Darfur Youth Center for Peace and development

What Darfur Youth Center for Peace and development does

Darfur Youth Center for Peace and Development (DYC) is a Sudan-registered non-governmental organization founded in 2022 and headquartered in Al-Fashir, North Darfur, with a secondary office in Kampala, Uganda. The organization is focused on human rights advocacy, peacebuilding, gender equality, and protection programming for youth and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in conflict-affected regions of Darfur, with particular emphasis on the post-April 2023 SAF-RSF conflict context. Its programmatic portfolio comprises training workshops and seminars on gender, human rights, and peacebuilding; the "Enlightening Campaign" delivering public health, nutrition, and unexploded ordnance awareness to IDPs in shelter centers; the Sudanese Youth Voices Summit delivered in partnership with SUDIA, CRISP, and the German Foreign Ministry under the UN Youth Delegates Program; and direct humanitarian aid including a Norwegian People's Aid-funded food distribution to 300+ displaced families in Tawilla and a communal kitchen launched in Zamzam in April 2025.

DYC operates as a community-led, event-driven organization with a 5-person staff executing advocacy, capacity-building, and humanitarian aid through direct community engagement and partnerships with government ministries, diaspora organizations, and international NGOs. The business model is non-commercial: revenue is generated entirely through donations and grants, with two confirmed institutional donors (Norwegian People's Aid, German Foreign Ministry) and a crowdfunding website showing $0 raised against multi-thousand-dollar campaign targets. There is no proprietary technology, no digital platform, and no AI/ML component to its offerings — services are labor-intensive and field-based. Beneficiary segments include conflict-affected youth (primary), IDPs in Darfur camps (primary post-2023), and women and girls targeted for gender equality programming. Outcomes disclosed include 500+ individuals reached in the first year, 300+ individuals reached through post-conflict campaigns, and 300+ families supported with food assistance.

Governance is via a General Assembly and Board of Directors, with leadership comprising Abdalnasir Ismail (General Director, 6 years as community development activist), Nasreen Suliman Ishag (Board Member/Administrator, 3 years), and Ilham Mohamed Latief (Consultant, GBV Specialist, 5 years). The organization is privately held with no parent, no subsidiaries, no disclosed equity investors, and no regulatory actions or M&A activity. Strategic risks include acute geographic concentration in an active war zone, high donor concentration among a small number of institutional funders, and an absence of diversified small-dollar fundraising traction.

Name

Darfur Youth Center for Peace and development

Legal name

Darfur Youth Center for Peace and Development

Website

https://darfuryouth.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Darfur Youth Center for Peace and Development is a Sudan-registered NGO founded in 2022 that delivers human rights advocacy, peacebuilding training, gender equality programs, and humanitarian aid to conflict-affected youth and IDPs in Darfur, operating from Al-Fashir with a regional office in Kampala.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Aid and Peacebuilding Services

NAICS

Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Child and Youth Services (62411), Social Assistance (624)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus & Resilience Programming (BPADAEAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Humanitarian Health & Emergency Medical Relief NGOs (HLAJAKAE), Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG), Social Justice & Human Rights Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAN)

Keywords

• Human rights advocacy
• Peacebuilding programs
• Humanitarian aid services
• Gender equality empowerment
• Youth capacity building

Headquarters

HQ city

Al-Fashir

HQ country

Sudan

HQ region

Africa

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: The organization operates as an NGO relying on donations from individuals, organizations, and international donors. They accept bank transfers and have fundraising campaigns for specific projects such as their 'Our achievements and impacts' campaign targeting $25,000.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Darfur Youth Center for Peace and Development is a Sudan-registered NGO that runs peacebuilding, human rights, and gender equality programs for youth and conflict-affected communities in the Darfur region. It also delivers direct humanitarian assistance (food aid, public health awareness, nutrition support) to internally displaced persons (IDPs) and conducts training workshops aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals 4, 5, 13, and 16. Activities are funded through donations and grants from individuals, organizations, and international donors such as Norwegian People's Aid and the German Foreign Ministry.

