| Postal Address |
(SOSSA is changing location - new contact to be provided) |
| Street Address |
(SOSSA is changing location - new contact to be provided) |
| Tel |
(SOSSA is changing location - new contact to be provided) |
| Fax |
(SOSSA is changing location - new contact to be provided) |
| E-mail |
(SOSSA is changing location - new contact to be provided) |
| Web Address |
http://www.interconnection.org/sossa |
| Year Established |
1996 |
| Contacts |
Sisto Olur Erista, Chairman
Margret Simon Jaling, Treasurer
Alice Obol, Secretary
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| Mission |
Educational Programme for Sudanese Refugees
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| 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
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| 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.
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| Photo Gallery |
Click image for full picture
Senior two class at
Panyadoli Self-Help
School
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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
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Agricultural lesson
for Senior three
students at Panyadoli
Self-Help Secondary
School, Kirjandongo
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Agricultural student
being supervised
by her class
teacher and the
School
Headmaster
of Panyadoli
Self-Help Senior
Secondary School
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Morning parade at
Bidong Primary
School, Kiryandongo
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The Headmaster
teaching a class
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