World Down Syndrome Day 2025. Theme “Improve Our Support Systems.”
March 21, 2025 10:55 amBlog by GESS For World Down Syndrome Day, on 21st March 2025, we call on all governments to improve our... View Article
‘‘Amplifying the leadership of persons with disabilities for an inclusive and sustainable future’’.
December 3, 2024 2:02 pmMy name is Mary Nyabuay I work for Girls’ Education South Sudan (GESS). I joined GESS this year (2024) as... View Article
Girls’ Education South Sudan Commence Cash Transfers
October 7, 2024 2:40 pm241004 Girls’ Education South Sudan (GESS) Commence Cash Transfers
Shedding light on autism in South Sudan
April 2, 2024 9:29 amI am Yar Makuei Manyiel and I am a mother of an autistic child and an advocate for children living... View Article
Happy Women’s Day. Inspire Inclusion!
March 8, 2024 8:57 am#InspireInclusion! This is the theme for International Women’s Day 2024. Annually, Girls’ Education South Sudan (GESS) joins the rest of... View Article
Radio, changing attitudes and perceptions across South Sudan. Happy World Radio Day!
February 13, 2024 9:46 amIt is a hot and windy afternoon in the outskirts of Juba. The noise of playing children can be... View Article
How do we achieve Sustainable Development Goal Four for children with disability by 2030? The gains made in South Sudan and challenges still faced.
December 4, 2023 11:51 amThe Sustainable Development Goals are a set of 17 global goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015. You have... View Article
International Day of the Girl: Invest in Girls’ Education!
October 11, 2023 9:17 amIt is that time of the year again, International Day of the Girl! Celebrated annually on 11th October, this day... View Article
Second edition of the GESS news bulletin out!
May 11, 2023 11:45 amThe second issue of our news bulletin is out! Girls’ Education South Sudan (GESS) publishes a news bulletin every three months. The... View Article
The Power of Media in Promoting Disability Inclusion
December 2, 2022 3:05 pmHappy International Day of Persons with Disabilities! Annually, December 3rd is observed as International Day of Persons with Disabilities This... View Article
Sign Languages Unite Us!
September 23, 2022 10:09 am“When Hawa reported to the school, we felt she was different, but after attending some lessons together, we realised... View Article
Keeping Disability on the Agenda
June 7, 2022 2:17 pmOn May 25th 2022, GESS joined partners in South Sudan for a multi-stakeholder workshop on inclusive education. The workshop brought... View Article
International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2021: Leadership and Participation of Persons with Disabilities
December 3, 2021 9:02 amToday is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD)! In line with this year’s IDPD theme, “Leadership and participation... View Article
International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) 2020
December 3, 2020 10:02 amTogether we can make International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) 2020 bring about change in the lives of girls... View Article
International Day of Sign Languages 2020: ‘Sign Languages Are for Everyone’
September 23, 2020 10:51 amToday is the ‘International Day of Sign Languages’. The United Nations General Assembly adopted 23 September as the International... View Article