Building Hope in South Sudan

Project Education Sudan is a US 501(c)(3) Charitable Organization, a registered NGO with the Republic of South Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Commission, and registered with the Jonglei State Ministry of Education. PES was created as a partnership of Sudanese and Americans in response to the destruction that resulted from the twenty-year civil war between northern and South Sudan. High illiteracy rates resulted from these decades of civil war. On July 9, 2011, South Sudan became its own independent nation and seeks its future as a functioning democracy.

Our Mission

In response to the high illiteracy rates, the mission of Project Education Sudan (PES) is to help fund and support the building of primary schools in rural Jonglei State, South Sudan. We emphasize the inclusion of girls and women in the educational opportunities we promote. PES fosters community empowerment and leadership development in order to ensure that educational progress is sustainable.

PES provides clean water wells, commercial grinding mills, cinderblock-making equipment, sewing machines and annual school supply money. Beyond brick and mortar, our organization mentors indigenous community and girl’s leadership development, teacher training, feminine hygiene health and income literacy programs thus providing a micro economy in the village.

We have a US Executive Director and a South Sudan Director who is a former “Lost Boy” to monitor, assess and implement programs and strengthen ties with the four communities we work with together. We serve 3000 children in four schools. PES follows the UNICEF accountability model in funding projects, inspection and verification of spending.

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