Protection, GBV & Safeguarding
Human Appeal Development Organization (HADO) is committed to safeguarding the rights, dignity, and wellbeing of vulnerable populations through integrated protection services that prevent harm, respond to abuse, and strengthen community capacity to uphold human rights standards.
The organization delivers a comprehensive protection response through specialized sub-teams focused on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) prevention and response, child protection services, protection monitoring and case management, psychosocial support (PSS), and legal aid and rights awareness.
Through these interventions, HADO supports survivors, promotes access to justice, and empowers communities to build safer and more protective environments for all.
Our protection service impacts
Projects
2025
2025 – Gender, & GBV Mainstreaming – Juba County
In 2025, Human Appeal Development Organization (HADO) implemented key protection and gender equality activities, including a community dialogue in Kuggi to mark International Women’s Day focused on issues affecting women and girls, a capacity-building workshop in Wonduruba Administrative Payam on women’s rights, gender equality, GBV, and conflict-related sexual violence for 40 stakeholders, and internal training for HADO staff and volunteers on Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH).
2023
Project Title: Integrated Emergency Humanitarian Response
In 2023, Human Appeal Development Organization (HADO) strengthened protection and GBV response services in Luri, Rokon, Liria, and Ganji Payams to safeguard the dignity and rights of vulnerable groups, especially women and children.
Key interventions included protection assessments, monitoring and reporting of rights violations, community awareness on protection and available services, legal aid and referrals, support for documentation and birth registration, and assistance to unaccompanied and separated children through tracing and family reunification efforts.
The program also established confidential reporting mechanisms for abuse, trained community leaders and workers on preventing and responding to sexual exploitation and abuse, and distributed 4,100 dignity kits to adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women, and other vulnerable groups.