✓ Project Update — April 2026
Protecting Women & Girls
in Central Darfur
📍 Zalingei · Golo · Um Dukhun
📅 April 2026
🏢 TDO — Trust Rehabilitation & Development Organization
The Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Prevention and Response Program, under the Protection and Women’s Health (PWH) portfolio, is implemented in Central Darfur, specifically in Um Dukhun, Zalingei, and Golo. The program forms part of a multi-sector emergency response targeting crisis-affected internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees, and vulnerable host communities in Sudan.
The project aims to ensure that women and girls have safe and equitable access to life-saving GBV prevention, response, and protection services through community-based and survivor-centered approaches.
the program delivers integrated GBV interventions that include:
Psychosocial Support (PSS) services, Income Generating Activities (IGA), Adolescent Girls Activities (AGA), and Awareness Sessions.
April by the numbers
36,419
People reached through GBV awareness sessions
24,740
Participants in psychosocial support sessions
1,055
Adolescent girls in structured safe-space sessions
500
Dignity kits distributed to vulnerable women & girls
313
Survivors receiving emergency cash assistance
What we did this month
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Awareness Sessions
62 sessions on GBV prevention, referral pathways, and rights — reaching women, men, girls, and boys across all sites.
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Psychosocial Support
106 PSS sessions including henna gatherings, coffee circles, singing, and peer discussion groups to strengthen emotional well-being.
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Girls' Safe Spaces
16 structured group sessions for adolescent girls focused on life skills, dignity, self-esteem, and protection from abuse.
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Case Management
Survivor-centered support for 38 new GBV cases, with referrals to health, legal, and psychosocial services.
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Dignity Kits
Essential hygiene and personal care items distributed to support privacy, health, and dignity during displacement.
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Emergency Cash
Cash assistance to 15 survivors to help stabilize immediate needs including temporary shelter and essential supplies.
Where we work
Zalingei — Hamidia 1 & Khamsa Dagaig WGSS
Golo — Sogana WGSS & Youth Center
Um Dukhun — UMD North
Photos from the field
Income Generating Activities (IGA)
Adolescent Girls Activities (AGA)
Psychosocial Support (PSS)
Support still needed
Um Dukhun South currently has no GBV center, leaving women and girls without access to safe, confidential services. We are calling for support to establish a new center and expand livelihoods programming across all sites.
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