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Vision
Sudan renewed by the work of the Holy Spirit with a church which is a light to Africa
Mision
To build the church and communities leading to Sudan being renewed
Yambio
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Yambio Base
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Yambio Staff
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Sudan Health Center opened its base in Yambio in May 2001. The move to Yambio was a strategic response to the invitation of the Anglican Episcopal Church of Sudan (ECS) Bishop of Yambio Diocese. A team leader, Charles Yoere, was appointed to establish the base and to conduct needs assessment that could warrant Sudan Health Center intervention in an effort to mitigate poverty in the area. The Anglican (ECS) Diocese of Yambio offered a large piece of land to Sudan Health Center where the base could be established.
Yambio is an area that enjoys an equatorial type of climate. The soil is naturally fertile, agriculture is the main activity and comprises the main source of livelihood. Crops include maize, groundnuts, sesame, cassava, sorghum, sweet potatoes, palm oil, coffee, pineapples, oranges and pawpaws. Yambio is popularly known in Sudan for its fruit production.
The Azande in the Yambio area (county) are estimated to be 250,000 people. Christianity was introduced into Zandeland by British missionaries in the 1910s. There are two predominant denominations: the Anglicans and the Roman Catholics. However, some other Christian denominations like the Lutherans and the Pentecostals have established churches in the area. Despite the existence of Christianity in Yambio for a long period of time, the majority of the people still remain nominal Christians.
Sudan Health Center works in partnership with the evangelical churches in Yambio, communities and the civil authorities in enabling the people through capacity building to address development issues that will mitigate poverty. Areas of particular concern are improvement in food security, prevalence of high incidences of HIV/AIDS and sleeping sickness, lack of community health services, lack of clean drinking water, malnutrition , lack of educational materials and teachers, and poor roads. Sudan Health Center has entered into a partnership with another Christian NGO, ZOA Refugee Care, in implementing the HIV/AIDS Control and Livestock Promotion Project in Yambio and Maridi counties.
Programmes in Yambio
1. Theological Education by Extension (TEE)