About Us

-Who we Are -

IHDO promotes women’s rights and community empowerment through programs focused on reducing mortality, addressing gender-based violence, fostering peace, providing relief, enhancing maternal health, securing clean water access, and advancing formal education.

IHDO Establishment

Integrated Health and Development Organizaton (IHDO) was formed on the 12th June 2016 and got registered with the National Relief and Rehabilitation Commission under NGOs registration act 2016 as a National None Governmental Organization on 31st May 2019.

The founding members are South Sudanese who have been inspired by the need to intervene in the deteriorating situation particularly the
misery of minorities and disadvantaged communities either in rural or urban areas in the country and advocate for the right of women for equal participation in decision making process.
IHDO has its main office in Kapoeta South County and a branch in
Torit, Eastern Equatoria State . 

Strategies

Holding local government accountable for service delivery and advocating for and facilitating inclusion of marginalised voices in development and governance, multi-stakeholder and multisector collaboration for improved service. fostering community-led solutions, and advocating for policies that promote equity and justice.

Our strategic priorities include

  • Advocacy for improved access to water, health services, and womens economic empowerment,
  • Building inclusive peace, and amplifying the voices of marginalized group.

We envision a future where our work transforms lives, fosters unity, and drives lasting change in South Sudan

Vision

Our vision is to empower communities in South Sudan, particularly women and girls, to achieve their full potential through integrated health, development, and advocacy initiatives.

Our Goal

Our goal is to strengthen resilience and promote gender equality by advocating and collaborating with government and development partners for enhanced delivery of impactful WASH, health, peacebuilding, and education programs while amplifying women's voices in decision-making processes.

Our goals include

  • Amplifying women's voices in decision-making
  • Holding local government accountable for service delivery
  • Facilitating inclusion of marginalized groups in development and governance
  • Fostering multi-stakeholder collaboration for improved services in health, WASH, Livelihood, Child Protection, Education and Peace-Building

Core Values

Accountability: IHDO is accountable for decision, action and resources received to support community that benefits from our services. We are accountable to our partners, government, communities and all other stakeholders.
Transparency: IHDO stand to employ best standards in management and utilization of resources in order to make a difference through learning, sharing and practicing practices, technologies, innovations and information.
Networking and Coordination: IHDO enhances co-operation in partnerships for humanitarian work through networking, advocacy, strengthening coordination, information sharing and management to improve efficiency and effectiveness of humanitarian and development programs.
Hope: IHDO strives to restore hope among the vulnerable and displaced communities who face difficult circumstances by learning by doing and building their resilience.
Compassion: IHDO considers all people as one family in humanity and in the same spirit. We stand to empathize and demonstrate our solidarity and humility to those in hardship or in need at all times.
Integrity: IHDO does not compromise its integrity when implementing activities for beneficiaries. We believe in truth and honesty in all what we do, knowing well that it is our integrity that builds governments, partners’ and community’s confidence in us.
Transformation: We believe in making a positive change in the lives of people by empowering them to take charge of their destiny and eliminate abject poverty, ignorance and disease.