Product overview

Darfur Youth Center for Peace and Development is an NGO (not a technology company) focused on peacebuilding and human rights advocacy in Sudan. The organization operates as a single programmatic entity rather than a platform with modules. Its core offerings consist of human rights advocacy programs, training workshops on peacebuilding/gender/human rights, awareness campaigns including the Enlightening Campaign on public health, and the Sudanese Youth Voices Summit training program. These programs collectively aim to involve youth from conflict areas in advocacy, capacity building, and promotion of peace and tolerance, working toward UN Sustainable Development Goals 4, 5, 13, and 16. The organization also raises funds through a crowdfunding product page to support these initiatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Human Rights Advocacy Programs
• Training Workshops and Sessions
• The Enlightening Campaign on public health, nutrition and the dangers of non-explosive objects
• Sudanese Youth Voices Summit
• Food Assistance Program in Tawilla
• Communal Kitchen Facility in Zamzam

Quantifiable outcome

• Reached over 500 individuals in first year through workshops on gender, human rights, and peacebuilding
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Sudan Ministry of HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 June 2024Cooperation with the Ministry of Health to conduct awareness sessions on public health, nutrition, and dangers of non-explosive objects in shelter centers for IDPs. Joint effort in Al-Fasher area targeting displaced populations.
• SUDIAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 June 2024Partnership with SUDIA to organize the Sudanese Youth Voices Summit, part of the 2024 United Nations Youth Delegates Program. Focus on developing youth mandate in peace and security, unemployment, and meaningful participation.
• CRISP (German Organization)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 June 2024German organization CRISP co-organized the Sudanese Youth Voices Summit. The program was funded by the German Foreign Ministry as part of awareness campaigns for Sudanese youth representatives in East Africa.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sudanese Red Crescent Society: The Sudanese Red Crescent is the national humanitarian auxiliary operating emergency relief, first aid and IDP support in conflict zones including Darfur, overlapping directly with DYC's relief and awareness activities.
• Search for Common Ground: Search for Common Ground runs peacebuilding and youth-led conflict programs across Sudan and East Africa, sharing DYC's peace-education, gender and human rights mandate in conflict-affected contexts.
• International Alert: International Alert is a peacebuilding NGO working on gender-inclusive peace, youth and security in fragile and conflict-affected states, directly comparable to DYC's peace and security advocacy with Sudanese youth.
• SUDIA: SUDIA is a Sudanese diaspora development organization running humanitarian and youth programs in Sudan and East Africa; they co-organized the Sudanese Youth Voices Summit with DYC, making them a direct operational peer in the same niche.

Emerging players

• ZOA (Sudan operations): ZOA runs humanitarian relief, food security and recovery programs in Sudan, comparable to DYC's food distribution work in Tawilla and awareness campaigns in IDP shelter centers.
• Relief International: Relief International delivers emergency relief and recovery in fragile states including Sudan, comparable to DYC's emergency food assistance, IDP support and nutrition awareness in North Darfur.

Broad incumbents

• Norwegian People's Aid: Norwegian People's Aid is a major humanitarian and peace NGO that has both funded and operated in Sudan/Darfur; it is comparable as a peer funder-operator and as a model for the multi-sectoral relief-plus-advocacy approach DYC pursues.
• Mercy Corps (Sudan): Mercy Corps operates large-scale humanitarian programming in Sudan focused on food security, peacebuilding and youth livelihoods for IDPs; it is a much larger incumbent that competes for the same donor and beneficiary pool as DYC.
• Plan International (Sudan): Plan International operates in Sudan with a focus on children's rights, education in emergencies and gender; directly comparable to DYC's objectives on children's education rights and gender empowerment for girls in Darfur.

Regional players

• Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO): CEPO is a South Sudanese peace, democracy and human rights NGO with a strong youth-mandate focus; it is a strong regional peer for DYC's youth-led peace, governance and human rights advocacy model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/darfur-youth-center-for-peace-and-development

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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