Project Education South Sudan (PESS)

About us

Project Education Sudan (now Project Education South Sudan or “PESS”) was formed.in October 2005. The mission of Project Education South Sudan (PESS) is to help fund and support the building of primary schools in rural South Sudan. PESS emphasizes the inclusion of girls and women in the educational opportunities it promotes. PESS fosters community empowerment and leadership development in order to ensure that educational progress is sustainable.

Our mission
Preparing tomorrow’s South Sudanese leaders through education and local engagement.


Our Achievements
• Since 2005, PESS has helped fund the construction of three new schools and the rebuilding of an existing deteriorating structure in three rural villages in Jonglei State. These schools serve about 3,000 children; one of them, Ayak Anguei Primary Boarding School with 450 girls, is presently the only operating girls’ school in the area.
• With a view to promoting school attendance and economic development, PESS has donated water wells, commercial grinding mills, cinderblock-making equipment, sewing machines and annual school supply money to the villages where the schools are located.
• Beyond brick and mortar, PESS provides indigenous community and girl’s leadership development, teacher training, feminine hygiene health and income literacy.
• As its focus has evolved to girls’ secondary education, PESS has partnered with She’s The First, an acclaimed national non-profit that sponsors girls’ education in the developing world, helping them be the first in their families to graduate.

Lee Ann Huntington serves as Treasurer and Secretary for PESS.

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