Welcome to Village Help for South Sudan
We provide development program management and coordinate village mobilization to deliver water, schools, orphanages, teacher and student support, economic opportunity, appropriate technology, and sanitation solutions to under-served communities in South Sudan.
News from Village Help for South Sudan
The world’s newest country, the Republic of South Sudan, struggles with deep-seated challenges, many of which can be attributed to a Sudanese civil war spanning decades.
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Mr. Majok, who serves as executive director of the organization Village Help For South Sudan, escaped from southern Sudan when he was a teenaged high school graduate. Knowing which direction to go and how to get to the northern part of Sudan was the most valuable skill he could have had, he says.
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We are delighted to report that Mou Riiny, University of San Diego student and Bol Thiik Riiny's cousin, has found a local builder to begin construction on Thiou Freedom School. read more ...
Mou Riiny graduated from University of San Diego just a few months ago. He traveled to South Sudan at the end of December, and he has been serving as our Field Manager for the construction of the Thiou Freedom School
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Bol Thiik continues to spread the word about Thiou Village Project as he present s"From Sudan to Winchester and Back" Thursday, April 12, at 7:00 p.m. at Lincoln School [1]in Winchester, MA. A graduate of Winchester High, Bol has done a remarkable job of enlisting many in the Winchester community.
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Here are the exciting photos we recently received from our community center construction site:
The community center is going up!
Here's a view of the floor plan, showing classrooms of various sizes.
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Bol Thiik Riiny spoke to all the grades at Stratton School [1] in Arlington,
MA, this week, telling his story about his childhood on the run from civil war
in South Sudan, his life in refugee camps, and his goal to give back to his
village of Thiou.
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Ron and I spent International Women's Day at a talk hosted by Dr. Thomas Burke of Mass. General Hospital Center for Global Health [1] featuring Dr. Lul Pout Riek, director general of Community and Public Health in the Republic of South Sudan's Ministry of Health, and the Honorable Dr. Yatta Lori Lugor, South Sudan's deputy Minister of Health.
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