by Jonathan Morris | Feb 17, 2018 | Education, Newsletter, Student Stories
If it’s true that a picture is worth a thousand words, then this week we have 8,000 words for you! Here are eight photos that sum up the first week of our new school year. Students began arriving on campus. Requirements for boarding...
by Jonathan Morris | Feb 16, 2018 | Newsletter, Programming
We are pleased to announce that Zaharah Namanda has accepted the position of Assistant Monitoring and Program Officer with Africa ELI. Zaharah is based in Uganda, where she will be working closely with Africa ELI students and partner schools. Her main responsibilities...
by Jonathan Morris | Jan 26, 2018 | Newsletter, Student Stories
Martha had traveled 160 miles from Jonglei state to Yei River County to attend school at Excel International Academy. She showed much bravery by leaving home and traveling so far in search of a high school education. It was at Excel, in 2012, that we met Martha and...
by Jonathan Morris | Jan 19, 2018 | Newsletter, Student Stories
For the past couple of months, Africa ELI students have been on their long school break, which runs from December until February. It is equivalent to summer vacation in the U.S. Some have used the time to earn money for personal needs or to help their families, while...
by Jonathan Morris | Jan 13, 2018 | Extracurricular, Newsletter, Programming
We’ve written about the crisis of 2016-2017 in which fighting between armed factions impacted the Yei region of South Sudan. We described how our students were displaced and their classroom education abruptly disrupted. In response, our work temporarily shifted...
by Jonathan Morris | Jan 5, 2018 | Newsletter
Last Saturday, we posted a blog with Africa ELI’s 7 High Points from 2017. This week, our Monitoring and Program Officer, Alemi Charles, wrote an email sharing his thoughts about some of our 2017 achievements, which you may like to read. Dear Anita, Happy New Year...
by Jonathan Morris | Dec 30, 2017 | Newsletter
Before the clock strikes midnight tomorrow… You still have time to support Africa ELI students in 2017! An affordable year-end financial gift made today will help us continue to assist young women in South Sudan receive an education and acheive their goals. ...
by Tami Carsillo | Dec 27, 2017 | Education
Part 3: School In the first article in our series on recognizing the barriers to girls’ education in South Sudan, we identified four spheres of society in which barriers are present: family, school, community, and national. In the second article of the series, we...
by Jonathan Morris and Anita Henderlight | Nov 20, 2017 | Education
Part 2: Family In the first article in our series on recognizing the barriers to girls’ education in South Sudan, we identified four spheres of society in which barriers are present: family, school, community, and national. In this post, we will take a look at the...
by Jonathan Morris | Oct 30, 2017 | Question & Answer
One of the things Africa ELI benefits from the most is the variety of academic and vocational backgrounds found among its board members and volunteers. New ideas and approaches are born from this array of knowledge and skills. Lauryn Bragg definitely does her part to...
