Educational Institutions to Prepare the Next Generation
Backstory
Prior to the outbreak of civil war in 2011, the Diocese of Kadugli oversaw a system of schools that served children across the Nuba Mountains. These schools were critical to equipping the next generation of leaders to build a thriving society. From 2011 through 2019, most of these schools were attacked and destroyed by Government of Sudan forces. In spite of this, many schools continue to operate, meeting under a tree or in temporary structures. Teachers often work without pay, training, or adequate materials. The flagship school in the region is Grace Secondary. This Christian School was destroyed by the Government of Sudan in 2016. In 2020, there were approximately 30 students at Grace and none of the teachers were professionally trained. Sudan Church Partners is committed to working with other partners to re-establishing Grace School and support the restoration of the other Diocese schools in the region.
Goals
- Provide classroom and dormitory facilities for Grace School
- Professionally credentialed teaching staff with appropriate stipends.
- Sustainable student body of at least 400 students at Grace School.
- Provide food and educational supplies for students, teachers and support staff.
- Develop on-site agricultural production to offset food costs and to to provide hands-on learning for students
- Provide science, technology, and textbook facilities for science and technology
- Develop a teacher training institute to provide a pipeline of teachers
- Begin efforts to re-establish primary schools as feeders to Grace.
A Generation without Schools
The story of the destruction of Grace School and hopes to restore it to a thriving secondary school.
Grace Secondary Reborn
Bishop Andudu describes the new campus for Grace School, funded through a grant from Anglican Aid Australia. This also includes and interview with Jacob, a Grace Student, who describes life in old dormitories.
Updates
Total support to Education since we started: $307,355
Click on a year to view the summary.
- 410 students;
- Grace moves to new campus, funded by Anglican Aid Australia
- Entire Senior class passes S. Sudan national exam with honors
A student and teacher in a computer lab at the Diocese Compound
- 264 students; 13 teachers + 11 support staff; transition to fully-credentialed teaching staff continues
- Transition to new campus continues; construction nearly complete
- First Senior class takes nation exam from S. Sudan; All but 1 student pass
Senior year students taking the National Exam
- 165 students + 12 teachers; + 10 support staff; began transitioning to college trained teachers from Uganda (vs volunteer, untrained teachers)
- Construction of new campus continues
- Begin transition to classrooms in the new campus
Construction on the new Grace School Building
- 101 students + 9 teachers + 4 support staff (cooks, guards, etc)
- Anglican Aid Australia funds effort to rebuild Grace School on an 80 acre plot of land that is donated by local residents
- Stipends for faculty and support staff
- Completed construction of housing for teachers
Students in a Grace School classroom
- 30 students + 5 teachers at Grace School
- Grace school meeting in temporary huts since destruction of campus in 2016; Teachers had worked as volunteers with no income; Students provided minmal support through home-grown food
- Started modest teacher stipends and purchase of textbooks
Grace School head teacher in makeshift classrooms