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...
