In Sudan, Civil Society Organizations (CSO) play an important role in seeking accountability from people in power, demanding transparency in administrative and bureaucratic processes, and supporting neighborhood communities to design locally actionable plans to resolve problems facing their societies.

These organizations have initiated various people-led movements through grassroots mobilization and encourage the public to contribute towards the creation and sustenance of democratic and transparent systems of governance in their societies.

One of the major goals of these organizations is to enable local communities, equip them with the skills and competencies required to create awareness about civic issues, and encourage them to contribute towards upholding principles of equity, justice, and human rights.

• CSOs introduce changes in societies. They challenge the status quo and compel the public to question systems of discrimination and inequities in their communities. 
• As a result, CSOs are targets of disinformation attacks. 
• Political groups, conservative outfits, biased media houses, and right-leaning public have made concerted efforts to launch disinformation and propaganda campaigns against CSOs, civic workers and volunteers, with an intention of delegitimizing their work.

• Al-Kashif helps civil society organizations to develop critical media literacy competencies required to preempt and counter disinformation.
•  We strengthen and enable local networks of civil society organizations and workers in Sudan to create effective media management plans and content production strategies.
• We conduct one-on-one consultations with CSOs and train them in using analytical tools to identify disinformation.  
• Based on the available resources and the organization’s needs and public advocacy goals, we help CSOs develop an effective media management plan for their organization. 
• We also equip CSOs with intellectual and activism resources crucial to mobilizing the public, creating awareness, and introducing changes in their communities. 
• We provide resources enabling civic actors to design and implement media-based projects to counter disinformation in their communities.

• Train CSOs in using tools and analytical skills required to identify and counter disinformation. 
• Create open-access educational and training resources in the field of information studies.
• Build a collaborative space to encourage civil society groups to share knowledge and develop a community-focused plan of action.
• Provide rapid response training to civil society organizations and/or other civil institutions and actors in response to unexpected and spontaneous disinformation attacks against them.