Southern Sudan Country Briefing

Southern Sudan has seen 21 years of civil war. Millions have died, been abducted, recruited into militias, abused or separated from families. Now Southern Sudan’s population will swell with people returning home, but the education system is under-resourced and runs mainly by an under-resourced Ministry of Education. For 10 years it has depended on ad hoc programmes run by aid agencies and faith groups. Save the Children is working to build the Government’s ability to fund schools, teachers and materials.