GESS Cash Transfers Delivered to Girls in South Sudan Throughout COVID-19

An ambitious exercise to pay more than 400,000 school girls across South Sudan came to a close at the end of 2020. The Girls’ Education South Sudan (GESS) payment agents navigated flooding and insecurity to reach more than 400,000 girls in classes Primary 5 to Senior 4 in all states of South Sudan.

In November, we launched the second round of Cash Transfers to girls. Special guests, Honourable Minister Awut Deng Acuil; UK Ambassador to South Sudan, Chris Trott; and Canada’s Head of Cooperation, Chelsea Sayers, joined GESS Cash Transfer beneficiaries and GESS Team Leader, Akuja de Garang MBE to address guests at Juba Day Secondary School.

We took this opportunity to speak to some Cash Transfer beneficiaries. This is what they had to say…

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