Twenty One Days in May

Our Holiday Retreat is a 3-week residential gathering of the Africa ELI secondary students occurring between school terms. The purpose of the retreat is to ensure that girls receive adequate time to review the previous term’s lessons; provide them with career...

Africa ELI Featured at AGS

The Atlanta Girls School recently featured Africa ELI during a school assembly. We appreciate their interest in learning about girls education in South Sudan and for choosing to support our students! Please check out their follow-up article and the video they put...

A New Partnership

It is not unusual for girls in East Africa to miss school because of difficulty managing their monthly period. Menstruation may last for three to five days, and since girls often stay home during their period, it is common for them to miss as many as 36 days of school...

Introducing Zaharah

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...