About Us

Scope of work

How CINA evolved: In 2009, the youth and students from Jonglei state based in Khartoum Sudan started a CBO, by the name of NYASA just before South Sudan Referendum in 2010 with the aim to mobilize South Sudanese citizens for South Sudan’s Referendum and the subsequent voting for Independence. However, to objectively respond to the effects of conflicts and crises in South Sudan, the name was changed to Community in Need Aid (CINA) in 2013 with a new mandate to save lives, protect dignity and develop resilience of children and families, youth and women from effects of conflicts and disasters. CINA then grew rapidly as a national NGO in South Sudan and the organizations is vibrantly committed to attaining sustainable socio-economic development built on community ownership, peaceful coexistence in diversity, women and youth empowerment, improved quality of life, illiteracy reduction and self-reliance.

Basis of comparative advantage

Through CINA South Sudan’s work with children and families affected by conflicts and disasters, the organization has developed certain qualities and a uniqueness, which has led to CINA South Sudan’s definition of core competences and sector focus and to the development of strategic priorities related to those as described below.

CINA/SO4: INTEGRATED PROTECTION IN EMERGENCIES PROGRAMMING

Integrated child protection in emergencies (CPiE)

For the last 10 years, CINA has developed a nice in child protection programming and has become one of leading NNGOs in this sector across the

country. CINA has implemented a number of child protection projects from 2011 to date in Jonglei (Bor, Duk, and Twic East), Lakes (Awerial, Yirol  East) and Central Equatoria (Juba POC 1 and 3) and has developed technical expertise in line with child protection standards including on:

• Comprehensive case management including provision of family tracing and reunification (FTR) services for unaccompanied and separated children  (UASC). CINA reached 2,049 UASC with FTR services and 896 successfully reunified with their families.
• Mental health and psychosocial support through running of child friendly spaces and community-based PSS approaches: CINA has reached 201, 218 children and their families with MHPSS and CP risks prevention services.
• Community-based child protection mechanisms. CINA supported 11,200 members of CB-CP networks (including parents, teachers/PTAs/SMCs, chiefs, police, religious leaders, CBOs, local administrators, etc.) with CPiE, PSS/PFA and CP risks mitigation.
• Child protection risks prevention interventions. CINA created critical impact in addressing child protection risks through behaviour change interventions such as community dialogue, stakeholders meeting and sensitization on issues of child abduction, family separation, child recruitment, child marriage, GBV against children, etc.).

Child protection needs assessments and coordination. CINA has strong local presence, knowledge of the local contexts and has been able to deploy child protection teams in hotspot areas to conduct child protection monitoring and assessments through both static response and field-based roving.