ORCD BROCHURE

1. NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION

· The name of the organization hereinafter shall be called "The Organization for Relief and Community Development and abbreviated as [ O R C D ].

· It was founded in 1999 and officially registered as Non-Governmental Organization in the year 2000 in Kenya NGO Bureau.

· ORCD is an indigenous Non-governmental organization working in South Sudan with the war affected civil population of Southern Sudan.

2. MISSON OF THE ORGAIZATION

· The main mission of ORCD is to strive to address the needs of the people of Southern Sudan who are maid by the going civil war in the country and as well as in the refugee camps in the neighboring countries.

· ORCD shall work hand in hand with the international community to save lives of these innocent war affected populations through relief, rehabilitation and community development initiatives.

· ORCD is mandated to respond to victims of natural and man-made disasters.

· We shall also support self-help programs which involve local communities in their own developmental expectations to restore their dignity and to realize their potentials.

3. GOALS AND PROGRAMS OF THE ORGANIZATION

We set to form our organization goals and programs primarily on education, agriculture, heath care, protection of children, demobilization of child soldier, vulnerable and disable groups, youth and women activities, water and sanitation, sensitization of civil society on development, advocacy on peace, democracy and promotion of human rights.

4. OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANIZATION

· Through relief and sustainable community development activities, we shall struggle to alleviate the suffering of our Sudanese people in South Sudan

· To train adults and youth in income generating techniques using locally available resources and appropriate technology.

· To hire, advisors, experts and other resource personnel for all or any of the object of the organization.

· To enter into any arrangement with any agency, government or authority that may be conducive to the organization's objects or any of them. And to obtain from such agency, government or authority any rights privileges and concessions, which the organization may think desirable to obtain.

· To assist UN agencies and other international NGO'S wishing to carryout an assessment mission in the area of our operations.

· To help in the coordination/distribution of any emergency supplies to the most affected populations in South Sudan.

· To promote or assist in the promotion of any organization or company or other body having similar objects to those of the organization.

· ORCD shall train its staffs in modern information technology, agricultural techniques, effective need assessments and training of teachers program in South Sudan and else where.

· With the help of modern technology ORCD shall strengthen internal and traditional techniques of survival among local communities of Southern Sudan.

· To draw, execute or otherwise deal with negotiable or transferable instructions.

· We shall ever remain transparent and accountable to the people we serve and to whom we receive resources from.

5. Funding of the organization

· ORCD shall raise, mobilize and disburse funds and other resources for the promotion of the objects of the organization.

· Apply to any agency, organization, government or authority, public bodies, corporations, companies or persons for and to accept grants or gifts of money and of any moveable or immovable property, donation, gifts, subscriptions and other assistance with a view to promote the objects of the organization and, in taking of any gifts or property to the same subject to any special trust which may prescribed by the donor thereof.

· To take such steps by personal or written appeals or proposals, public meetings or otherwise as may be from time to time be deemed expedient for the purpose of procuring contributions to the funds of the organization in the form of donations, annual subscriptions or otherwise.

· To establish an endowment funds to receive grants, donations, gifts and other assistance in any form whatsoever from any country, for any one or more of the objects of the organization and to establish non-profit making foundations in any country or countries for the purpose of receiving donation from private and corporate persons and for channeling the same to the organizational development operations.

6. Management of the Organization

ORCD management encourages skillful and qualified staff members who shall provide appropriate management to the operations of the organization. In the meantime, ORCD have employed and assigned few professionals in the following areas:

· Managing Director

· Field Coordinator

· Emergency Relief Coordinator

· Education Coordinator

· Health Coordinator

· Information Coordinator

· Water and Sanitation Coordinator

· Veterinary Coordinator

· Administrator.

NB: The mentioned above professionals also formed the executive body of the organization.