How Can We Live In A Post-War Sudan

PortSudan(Sudanow)-
For the first time in modern history, Sudanese people wake up to find their state besieged and its people hunted, displaced, and refugees, with their homes occupied and properties looted. They have faced existential threats that nearly wiped them out entirely. Amidst this atmosphere, they found no ally, friend, or neighbor to rush to their aid. What lessons must be drawn from this painful experience، To preserve our existence as a people, land, and cultural heritage, a fundamental change in behavior and a reorganization of a new system of life that preserves the dignity of the nation and its citizens are necessary.

To discuss how to bring about this change, Sudanow spoke with prof. Muaz Sharfi, a specialist in psychology and sociology. Prof. Sharfi, speaking as an expert who knows the roots of the problem and the solution, began by highlighting the importance of changing behavior in loving the nation through continuous education via psychological and social studies. Here, the Ministry of Social Welfare plays a crucial role in building society and changing behavior through early intervention in any tribe or region to prevent feelings of marginalization and neglect. This can be achieved by conducting studies and surveys in all states and rural areas of Sudan to spread awareness and education in all fields of life. The Ministry of Social Welfare is pivotal in preparing studies on youth, pre-marital and prenatal care, and during and after birth, and in all circumstances to create a healthy environment for a healthy child and sound education. Additionally, the ministry can reach out to villages and rural areas to modify societal behavior towards positive sustainable development.

Therefore, the importance of having specialists in psychology, sociology, and education in rural areas, rather than just in cities, comes from their ability to directly benefit the field. Attention should also be given to technical engineering colleges to contribute to spreading the culture of industrialization, transforming raw agricultural, animal, and mineral products into manufactured goods to multiply benefits, employ youth, and combat unemployment. Additionally, technical schools and colleges should be rehabilitated to utilize graduates in areas such as agriculture, animal wealth, and fisheries. This can be achieved by going to production areas in rural regions to educate pastoralists and farmers. This requires the presence of technical schools for training, awareness, and industrial production, as well as encouraging family production (home gardening) and incentivizing producers.

Prof. Muaz says that the state plays a crucial role in encouraging local products to enable them to compete with and surpass imported goods. This can be achieved by continuously educating citizens to become producers and assisting them in finding marketing channels, such as providing business names to buy and market local products. It also involves combating brokers and intermediaries who have outnumbered producers in a culture of dependency. To rebuild society and restore what has been destroyed by war, it is necessary to rebuild the Sudanese personality by improving behavior through national education, student and community mobilization for future generations, self-love, and showcasing our capabilities to other societies.

This can be achieved by modifying all educational curricula to be more patriotic, focusing on building personality, and linking it to the practical reality of production. University specializations should be directed towards producing technical students who can transform raw materials into manufactured products. Additionally, self-promotion and confidence should be encouraged, rather than humility to the point of inferiority. Instilling a love of the nation in children is crucial, emphasizing their role in building and developing the country. It's also important to deepen the concept of not migrating or leaving the homeland, especially after what they endured during the war. Promoting a culture of loving rural areas, which is a form of supporting love for the larger nation, and enjoying natural scenery should be encouraged. Supporting harvest seasons and documenting them through poetry, national and school anthems, and glorifying Sudan's history, cultures, and civilization is vital. The Sudanese Armed Forces' history and external heroics, as well as the bravery of the Sudanese soldier, doctor, engineer, and athlete, should be celebrated. We should proudly market Sudan and the Sudanese identity without shame or hesitation.

Here, the role of educational curricula, media, and guidance through the Ministry of Social Welfare comes into play. Prof. Sharfi concludes his impactful discussion by saying that Sudan has emerged from this war, and after the world stood silent and helpless towards our plight, we must not rely on so-called brothers from neighboring countries or friends from other parts of the world. Instead, we must depend on our own capabilities and resources, as China did, which is an excellent model for upgrading its capabilities through high technical skills and building the capacities of young people and communities through proper planning. Utilizing solar and wind energy as the best and cheapest energy sources has reflected positively on the affordability of all its products.

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