Morobo United Youth Association (MUYA)

Country: Sudan
Address: Gulumbi Payam, Morobo County, Central Equatoria State
Telephone: +256 477 113 747
Fax:
Email: muya.network@gmail.com/isaaclish@yahoo.com
www:
Contact person: Mawa Malish Isaac, programme manager

Theme: Building Local Democracy

MUYA is a non-governmental and non-partisan community umbrella organisation. MUYA aims to build a progressive and democratic society through capacity building of emerging civil society organisations and improve community participation in governance through improved access to information.

Objectives

• Strengthen the voice of civil society through advocacy
• Strengthen the capacity of civil society organisations in Morobo
• Create a forum for civil society and community dialogue
• Improve community participation in local governance through improved access to information

Activities

• Civic and voter education through partner members and innovative approaches
• Support and promote democratic governance through access to information
• Capacity building of the network members and individual organisations
• Advocacy on thematic issues of civil society organisations and community concerns with like-minded organisations and local authorities
• Conducting HIV/AIDS awareness through network members
• Institutional strengthening of MUYA with focus on the financial sustainability of the programme

MUYA conducts capacity building of the local community based organisations that are members of the network. The major target groups of the network are youth and women organisations whom the organisation regards as disadvantaged and marginalized groups.

MUYA was established in 2008 by concerned community members in Morobo County.