights, child protection and humanitarian assistance.
OBJECTIVES
1. Skill-based development: Partnering with agencies and stakeholders such as schools and tertiary institutions to train and mentor and empower women and youth in agribusiness farming, environmental conservation service and disaster management; Advocacy on human and child rights: advocate for the child and human rights in the community that provide ground for access of rule of laws and protect the interest of the most vulnerable group in the society. Support vulnerable communities’ voices to be heard by the stakeholders and government on issues pertinent to risks and conflict threats to relevant agencies and development partners.
2. Research, Policy Analysis and Development: conduct periodic research in its various thematic areas to respond to the policy and development needs of its entities. The research will inform decision-making, policies, programme development, institutional development, capacity building/strengthening and advocacy strategies at local and national levels. Economic Empowerment: engaged in building the knowledge base on economic empowerment and development as a goal towards poverty reduction in (Kuajok, Warrap State and Northern Bahr el Ghazal) and elsewhere within South Sudan. This may be in rural development, trade, commerce and private sector development, financial management among others. A key focus will be on conducting value chain analysis across various aspects of economic empowerment to identify gaps and provide sustainable solutions; Gender Mainstreaming in Development: Mainstream gender perspective
3. . in development, environmental risks and disaster management by assessing the implications of any planned action on the environment; including legislation, policies or programs, in any area and at all levels;
4. Monitoring and Evaluation: Provide technical expertise in monitoring and evaluation, including impact evaluation to clients. This is an important aspect of measuring results and gauging effectiveness of interventions;
5. To foster all round social and economic development by targeting youth and children in various Counties through the enhancement of friendship in the field of resources and establishment of youth service centers in strategic locations accessible to all youth and street children in South Sudan.
6. Relief the victims of natural disasters, specifically those with extreme poverty, violent conflict, land mine survivors, widows and orphans’ who are destitute and vulnerable to natural and man-made disasters in the communities of South Sudan.
7. Reproductive Health Advocacy: To create a favour for exchange of ideas to provide better understanding of Reproductive health, sexual adolescent reproductive health risk, HIV/AIDs & GBV awareness and other community issues.
CORE VALUES AND PRINCIPLES
The organization is premised on a set of values and principles that enhance participatory development processes, rule of law, human, inclusive infrastructure, human empowerment and sustainable development as cornerstone of good governance, transparency, and accountability in decision making processes, namely;
PASSION FOR MISSION
We come to work to foster community sustainable development and advance human dignity and human rights. Through passion, each of us contributes uniquely in advancing our mission through working in whether different sectors or by supporting humanitarian disaster and risk management.
EXCELLENCE
We strive for efficiency, effectiveness, and meaningful results across our work. We aspire to lead community and government efforts to advance the economics, political, social, and agricultural well-being of the community’s most vulnerable people. We continually seek to improve our operations and increase our impact. We take pride in our work and our accomplishments.
INTEGRITY
Honest, transparent, and accountability are our core efforts in maintaining a consistently high moral standard that are ethical in all that we do. Fairness with colleagues, partners and those we serve, are our major target of building relationships of trust.
RESPECT
We demonstrate respect for one another, our partners, and the people we serve in communities around and across South Sudan. We recognize and acknowledge the strength that comes from community diversity and value all people equally and treat others as we would like to be treated. We consistently demonstrate professionalism and respect in our communications and in our behavior.
EMPOWERMENT
We elevate all voices striving for community economic, political & environmental, and social progress. By doing so, we seek to ensure that all voices are heard. Through the support of our partners, we strive to strengthen the voices of the marginalized and vulnerable people of South Sudan. We believe and value every team member and seek to ensure everyone can fulfill their potential.
INCLUSION
Trust Guarantee Community Development Aid values and represents highest point of mission and vision; we value our differences and draw strength from diversity. We support programs that engage people across societies and benefit whole groups in the communities. We value every member of our team, partners, learn from experience and foster active engagement. We strive to advance equality, foster equal opportunity and address inequality within our agency and work programs.
COMMITMENT TO LEARNING
We seek to improve ourselves and our work continually through reflection and evaluation. TGCDA designs and assesses programs with an eye towards constant improvement and recognize that professional development is fundamental to team satisfaction and success.
Areas of Intervention and Priority Programs.
Humanitarian and emergency response to the displaced persons of concerns.
Grass root peace building and conflict resolution programs,
Poverty reduction and improve community livelihood through youth and women empowerment in the community.
Educational sectors advocacy and development.
Agriculture sectors advocacy and development.
Health services and HIV AIDS Awareness Programs.
Institutional support; capacity building, etc. programs that attract effective initiatives which affect.
SECTORIAL AREAS OF INTERVENTION AND PRIORITY PROGRAMS
Charity Based Programs (Relief)
To provide relief assistance to the persons of concern affected by the conflict and natural disaster such as arm conflict, flood and famine, etc.
To support farmers with food for work package to encourage them to be more productive to avert and prevent famine that has uproot population from home of origin and seek food outside the country as refugees.
To ensure established agricultural activities are supported and encourages through advocacy, awareness, and trainings of the youths on agriculture modern management and farming which contribute efficient food shortage alleviation in the community. This will be conduct through provision of agricultural kits such seeds, tool, and extension services to the communities.
To incorporate health awareness programs with health partners to educate the community on GBV, Trauma management and psychosocial support, HIV/AIDS Counseling, hygiene and sanitation, etc. through advocacy and training workshops to various areas which are key to the community health service support.
To contribute to WASH programs that support the community to attain sufficient water and health through hand pump maintenance, repair and drilling which address water shortage in the community and livestock.
To ensure peaceful co-existence of the communities through peaceful resolution and reconciliation among the affected communities in the conflict and war crisis through community dialogues and conference to address causes of conflict in addition to workshops, training and exposure visits.
To ensure child right to education, general protection of persons, girls and women empowerment programs and support youths activities through direct engagement to enhance constructive and productive programs that contribute to economic growth of target community.
To support community WASH program. The crucial of water is the integral part of our society and very vital. Access to clean water in South Sudan is hard especially in rural communities. Improve access to safe, sustainable and affordable drinking water is our main mandate. TGCDA will advocate for modernize stage of providing safe and healthy water to the rural communities through incorporation of solarize water pumps to avoid shortages of water in the rural areas and communities.