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DASA team members with health cluster partners, seated outdoors in a meeting circle

Programs

Our work

Health, nutrition, clean water and education in Juba and beyond, run by South Sudanese health workers and volunteers.

DASA with health cluster partners · Akobo, Jonglei, 2025

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Current project

A large community meeting seated under a tree in Gabat, blurred so no one can be identified, with a DASA team member seen from behind

Now · October 2026 to March 2027

Waste to Compost in Gabat

Gabat, Juba · Funded by the UK FCDO · October to early November 2026

The project started work in Gabat. The community gave a plot for a demonstration compost site and the first compost bin is built.

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Areas of work

What we work on

Billboard for the viral hepatitis screening project
Hepatitis screening project billboard · Juba, 2024

Health

Strengthening local health care, responding to epidemics and preventing neglected tropical diseases.

  • Community health services
  • Maternal and child health
  • Disease prevention and control
  • Health system strengthening
Maize plants growing in a garden beside a metal fence
Maize growing in a home garden · South Sudan

Nutrition

Tackling malnutrition, especially among women and children, through better nutrition and food security.

  • Community management of acute malnutrition
  • Outpatient therapeutic programmes
  • Infant and young child feeding counselling
  • Micronutrient supplementation
A DASA volunteer pointing at standing water during the flood assessment
DASA flood assessment · Hai Gabat, Juba, October 2022

Water, sanitation and hygiene

Improving access to clean water and sanitation, and promoting hygiene practices that last.

  • Household water treatment
  • Hygiene promotion
  • Menstrual hygiene in schools
  • Waste management
World Hepatitis Day 2023 banner reading "We are not waiting"
World Hepatitis Day banner · Juba, July 2023

Education and research

Building partnerships, health education and research and innovation capacity.

  • Public health lectures
  • Volunteer and intern training
  • Research partnerships

Projects

Past projects

5 projects, newest first
A DASA volunteer pointing at standing water during the flood assessment

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) · Completed

WASH Initiative in Hai Gabat

Hai Gabat, Juba · September to December 2022

Improved hygiene practices in 38 households (~200 individuals), with a reported increase from 30% to 75% in hygiene awareness and adoption.