Our mission
To bring people together to tackle challenges facing communities in Sudan through shared knowledge, local experience and practical action.
A community-led initiative for Sudan
Progress is built together.
SIRAI brings people, local experience and practical ideas together to tackle challenges facing communities in Sudan. We’re starting small, openly, and with communities at the center.
Pre-launch testingIndependent initiative in development. Projects and partnerships will be reported as they happen.
FIRST TIME HERE?
Try a practical example before building your own plan.
Follow a fictional water, project or household energy scenario. Every sample is clearly labelled and designed for learning, not as evidence of field delivery.
Built for intermittent connectivity
Open each tool while online to save the lightweight pages for later offline use. Calculators can work without internet after the files load successfully. Sending feedback and loading photos still need a connection. Test this on your own device before relying on it.
Our purpose
Built with communities. Not simply for them.
In Sudan, neighbors and volunteers often come together when essential services are under strain. SIRAI starts from that spirit of shared responsibility.
Our vision
A Sudan where communities have the opportunity, resources and voice to shape their own futures.
What we care about
Three areas. One shared purpose.
We’ll begin where our experience is strongest, while leaving space for communities to shape what comes next.
01 / RESILIENCE
Community resilience
Locally identified challenges around water, energy, essential services and everyday living conditions.
02 / OPPORTUNITY
Knowledge & opportunity
Accessible guides, peer learning and practical skills that people can adapt and share.
03 / LEADERSHIP
Local action & leadership
Supporting the people closest to a problem to shape decisions and help sustain solutions.
COMMUNITY WATER PLANNING
A practical start: community water planning.
WaterShare is a simple, multilingual tool for planning shared water-collection schedules and estimating daily volumes. It draws inspiration from prior community experience, but it is a new SIRAI tool, not a claim that SIRAI has already delivered a field project.
Open WaterShare toolkitCOMMUNITY PROJECT PLANNING
ProjectStarter. From idea to action.
A practical workspace for community-led projects. Clarify the need, build a budget, define roles, plan milestones and share a draft proposal.
Explore ProjectStarter →HOUSEHOLD ENERGY PLANNING
TaqaWise. Understand your energy.
A free household electricity toolkit for understanding appliance consumption, planning essential battery backup and exploring preliminary solar scenarios.
Explore TaqaWise →
SIRAI / 2026
Founder & Initiative Lead
Rooted in Sudan. Built with people.
SIRAI brings together local insight, practical ideas and a belief that even small efforts can matter.
People firstPractical actionLocal leadership
A note from the founder
Meet the person behind SIRAI.
Shamseldin Abdelrahim
Founder & Initiative Lead
I was born in Port Sudan, and no matter where life has taken me, Sudan has always felt like home. The time I've spent there taught me something I've never forgotten. People look out for each other, even when they have very little to spare. That spirit is what I want SIRAI to build on.
It's hard to see what Sudan is going through. I know a small initiative won't change everything, but I don't think that means we should do nothing. We can listen, share what we know, and try to make things a little easier, one step at a time. Even a small difference in someone's life would mean a lot to me.
My background is in engineering, but I don't want SIRAI to be defined by a degree or by one person's ideas. I want it to be a place where people feel heard, bring what they know, and work on things that genuinely matter to them. That's the kind of work I'd be proud to be part of.
Connect on LinkedIn ↗Where we go from here
A transparent path forward.
Make tools public
Publish the website and accessible community-planning resources in multiple languages.
Learn from people
Invite feedback from Sudanese community members and volunteers; improve the toolkit accordingly.
Pilot locally
Work with local collaborators on a small, clearly documented activity when feasible and safe.
“Built with communities.”Our commitment is to participation, transparency and practical work, not promises we cannot yet prove.