Why a school in Juba, South Sudan?
In South Sudan, there is 1 school for every thousand students. 46% of teachers in South Sudan have had no training at all, while a further 46% have had less than one year training. 10% of South Sudanese schools are in permanent buildings. 80% of the children have no bench to sit on Only one third of the schools have access to latrines and half have access to safe clean water. South Sudan has the lowest rate in the world of primary school completion – 2%, ie, 1 in 50 children finishes primary school. one out of every five children of school age is in class Sudan’s adult literacy rate is 59.9% Why medical clinics in Sudan? There is currently only 1 doctor for every 10,000 people Only 59% of 1-yr-old children are immunized against measles Sudanese have a life expectancy of 57yrs Infant mortality rate is 12 times higher than that of Australia 400,000 Sudanese live with HIV /AIDS, including 21,000 children Only 1 out of every 250 people living in a malaria-risk area uses effective malaria p
