About Us
Root of Generations (RoG) is South Sudanese national NGO registered by RRC South Sudan. We are being registered in 2016. Registered with the Ministry of Humanitarian affairs under Relief and Rehabilitation Commission with its registration number 1358 and has been active since its registration year - 2016.
We are youth led, youth composed and a woman –headed (Executive Director) civil society entity. The idea of forming this NNGO was inspired and founded by South Sudanese young lady to encourage women, girls, boys, men, and communities to believe in women’s aspirations and women’s capitals while being driven for education, professional development.
The average age of our staff is under 36 years of age. The NGO is being founded and established by a group of adult young men and women from Eastern Equatoria State (EES). Root of Generations (RG) is based in South Sudan with support office in Juba and has had field offices in EES and CES as of 2018.
We empower South Sudanese youths, gender-based violence survivors, conflict related sexual violence survivors, women in the lowest income group and marginalised, vulnerable socio –economically groups to sustain their equal participation, recovery, self-reliance, well-being and dignity.
We work with partners including civil society, the private sector, UN Agencies and government institutions to achieve our mission, vision and objectives that focus afore said groups.
Our work supports women, especially girls, to access their rights to education, health, protection and economic security. We are also working to bring lasting positive change to a country.
We strive to advance youth’s rights, equality and equity for girls and women, and ensure that all children, families and communities actively participate in their country’s peace and development.
Mission Statement
Root of Generation works to improve lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions for human development.
Vision Statement
Component 1: Root of Generation is operating legal entity that reaches across inter- and intra-states boundaries within South Sudan empowering and speaking out for the layers of civilian population caught in distress, including the groups at –risk to achieve measurable, documented and durable changes in human lives and society.
Component 2: The Root of Generation envisions South Sudan in which all individuals and communities have the opportunity to reach their highest potential.
Component 3: To advocate for attainable peaceful, gender responsive, inclusive good governance, and well-governed democracy in South Sudan.
Goal
To improve people livelihood, health, education, protection, disaster reduction and sustained, the well-being of especially the vulnerable women and children in South Sudan by 2025. In the next strategic period (2020 –2025) ROG will endeavor to pursue the four strategic objectives as outlined below:
Strategic Objective 1:
To improve the reproductive health of 5000 in relation to complete physical, mental and social well-being by 2025.
Strategic Objective 2:
Improved livelihood resilience of 50,000 households, for economic empowerment by 2025 – including “Farming as a business”
Strategic Objective 3:
To improve civic education, WASH, and life skills for 50,000 to include both Children and women by 2025.
Strategic Objective 4:
To improved Peace and Protection of 50,000 children, women, and people IDPs from
abuse, neglect, exploitation, and other forms of violence by 2025.
Motto
“National development can’t be achieved without the vital contribution of women who are compared to ‘roots of plants'".
