HOFAD is an indigenous national NGO working at the family and community level across South Sudan — through education, protection, peacebuilding and economic empowerment — so that every woman and youth can live free of gender-based violence.
Women and youths in South Sudan face a number of challenges from family to societal level — limited access to education, ownership of land, access to better health care, and increased sexual harassment in almost every fragile location. HOFAD envisions a holistic society where every woman and youth has access to education, health care and gender equality.
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From classrooms to community peace tables, every HOFAD program is designed to protect and empower women and youths and strengthen the communities around them.
Nurturing environments for abused, abandoned and neglected children, digital literacy, and support transitioning into higher education.
Centering protection in every program — training communities to identify risk, safeguard the vulnerable, and report threats.
Community dialogue, reconciliation, rehabilitation centers, and peace tournaments that bring youth together across divides.
Tailoring, soap-making, SACCOs, small ruminant farming and loans that let women and youths build real income.
Training in modern farming, post-harvest handling, and lifesaving food assistance for the most vulnerable families.
Boreholes, hygiene training and nutrition support alongside primary health care and reproductive health services.
Laundry soap, sanitary supplies, and household essentials — packed and distributed directly to women, youths and families across South Sudan. Your gift, whether sent by mobile money from Juba or by bank transfer from abroad, moves through HOFAD's field teams straight into communities that need it.
Our team represents women, youths and vulnerable communities in national and regional forums on gender-based violence, peace and development.
HOFAD joined hundreds of delegates, government officials and international partners for a major regional forum on ending gender-based violence.
Representing HOFAD's youth and protection agenda alongside civil society peers at Tukul Talks.
Building relationships with government institutions, UN agencies and international NGOs to extend our reach.
Supporting young South Sudanese to represent their country and build leadership skills on the global stage.
Regular field visits and coordination meetings with UN peacekeeping and protection actors.
"Every woman and youth deserves a dignified life — one without violence, with an education, and with a voice at the table where decisions are made."
— Monica Nyingut Akuien, Founder / CEO, HOFAD