Education programs focus on the construction of primary and post-primary schools, particularly in remote and underserved communities. PRDA manages the entire process — from site assessment to construction — before handing the schools over to the Presbyterian Church for management. This partnership approach ensures:

• Sustainable school administration under church supervision
• Ongoing support for educational outcomes through community monitoring
• Reinforcement of spiritual and academic growth within safe learning environments

By improving access to quality education, PRDA addresses long-term development needs and reduces barriers for youth, especially girls.

PRDA’s health programming is deeply rooted in maternal and child healthcare, with a strong emphasis on training local midwives through facilities like the Leer Community Midwifery Training School. Additional interventions include:

• Operating and supporting health centers in rural areas
• Providing medical personnel, supplies, and institutional support to public healthcare systems
• Collaborating with the Ministry of Health at national and state levels

This integrated approach builds capacity within local health systems, improves service delivery, and contributes to reduced maternal and child mortality.

Access to clean water and proper sanitation is essential for dignity, health, and development. PRDA’s WASH interventions include:

• Drilling and rehabilitating boreholes
• Training Water User Committees (WUCs) in repair and maintenance
• Promoting hygiene behavior change through community education

The organization aligns its interventions with SPHERE standards and often works with partners such as UNICEF and relevant government departments to ensure systemic impact.

South Sudan remains vulnerable to crises such as conflict, floods, and displacement. PRDA maintains the capacity to respond rapidly to emergencies, offering:

• Food and nutrition assistance
• Emergency shelter
• Basic healthcare and WASH services
• Protection and psychosocial support

Unlike its development programs, PRDA’s emergency interventions are location-flexible, deployed based solely on humanitarian need — regardless of geographic targeting or existing presence.

PRDA places strong emphasis on the economic and social empowerment of women and youth, recognizing that these groups often face deeply rooted structural vulnerabilities such as gender-based violence (GBV), early and forced marriages, unemployment, redundancy, and exclusion from decision-making processes. To address these challenges, PRDA implements targeted programs that provide skills training and promote alternative livelihoods, while fostering inclusion in community development initiatives. These efforts are designed to build resilience against violence and exploitation, and to encourage leadership roles for young women and men. Ultimately, PRDA views empowerment not only as a pathway to development but also as a vital peacebuilding strategy that helps reduce the risk of conflict by engaging and uplifting marginalized voices.

Every PRDA program, across all sectors, is intentionally designed with a conflict-sensitive lens. Given South Sudan’s turbulent history of civil war, widespread displacement, and deep community trauma, peacebuilding has become an essential pillar of the agency’s development strategy. PRDA’s peacebuilding efforts are multifaceted and deeply rooted in community dynamics. They involve actively engaging religious leaders and community elders in reconciliation processes, addressing trauma and mental health in post-conflict areas, and promoting gender justice through comprehensive programming. The organization is also committed to tackling extreme vulnerabilities such as gender-based violence (GBV) and forced marriages, which disproportionately affect women and girls.
Central to this work is PRDA’s Gender Justice Integrated Programme, which seeks to ensure that women and men are actively engaged and have balanced participation in the social, economic, political, and spiritual life of South Sudan. This engagement is pursued in a manner that is deliberate, equitable, and just for all — laying the groundwork for inclusive and lasting peace across communities.

What makes PRDA’s work truly distinct is its seamless integration of faith-based values with evidence-based development practices. Guided by Christian compassion and humanitarian principles, PRDA does not view its programs as standalone interventions. Instead, each initiative is part of an interconnected strategy that takes into account the complex social, political, economic, and spiritual realities of the communities it serves.

This holistic approach ensures that programs are not only effective but also culturally grounded and locally accepted. PRDA places strong emphasis on community ownership and participation, ensuring that beneficiaries are active partners in their own development. Sustainability and capacity building are central pillars, enabling individuals and institutions to continue thriving long after project phases conclude. Moreover, PRDA cultivates meaningful partnerships with churches, civil society organizations (CSOs), and government entities, fostering collaboration and coherence in the delivery of services.

Above all, PRDA’s work is anchored in an unwavering respect for human dignity, carried out with the Christian compassion that lies at the heart of its mission. This faith-driven, community-led, and impact-focused model is what sets PRDA apart in the landscape of humanitarian and development organizations in South Sudan.