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Who we are
Mountains’ Path for Peace (MPP) is Non-profit, Non-governmental and local humanitarian organization working towards Peacebuilding and Non-violent Actions in the Nuba Mountains, Sudan. Our Vision is to See Transformed Communities Living in Culture of Peace for Sustainable Development.
Our Mission is to Cultivate Peace Among the Local Communities Through Dialogue and Practical Reconciliation.
We redirect young people’s energy from conflict to societal sustainable development through creativity and forward-thinking. Our thematic area is Peacebuilding and Nonviolent Actions. We build peace and transform communities through Education, Health & Wellbeing (Trauma healing and Rehabilitation), and Environment conservation. These areas of focus are aligned to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
We believe these projects address one of the root causes of conflicts (illiteracy) in the Nuba Mountains. As a grassroots-led solution, we advocate for peaceful conflict resolution to address disagreements or differences among the local communities in Nuba Mountain. Our major targets are children, women, and youth.
Where we work
We are at the frontline in the Nuba Mountains, Sudan with our headquarters in Um-durein County. Marginalized, underdeveloped, and war-torn: These three words describe the Nuba Mountains perfectly. It is one of the regions currently going through violent conflicts in Sudan. South Kurdufan has been experiencing violent conflicts and humanitarian crisis since the second civil war between the Sudanese government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army/Movement North (SPLA/M-N).
This region is also home to persistent poverty, which aggravates internal divisions and always results in violent conflicts among the individuals and local communities.
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What we do
Our thematic focus is Peace-building and Nonviolent Actions. We build peace and transform communities through Education, Health & Well-being (Trauma healing and Rehabilitation), and Environment conversation. We also response to humanitarian emergency crisis in the Nuba Mountains, both in IDPs camps and host communities.
We believe low level of literacy and persistent poverty in the region contribute to conflicts and undermine local community development in Nuba Mountains. We support and supplement both primary and secondary schools with curricula and materials support for basic peace and conflict studies to mainstream peace and to ensure quality and sufficient peace and conflict studies in the Nuba Mountains.
We also seek to address the mental and emotional consequences of generational traumatic experiences among children, young people and women in the Nuba Mountains. This is to restore a sense of normalcy among the local communities in the Nuba Mountains.
Our Organizational Strategy
Diversity
We recruit staff, seek both internal and external partnership, and engage local, national and international stakeholders in the Nuba Mountains to represent the diversity within communities.
Our Life Cycle at Mountains’ Path for Peace
We collaborate with and consult both internal and external stakeholders at all levels and stages of the proposals, projects and programs.
Our Wholistic Approach
We believe in and prioritize wholistic approach that incorporate local communities, governments and nongovernmental organization, civil societies and for sustainable culture of peace.
Grass-roots Approach
Our Grass-roots Approach to change allows us to know the people, the problems, and the potential of each community we serve. Wherever we go, we are a local non governmental organization. Our staff live within the community and learn all the hopes and challenges each community faces.
Building Hope
We build peace and serve alongside the poor and oppressed as a demonstration of God’s unconditional love for all people. MPP serves all people, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender in Sudan. Our Promise to the world’s most vulnerable children and war-torn regions in Sudan, is to strive for a world free of violent conflicts, poverty and sickness as included in the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN.
Mountains’ Path for Peace is working with communities, donors, partners, and New Sudan government to create opportunities for better futures for vulnerable children and communities to live in peace and harmony even in the toughest places like Nuba Mountains, Darfur, Blue Nile and other parts of Sudan.
Core Values
In all our work, we strive to abide by these core organisational values:
Leadership
Board Leadership
Our senior leaders’ group is in the process of being expanded. This group of leaders comprises over 5 key strategic positions in MPP’s top management leadership. Our board management is our highest governing authority for fundamental decisions. They support our offices and fundraise to support Mountains’ Path for Peace programs and projects in Sudan.
Executive Leadership & Staff
Our team is made up of over 8 youthful entrepreneurs coming from different communities in the Nuba Mountains. Each overcoming their personal hardships, and with excellent academic qualifications from different institutions outside the country. They are brilliant strategist who strategically manage field work we do in the Nuba Mountains, Sudan. Mountains’ Path for Peace also has over 3 volunteers and community members on ground who are well-versed and have good relationships with local communities and authorities.
