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
Landmark event for Persons With Disabilities in South Sudan
September 17, 2020 11:56 amYesterday was the launch event for the Union of Persons with Disabilities. This new Union will act as the umbrella... View Article
Early Market Engagement (EME) for the Procurement of GESS 2 2020 Tranche 2 Cash Transfer (CT) Payment Service Provider
September 10, 2020 4:41 pmThis is to invite interested organisations to attend an Early Market Engagement (EME) meeting for prospective service providers of GESS... View Article
International Literacy Day
September 8, 2020 12:25 pmToday we celebrate #InternationalLiteracyDay 📚 The theme this year is, “Literacy teaching and learning in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond”.... View Article
Helping to Repopulate a School With Capitation Grants
September 1, 2020 3:35 pmLiang Mamur Primary School is based in Banishowa Payam, Maban County of Upper Nile State. During fighting in 2016, the... View Article
Delivering Over 400,000 Cash Transfers to Girls in South Sudan
July 22, 2020 11:36 amThe first round of GESS 2020 Cash Transfers has been completed. Over 410,000 Cash Transfers have been delivered to girls... View Article
“Educate Girls to Transform South Sudan” – National Girls’ Education Day highlights the importance of educating our girls
July 7, 2020 12:23 pmMarking the National Girls’ Education Day 2020, the Minister of General Education and Instruction (MoGEI), Hon. Awut Deng Acuil, has... View Article
Video Reveals How GESS is Responding to COVID-19
June 25, 2020 11:55 amNew video explains how Girls' Education South Sudan (GESS) is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Emergency Cash Transfers Help Prevent Early and Forced Marriage
June 16, 2020 11:54 am“Sometimes girls get married because they can’t afford basic things like sanitary pads, body lotion, and even pants. It is... View Article
GESS to Fast Track Cash Transfers to Girls across South Sudan in Response to COVID-19
May 20, 2020 11:04 amThe first round of GESS 2020 Cash Transfers has started this week (beginning 18th May 2020) in order to support... View Article
GESS Broadcasts Vital Information on COVID-19 for those with Hearing Impairments
May 6, 2020 5:16 pmAs COVID-19 continues to spread across the world, South Sudan is not being spared. As the number of cases increases,... View Article
GESS Broadcasts Vital Information Through Radio and SMS to Help Stop the Spread of Covid-19
April 22, 2020 10:48 amAs Covid-19 continues to spread, so, too, does misinformation about the virus. GESS is promoting facts over fear, bringing trustworthy... View Article
GESS Looking into All Options for Delivery of Cash to Girls and Schools
April 17, 2020 2:58 pmWe have been closely monitoring the spread of Covid-19 and its impact on communities across South Sudan, which has evolved... View Article
Cash to Girls and Schools Part of Rehabilitation Efforts Once Schools Reopen
April 1, 2020 11:35 amGirls’ Education South Sudan (GESS) is continuing to work hard throughout the Covid-19 outbreak to ensure that learners can come... View Article
GESS to Support Distance Learning as Schools Across South Sudan Close in Response to Covid-19 Outbreak
April 1, 2020 11:27 amAs Covid-19 continues to spread across the globe, South Sudan has taken measures to protect its citizens, including closing schools.... View Article
South Sudan Secondary School Leaving Exam 2019: girl gets top mark!
March 23, 2020 4:43 pm“Most girls cannot go to school or drop out of school because they or their parents can’t afford to pay... View Article
International Women’s Day 2020 – #EachForEqual
March 8, 2020 3:07 pmThis year we celebrate the International Women’s Day under the theme #EachForEqual – “An equal world is an enabled world”.... View Article
Accelerated Secondary Education for Teachers
February 25, 2020 11:07 amAn opportunity for school teachers who have not completed their secondary education to join the Accelerated Secondary Education Programme for... View Article
Did you know that radio can help girls to stay in school?
February 13, 2020 12:14 pmOn World Radio Day, we’re celebrating the role of Our School radio programme as a tool to encourage families and... View Article
International Day of Education 2020: Learning for people, planet, prosperity and peace
January 24, 2020 9:48 amToday we celebrate the International Day of Education 2020 – a day proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly to... View Article
Nothing Can Stop Me From…
October 11, 2019 10:01 amToday we are celebrating the International Day of the Girl Child. Nearly 25 years ago, some 30,000 women and men... View Article
Challenges for Women’s and Girls’ in Education in South Sudan and the Way Forward
September 25, 2019 10:07 amOn the 19th October, our Team Leader, Akuja de Garang MBE, talked about the challenges for women and girls’ education... View Article
Getting Cash Transfers to 288,000 Girls in South Sudan
August 29, 2019 9:51 amWe’re often asked how the right girls get the cash. Over 288,000 girls will receive the cash this year across... View Article
There is much to celebrate!
August 23, 2019 3:45 pmSuch a commitment to girls’ education deserves a celebration. And celebrate is what we did! Last Wednesday we hosted the... View Article
Continuation of the GESS programme will transform the education of a generation of children in South Sudan, especially girls
August 21, 2019 10:19 amThe Honourable Minister of General Education and Instruction (MoGEI), Deng Deng Hoc Yai, is delighted to announce the start of... View Article
Early Market Engagement Meeting
July 5, 2019 12:56 pmEARLY MARKET ENGAGEMENT (EME) FOR PROSPECTIVE REGIONAL ANCHOR PARTNERS MEETING NOTICE This is to invite for interested organizations to attend... View Article
FCO Press Release highlights the work of Akuja and GESS
December 31, 2016 12:28 pmFCO Press Release: Honours for the best of Britain overseas The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) announces 76 awards for... View Article
GESS Team Leader, Akuja, receives MBE
December 31, 2016 12:22 pmGESS is pleased to announce the following: Akuja de Garang, Team Leader of Girls’ Education South Sudan, has been awarded... View Article
Voluntary Teachers, "we will support you!"
December 9, 2016 12:27 pmYMCA Primary School in Yambio, Gbudwe State, is just one of 3,601 schools that has received a Capitation Grant,... View Article
Progress Update – Cash Transfers
November 10, 2016 9:03 amGirls’ Education South Sudan (GESS) Team Leader, Akuja, was joined by the Ministry of General Education and Instruction’s (MoGEI) Deputy... View Article
Our Girls, Our Future: National Girls' Education Day in South Sudan
October 12, 2016 1:14 pmJuba was full of celebration yesterday. Over 400 came together to celebrate our girls for the joint event of National... View Article
Celebrating the Teachers of South Sudan this World Teachers' Day
October 5, 2016 6:53 amToday is World Teachers’ Day. This year’s theme is “Valuing Teachers, Improving their Status”. This resonates strongly with South Sudanese... View Article
What a Reminder! – A refresher course in Teacher Professional Development
September 14, 2016 8:12 amStory written by: Muni Henry Iga Head teacher, Vision Bearers Academy Primary School It had been a... View Article
GESS Throughout the Conflict
August 11, 2016 1:09 pmAlong with its partners the GESS team is fully operational and is continuing to support the people of South... View Article
Women Deliver 2016 Concludes
May 26, 2016 8:04 amWomen Deliver 2016 the world’s largest global conference on the health, rights, and well being of girls and women in... View Article
Womens Day
March 15, 2016 9:36 amTwo GESS staffers speaking as role models to young South Sudanese girls on International Women’s Day. This morning, to celebrate... View Article