Fishermen
Reel in Shared Profit
Red Sea, June 2009 - “You
can always tell when you are getting near the
sea, says 50-year old Ali Abu Ali. “The
air feels different; cooler against your skin.”
Ali and most of the men in his village have been
fishing most of their lives. For them, fishing
is more than a job, it is a way of life; a topic
that finds its way into almost every conversation
and an activity that sustains themselves and their
families.
For years in this poor, rural region of Arbaat
in Eastern Sudan, the men had no proper equipment
to fish. They spent their days walking to the
shore of the Red Sea and renting very small wooden
boats so that they could fish in the shallow coastal
waters ...
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Community
Farms Cultivate Food and Financial Success
Red Sea, June 2009 - As the sun rises and the
smell of ginger-infused coffee fills the air,
women emerge from their homes and head to a lush
green field of abusabean, a crop used as cattle
feed. It grows easily and abundantly in Sudan;
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Statement
Established in Sudan in 1965, UNDP is the lead
development agency in the country. We are empowering
people across Sudan to achieve sustainable peace
and development. All our development efforts support
the implementation of the peace agreements across
the country. Whether in Khartoum, Juba, El-Fasher
or Kassala, our strategic interventions aim to
develop the capacity of institutions, civil society,
and communities to help them consolidate peace,
prevent more conflicts, and build a better life.
In partnership with national and international
development partners, we are promoting an environment
that fosters democratic governance, enhances human
security, reduces poverty and diseases, empowers
women, ensures environmental sustainability, and
contributes to achieving the Millennium Development
Goals by 2015.
UNDP is the UN's global development network, an
organization advocating for change and connecting
countries to knowledge, experience and resources
to help people build a better life. We are on
the ground in 166 countries, working with them
on their own solutions to global and national
development challenges. As they develop local
capacity, they draw on the people of UNDP and
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