Education Sponsorship for South Sudanese refugees
CRESS aims to provide education to young South Sudanese people in the Dioceses of Liwolo and Kajo Keji to enable them to acquire the diverse skills required by their community.
Our Education Sponsorship Programme sponsors selected children throughout their schooling, from primary school all the way through to university or vocational training, as appropriate. CRESS funds the children’s education and provides them with the required equipment, such as a laptop to complete their studies.
Education Stories
Poni completed her diploma in agriculture and nutrition with the help of a CRESS sponsor.
“I am so excited to reach you this evening. God has favoured me, I got an engagement with one of the organisations in Kajo keji county. All thanks to CRESS for the support and the mentorship I received. I came out here stronger because of you. Therefore I will be reaching the Diocese of Liwolo with my monthly donation to the CRESS envelope to enlarge the charity, though little, I am so excited to be able to start it.”
On behalf of the CRESS Students, I want to register our sincere appreciation and thanks to CRESS UK and DOL for funding and supporting this conference. You never know, and never will know how much this Student Conference mean to us. It’s a golden opportunity for us to learn, un-learn and re-learn. In this current time.
We have learned so much, our mindsets have been turned from being narrow-skilled and offside mindsets to multi-skilled and right mindsets. That is really what matters most to me in the conference.
CRESS found a sponsor for Godfrey in 2011. He dreams of being a Civil Engineer and thanks to his hard work and the commitment of his sponsors he finished Secondary School with the highest pass rate in his year and is now studying at Makere University. Godfrey says
“Surely your association with this family has brought us below the bottom up to the standard we are in. I mean our education and literacy, health, diet and relationship with people far away from us. I pray that God will continue to strengthen this partnership with you and bless the works of your hands.”
Achievements
Get Involved
CRESS started its work in South Sudan with the sponsorship of Leaders’ children in 2010 so these Leaders could then focus on their work. Without school fees being paid the Leaders cannot stay in their unpaid roles.
Your Sponsorship
This goes towards the school fees for the child you are sponsoring as well as some money for books and uniform. For those who study away from home it also covers some money for residential expenses. Secondary level education is vital as primary level alone is insufficient for the workplace. Secondary level costs are higher than primary level costs and should be taken into account by sponsors.
Communication with your sponsor child
There is no post in Uganda, so it is only possible to send a letter if someone is going out. This will definitely be once a year and sponsors will always be given notice in advance.
You will be sent a letter and school report once a year as well as an invitation to a presentation on the visit by those who have been out to Uganda.
One of our sponsors said:
“Thank you so much for the brilliant newsletter that recently arrived in the post. It was so encouraging to read about the student conference and lovely to receive the photos and letters from [our sponored child] and her father.” March 2022