By Daniel Majok Gai | Executive Director
Deborah is a high school student in Bor, South Sudan. “I’m very happy to write this letter to you as a sign of appreciation for all the supports you have done to me. I really appreciate your hard work. You have provided me with a powerful weapon to fight enemy called illiteracy through your support. I will do my best to succeed...” she wrote a few weeks ago.
Education! Basic Education! That’s the powerful weapon Deborah is talking about. The unfortunate fact is that out of every six women in South Sudan, only one can read. No wonder Deborah is happy to be able to write this letter of appreciation! If it were not for you who read these reports and who generously contribute, Deborah and many young women like her would not have the privilege of fighting illiteracy through education. We, as well as Deborah, cannot begin to thank you enough. There is so far to go, BUT we have made so much progress.
Daniel Majok Gai, Executive Director of Project Education South Sudan, goes to his office each day in the town of Bor. Daniel has a cell phone and an internet connection. The internet works during the hours that the generator is running – sometimes. Weather, as well as electrical and mechanical problems, frequently disrupts communications, so Daniel has learned to work expeditiously when he has a good connection. He has a steady stream of young women coming to the door of his office, begging for financial help for school tuition and fees. The waiting list grows daily. Many of these young education starved students are from families with one or both parents missing, lost to years of war and fighting. Jobs are so scarce that even those who come from intact families seldom have the employment to support the education of their young people. Girls are usually given lower priority as students. This is changing gradually, and we are encouraged by these incremental improvements. Until the economy improves and there is more political stability, the help that comes from generous supporters in the US has immeasurable value. THANK YOU!
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