Girls’ Education in South Sudan (GESS2)
Most families in South Sudan live below the poverty line. This has a huge and negative impact on children’s education.
About the project
This five-year programme is working to transform the lives of a generation of children in the country through education. It focuses on addressing some of the long-term, societal issues when it comes to education, particularly for girls, while alleviating some of the immediate barriers to attending school.
The programme works across 15 states in South Sudan and focuses on areas like:
Working with families to help them understand the importance and value of educating girls;
Providing cash incentives for girls who regularly attend school, supporting families experiencing financial hardship;
Supporting schools directly by providing grants which help to do things like remove registration fees, helping more families to be able to send their children to school;
Offering practical support and training to teachers, school managers, Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) and other local stakeholders, increasing the quality of education provided by the schools and reducing the drop-out rate of students;
Undertaking research to better understand the issues that prevent girls from attending, staying in and achieving in school.
Girls’ Education in South Sudan 2 (GESS2) is funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) with Mott MacDonald as the lead agent. It is implemented in Lakes and Unity States; Windle Trust International is the State Anchor. GESS2 is implemented in 15 counties in total.
What difference does GESS make?
How do our projects make a difference?
Projects like GESS2 contribute to increasing access to and the quality of education for conflict-affected communities in eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa. Find out how this makes a difference below:
