Monica is in Senior 1 at Rumbek National Secondary School. She invited us to join her to the market with her two friends, Hellena and Martha, to get an idea of what girls are spending their GESS Cash Transfer money on. According to our research, spending patterns have remained consistent since Cash Transfers started in […]
On the 19th October, our Team Leader, Akuja de Garang MBE, talked about the challenges for women and girls’ education in #SouthSudan at the Catholic University in Juba. The event, named ‘The Past, Present and Future of Education in South Sudan’, was hosted by The Rift Valley Institute and The Catholic University of South Sudan. The following […]
We’re often asked how the right girls get the cash. Over 288,000 girls will receive the cash this year across the country – a huge undertaking that relies on a strict process of validation and identification. All girls enrolled, and regularly attending Primary 5 – Senior 4, are entitled to receive Cash Transfers. These girls […]
It’s the moment that South Sudanese school girls dread – coming on their period whilst at school. A school girl from Wau told us, “I feel uncomfortable because my blood will be coming out and I will want to get out of class… it will distract my lesson so it’s better to stay comfort at […]
This morning, Harriett Baldwin MP – Minister of State for Africa at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Minister of State at the Department for International Development – visited GESS-supported Bishop Mazzoldi Memorial Basic School to witness the package of support to the school, as well as the continued need for support to South Sudan’s […]
Hon. Minister of the Ministry of General Education and Instruction (MoGEI), Deng Deng Hoc Yai, announced that enrolment recorded on the School Attendance Monitoring System (SAMS – www.sssams.org) passed 1.5 million on 18th May. It is now standing at almost 1.6 million. Data from SAMS shows that schools are opening earlier in the year, with […]
This morning, Matthew Rycroft CBE – the Permanent Secretary at the Department for International Development (DFID) – visited Juba Day Secondary School to witness the GESS package of support to the school, as well as the continued need for support to South Sudan’s education sector. He was greeted by the long-serving Head Teacher, George Kenyi; […]
It’s a characteristically sunny day in South Sudan’s short dry season and a group of around 25 people – young and old, women and men– band together in a classroom, where there’s some much-needed respite from the 11am sun. There’s the low level hum of chitter chatter as the group greet each other. A lady […]
2017 was a groundbreaking year for GESS. SSSAMS (South Sudan School Attendance Monitoring System – www.sssams.org) – our online system that produces real-time reports on enrolment in South Sudanese schools – recorded 1,509,251 pupils enrolled in 3,652 schools – the highest number ever recorded. Girls made up 44.53% of total enrolment. Particular progress has been […]
This is Monica. She received a GESS Cash Transfer this year, along with 110 other girls at Dr. John Garang Memorial Secondary School in Juba. Watch the video to find out how she spent the money this year, and how it has helped to keep her in school over the past three years. The Cash […]
