Who we are

A Sudanese arts organisation, working in Gedaref since 2019

Seven years of community-painted walls, federal registration, four independent audits, and one methodology built from direct practice.

Our story

From volunteer roots to audited maturity

2019 – 2021

Volunteer roots

G.Artistic began in Gedaref in 2019. A small group of artists, educators, and community organisers, working from one conviction: arts practice can carry social cohesion further than abstract messaging can.

In August 2019 we staged our first art exhibition in Gedaref: four days covering all seven arts, the first event of its kind in the city. It was the organization's launch, and its first success.

From June 2019 to July 2021 we painted more than 350 murals across seven localities, funded by popular support and community donations, most visibly along the street of Gedaref Teaching Hospital. The Four-Stage Sequenced Delivery Model and the Three Strings Framework came directly out of that practice. Community trust came first. Donor relationships came after.

350+

Community murals

2022 – Present

Audited maturity

In 2022 we crossed into formal humanitarian programming. The first funded contracts arrived from international partners working inside Sudan. The methodology built in volunteer years became the spine of paid delivery.

Four independent annual audits have followed, covering calendar years 2022 through 2025. We re-registered at the federal level with the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC C.No. 166/2024). Today the organisation runs from four state offices: Gedaref headquarters, Kassala, Blue Nile, and South Kordofan.

Practice precedes claim. The methodology we publish today is the same one we walked into a community with in 2019. Seven years of doing, not of drafting.

Funded projects

$484.3K

Total managed portfolio

60K+

Beneficiaries

Seven years, one method

The arc of a documented practice

2019
Founded in Gedaref
A small volunteer collective begins arts-led community work in eastern Sudan. Murals on neighbourhood walls. Theatre in courtyards. The public method begins here.
2020
Methodology emerges through practice
The Four-Stage Sequenced Delivery Model and the Three Strings Framework take shape through repeated village-level work. Not from a textbook. From doing.
2021
Three hundred and fifty murals
By the end of the volunteer era, a documented body of practice exists across multiple states. Community trust is built before any funding arrives.
2022
First funded contracts, first audit
Transition into formal humanitarian programming. The methodology becomes the spine of paid delivery, not an afterthought.
2024
HAC federal re-registration
Re-registered at the federal level (C.No. 166/2024). Four years of independent annual audits now on the record.
2025
Four state offices
Gedaref headquarters joined by operational offices in Kassala, Blue Nile, and South Kordofan. Authority kept close to the field.
2026
A public method
Twenty-five funded projects delivered. The methodology is published, available to peers and partners. Practice has earned the right to claim.

2019
Founded in Gedaref
A small volunteer collective begins arts-led community work in eastern Sudan. Murals on neighbourhood walls. Theatre in courtyards. The public method begins here.
2020
Methodology emerges through practice
The Four-Stage Sequenced Delivery Model and the Three Strings Framework take shape through repeated village-level work. Not from a textbook. From doing.
2021
Three hundred and fifty murals
By the end of the volunteer era, a documented body of practice exists across multiple states. Community trust is built before any funding arrives.
2022
First funded contracts, first audit
Transition into formal humanitarian programming. The methodology becomes the spine of paid delivery, not an afterthought.
2024
HAC federal re-registration
Re-registered at the federal level (C.No. 166/2024). Four years of independent annual audits now on the record.
2025
Four state offices
Gedaref headquarters joined by operational offices in Kassala, Blue Nile, and South Kordofan. Authority kept close to the field.
2026
A public method
Twenty-five funded projects delivered. The methodology is published, available to peers and partners. Practice has earned the right to claim.

Mission

We use arts practice as the working surface for community cohesion in Sudan. The methodology is built with the communities we serve, not for them.

Vision

A Sudan where the cultural infrastructure of social cohesion is owned by the communities that need it, not borrowed from outside.

How we work

The Four-Stage Sequenced Delivery Model

Every project moves through the same four stages, in order. Skipping a stage isn't a shortcut. It's a different project, and a weaker one.

Dialogue
Community-led problem identification. We listen before we plan. If the community isn't setting the agenda, none of what follows will land.
Capacity
Training and skills transfer to local facilitators and participants. The people who'll do the work need to be ready before tools arrive.
Equipment
Material support is tied to capacity already built. Tools without trained hands turn into clutter.
Ownership
Handover to community structures. Methodology and equipment remain in the community. We step back, the work continues.

Read the full methodology

Our People

Twenty people across four state offices. Authority kept close to the field.

Gedaref

HEADQUARTERS · 10

Abdallah Masoud
CEO
Mohammed Osman
Programme Manager
Akram Awad
Support Manager
Omer Tarig
Communications Manager
Ahmed Alobaid
Programme Officer
Mudather Mustafa
Logistics & Procurement Officer
Osman Rajab
Communications Officer
Remah Adam
M&E Specialist
Baraa Elsiddig
Financial Assistance
Salma Alshareef
Programme Assistant
Mohammed Abdelgader Al-Amir
Finance Officer

Kassala

AREA OFFICE · 4

Weaam Alshaikh
Area Manager
Mosa Mohammed
Logistics
Amal Ibrahim
Programme Officer
Mohammed Al Habib
Communications Officer

Blue Nile

AREA OFFICE · 3

Ahmed Eldirdiri
Area Manager
Mohammed Hassan
Logistics Assistant
Zeinab Amin
Programme Officer

South Kordofan

AREA OFFICE · 2

Azaher Adam
Area Manager
Mohammed Bilal
Programme Assistant

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Governance & accountability

Three things we've done, and can prove

HAC C.No. 166/2024
Re-registered at the federal level with the Humanitarian Aid Commission in 2024. We operate across all eighteen states when the work calls for it.
Independent annual audits
USD 346,000 in independently audited grant funding across four calendar years (2022 through 2025). Every project reported to donor standard.
Policies in practice
Safeguarding and PSEA, accountability to affected populations, financial accountability, do no harm. Written. Signed. Applied across all four offices.

See the full Standards

If you're looking for a Sudanese partner with documented methodology and audited capacity, we should talk.

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A Sudanese arts organisation, working in Gedaref since 2019

Volunteer roots

Audited maturity

Dialogue

Capacity

Equipment

Ownership

HAC C.No. 166/2024

Independent annual audits

Policies in practice

If you're looking for a Sudanese partner with documented methodology and audited capacity, we should talk.