Each student is required to have lesson notes for every subject taught at school. When Africa ELI students fled from conflict in South Sudan to the safety of Uganda, most of their school notebooks were left behind. Knowing how important these subject notes are for our students’ academic success, Africa ELI staff got to work. This past week, we recreated and copied over 9,800 pages of notes at the Makerere University print shop, then distributed them to the students.
Please consider helping us defray the printing costs by making a donation online.
World Book Day is a yearly event held on April 23rd, organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, to promote reading, publishing and copyright. In observance of World Book Day, Africa ELI staff read with our students and encouraged them to write their own stories. The two books we read together were Malala’s Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai andWhat Do You Do With a Chance? by Kobi Yamada. To help the students with writing their stories, Anita and Zaharah handed out new blue pens.
Where is home? Africa ELI students come from many different areas of South Sudan. The girls enjoy looking together at a map of their home country and showing one another where they were born.
Our Mission
By providing access to education, Africa ELI prepares young women in South Sudan to become leaders in their families and communities, engage in business enterprise, counteract inequalities, improve health practices, and work toward improving society for the benefit of all citizens.
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