The Mercy Project and the Canadian Association of Midwives are partnering with the South Sudanese Association of Midwives to support the association in strengthening its service to members and the community.
Who are we raising money for?
The South Sudan Nurse and Midwives Association (SSNAMA) is the national professional association for nurses and midwives in South Sudan.
What are we raising money for?
In 2019, SSNAMA will be launching an income generating initiative to empower the SSNAMA chapters to raise funds to support their activities and members. This year’s activities include the following:
- 5 State Chapters will receive training to help them plan and run a small business initiative.
- Through the training each will develop a sustainable business plan, including planning on how to use the funds generated from the business.
- Each of the chapters that successfully completes the process will receive support to start their business initiative.
If the approach is successful, it will be scaled up in the following year to reach more SSNAMA chapters.
We are fundraising $5,000 to support the small businesses (providing the initial inputs) of the SSNAMA Income Generating Project.
ABOUT SSNAMA
The South Sudan Nurses and Midwives Association (SSNAMA) was launched on May 4, 2011 in Juba by the Ministry of Health and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The association was formed as a result of the need to raise the profile of nursing and midwifery in the country and strengthen the provision of nursing and midwifery services. The association comprises of an executive board including representatives from all states of South Sudan and a representative of the midwifery society. South Sudan Nurses and Midwives Association as any other professional association around the world plays a critical role in improving the health indicators of the country.
Since the launching of the association in 2011 the association has registered remarkable achievements including employment of full time staffs at the capacity of Program Manager and Accountant, conducted organizational gap analysis that has led to development of strategic plan and operational plan, conducted the second nurses and midwives scientific conference, develop operational policies (Human Resource, Finance and Procurement), established 15 active state chapters (Bor, Yambio, Aweil, Maridi, Wau, Torit, Kapoeta, Amadi, Nimule, Rumbek, Gok, Yirol, Kuajok, Jubek and Yei), fully registered members of the association are 950 (550 nurses and 400 midwives).
