Norwegian Refugee Council-run school inspires South Sudanese children
One of the students at the NRC-run Hope Primary School . Photo: NRC Juba, September 6, 2019 (SSNA) — A school built by the Norwegian Refugee Council in 2014 has…
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Naath Education Foundation to honor Nuer graduates’ class of 2019
Photo: Getty Images/File Public Announcement: Naath Honoring Graduates Class of 2019 August 17, 2019 Washington, DC, July 20, 2019 (SSNA) – The Naath Education Foundation (NEF) is a USA based…
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School teachers to protest over unpaid salaries
Photo: Borgen Magazine Juba, July 5, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudanese teachers are planning a huge demonstration to show their dissatisfaction over government failure to pay their salaries, a Juba…
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EU to fund educational programs in Bahr el Ghazal and Equatoria regions
Photo: Save the Children Juba, April 19, 2019 (SSNA) — The European Union (EU) has pledged to fund a five-year educational program designed to help South Sudanese children attend schools,…
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South Sudan to introduce new textbooks tomorrow
South Sudanese school children. Photo: File Juba, March 6, 2019 (SSNA) — The government of South Sudan will introduce new text books for new school curriculum tomorrow, a source at…
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UNHCR launches “back to school’ campaign in South Sudan
“Refugee children from South Sudan attend school in Kyaka II settlement, in Uganda.” Photo: UNHCR Juba, February 18, 2019 (SSNA) — The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Lutheran…
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South Sudanese woman drops out of school after her parents forced her to marry a man
South Sudan has the seventh highest prevalence rate of child marriage in the world, according to the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). Photo: UNICEF/HRW/File Juba, February 16, 2019…
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South Sudanese girls in Kakuma refugee camp want better education
Jessica Deng in her class. Photo: The Hechinger Report Nairobi, January 7, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudanese young girls in UN-run Kakuma camp want better education so that they can…
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South Sudanese doctor honors his South Korean mentor
Thomas Taban Akot. Photo: Inje University College of Medicine. Juba, December 26, 2018 (SSNA) — A South Sudanese medical doctor Thomas Taban Akot who studied medicines in Inje University in…
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Refugee Response Plan to help South Sudanese refugees access to education
Kakuma refugee camp. Photo: The Lutheran World Federation/James Macharia Nairobi, December 19, 2018 (SSNA) — A Kenyan-based Refugee Response Plan (RRP) has partnered with the government of Kenya to help…
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