Advocacy
The purpose of our advocacy is to support the rights of the most vulnerable people to quality education, livelihood and peace. Our objective is to promote sustainable development and equality by achieving changes in policies, attitudes and laws.
HESS advocacy is based on reduction and control of factors that resulted to vulnerability and marginalization. We approach the line departments of Government of South Sudan, NGOs, CBOs, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), and members of the community on how to reduce and control the above said factors through policy influencing at the national level.
Unjust structures exist locally, in national legislation and regional and international cooperation bodies. We believe that local communities should have the opportunity to influence their situation, and together with our partners, we strive to influence decision-makers on all levels.
Realising sustainable change requires considering the roles of rights-holders and duty-bearers and directing our action towards them by empowering people to exercise and claim their rights and supporting authorities and decision-makers to meet their obligations. Our role is to facilitate dialogue and strengthen accountability between rights-holders and duty-bearers, and our projects contribute to sustainable change through awareness-raising, capacity-building and advocacy.
We convey information
Local decisions are often made at national level, so we seek to make local voices heard by national actors.
We promote human rights
HESS promotes the realisation of human rights by supporting local women’s organisations, marginalised communities, religious and traditional leaders, and other parties that work for human rights.
We support fragile Communities
We work in unstable society where the will or ability to take care of the basic needs of citizens simply does not exist. We support the decision-makers of these societies so that they can make responsible decisions.