Disaster Risk Reduction Day 2024
This year’s theme is focused on the role of education in ‘protecting and empowering youth for a disaster-free future’ (UN). Thanks to your support we are empowering marginalised communities...
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World Teacher Day 2024: Teacher-training in South Sudan
In 2023, an estimated 2.8 million children were out of school in South Sudan disadvantaged by poverty and displacement. War in Sudan and localised violence means the lives and...
World Literacy Day 2024
Thanks to your generosity last year, 47,405 vulnerable people across Africa and the Middle East received access to quality education programmes at nursery, primary, secondary, vocational level and teacher...
Refugee Crisis: Witnessing the unimaginable
It’s hard to imagine being uprooted and forced to flea your home. The every day to day routines, of school-runs and commuting to work, of grocery shopping and that...
World Refugee Day: At the Frontiers
This week we have been sharing stories from people facing the unimaginable. Without YOUR help, supporting the lives of brave and resilient mothers, fathers and families couldn’t be possible...
Shared Refugee Stories: Escaping Militia
Rebecca (30) and Martha (65) like, so many others, fled Sudan when civil war broke out spreading from the capital. Both women are South Sudanese and fled south to...
Menstrual Hygiene Day 2024
Millions of women and girls around the world are prevented from reaching their full potential. Just because they menstruate. The 28th of May is a day to unite in...
Together we can make sure this crisis cannot be forgotten
I’m in Renk, South Sudan, in what is known as the transit centre, an enclosed space that receives those fleeing violence in Sudan, a conflict that still rages on....
The Gift of a Bike
This Lent we are supporting teachers in getting to school and women farmers getting to the market. In South Sudan, generations have not had the chance to go to...
Two Tales for World Water Day
This year’s World Water Day theme is focused on ‘peace’ and for good reason. Water can create peace or spark conflict. When water is scarce or polluted, or when...
Day of Education 2024
On January 24th, the United Nations proclaimed International Day of Education which is a day of reflection and celebration of the impact education and schooling has on communities worldwide...
Serving those furthest behind in South Sudan
As we get closer to Christmas, places like South Sudan lie heavy on my heart. As the youngest country in the world, getting its independence 12 years ago, it’s...