SOS Sudan Association

SOS Sudan Association (SOSSA)

Postal Address

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Street Address

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Tel

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Fax

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E-mail

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Web Address

http://www.interconnection.org/sossa

Year Established

1996

Contacts

Sisto Olur Erista, Chairman
Margret Simon Jaling, Treasurer
Alice Obol, Secretary

Mission

Educational Programme for Sudanese Refugees

Geographical area of operations

Masindi District

Issues area of operations

Women's Education

Activities

Fund Raising and Gender Awareness

Affiliation(s)

Equatoria Civic Fund, Kampala, Uganda
Nileland Charitable Trust, Nairobi, Kenya

Dissemination

Target Audience

Women

Additional Information

Uganda is host to more than 250,000 refugees from Southern Sudan. The majority live in East Moyo, and there is also a substantial self-settled population in Arua, Moyo and Kitgum Districts. The refugees started arriving in the late eighties and continue to come. Following changes in education policy in Sudan which have effectively cut most Southerners off from further education there has been an increase in the number of school-age refugees.
Soon after their arrival in Uganda the parents set up primary schools. The Uganda Ministry of Local Government (MOLG) also provided school for the earliest arrivals. There are now several voluntary schools with well over 10,000 children. The schools follow the Uganda syllabus and around 5,000 students are in secondary school.
It is clear that the greatest need is to maintain a continuous education system from primary to post-secondary so that any potentially bright Sudanese child can complete his/her education without a break.

Photo Gallery

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Senior two class at Panyadoli Self-Help School	Returning home from school. In some schools they have to carry their own chairs to sit on, and a jerrycan of water for the day	Agricultural lesson for Senior three students at Panyadoli Self-Help Secondary School, Kirjandongo
Agricultural student being supervised by her class teacher and the School Headmaster of Panyadoli Self-Help Senior Secondary School	Morning parade at Bidong Primary School, Kiryandongo	The Headmaster teaching a class

Last update: April-12, 2002