Two people make a commitment to help Kiyiba Girls School
On a visit to Kinyiba Girls Boarding School in February of 2008, Shadrack Jolobi and Tara Parrish, who completed an assessment trip from the U.S. to visit the school, made a promise to the students and teachers at the Kinyiba Girls Boarding School located in Kajo-Keji, Kajo-Keji County, Central Equatoria State, South Sudan that they would do everything they could to ensure the success of this school.
The new Government of South Sudan is facing the complex challenge of not just rebuilding South Sudan but reinventing it—from basically nothing. Establishing schools to educate the young people of South Sudan is of the highest importance to this new nation's future.
Traditionally, girls have received fewer years of education than boys in South Sudan. According to World Food Programme, it is estimated that only 20 percent of children attend primary school. Of those who do, 35 percent are girls. Out of an estimated population of 7.5 million, only 500 girls in southern Sudan complete primary school each year.
According to a 2007 USAID press release, there are fewer than 100 secondary schools serving the millions of people living in Southern Sudan.
What can you do to help create a brighter future for girls in South Sudan?
The Kinyiba Girls Boarding School is a beacon of hope in South Sudan. By offering students the chance to stay at the school, Kinyiba is creating an environment which offers girls the opportunity to focus on their education. This school is the only one of its kind currently in South Sudan, and South Sudan's leaders are eager to replicate this new education model for South Sudan.
The school currently serves over two hundred students and operates as a primary school. Most students are boarded at the school, but the school struggles to keep enough food on hand to feed its students. The school does not have enough classrooms, and students are often forced to learn outside under mango trees with few or no supplies. There is a shortage of paraffin (candles) at the school and students often find it difficult to study after the school day ends without sufficient light. Currently,there is no bore hole at the school site, so teachers and students are forced to travel on foot to get water for the school which is very time consuming. There are hundreds of girls in Kajo-Keji who would like to attend Kinyiba School, but nability to pay school fees as well as insufficient classroom and boarding space prevents the school from serving more girls.
Shadrack and Tara are committed to making good on their promise and ask you to be part of creating educational opportunities for girls in Kajo-Keji, South Sudan.
With your support, we can make it possible for more girls to get their education at Kinyiba Girls Boarding School. We can raise the funds needed to continue construction at the school, build much-needed classroom space and offer teachers the opportunity to get additional training. We can drill a bore hole for water, and we can get important school supplies into the hands of students at Kinyiba School. Furthermore, we can add additional grades at Kinyiba School so that girls can complete their secondary education there as well. With your help, we can do all of this.
Update: On March 10, 2011 Sudan Sunrise wired $2,225.00 to the Kinyaba Girl's School to help construct a fence to improve the security for the girls who reside at the school.