New Sudan Education Initiative (NESEI) - Help Build a School for 500 Girls in Sudan

Address

New Sudan Education Initiative (NESEI)
123 Ethan Allen Ave. Suite 300
Colchester, VT 05446
United States
802-655-6171

Mission

NESEI catalyzes peace through education by preparing youth to be strong, skilled and peaceful leaders of South Sudan. We are focused on increasing secondary education access, business training, and gender equity development. Our education enrichment programs are primarily targeted for young women in South Sudan.

Programs

1) Make quality secondary education accessible & affordable through tuition sponsorship, work-study & teacher support. 2) Ensure students’ physical & mental health by providing preventative care & health education. 3) Put students on the fast-track to success in a difficult post-conflict society through practical school-to-work, entrepreneurial & leadership skill-building enrichment. 4) Provide post-secondary opportunities such as microfinance & university or vocational school scholarships.

New Sudan Education Initiative (NESEI)'s Current Projects on GlobalGiving

Educating & Empowering 200 Girls in South Sudan
Educating & Empowering 200 Girls in South Sudan 		Help Build a School for 500 Girls in Sudan
Help Build a School for 500 Girls in Sudan

Personnel Overview

Abraham Awolich - Co-Director
Abraham Awolich is Southern Sudanese and was a refugee in East Africa for 14 years. In February 2006 he had the opportunity to travel home to Sudan for the first time in 17 years and was re-united with his family. Seeing the devastation, Abraham realized that education development is the key to a lasting peace in Sudan.

Atem Deng - Co-Founder
Atem arrived in Vermont in 2001 after fourteen years of living in refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya. In May of 2005 he worked in Sudanese refugee camps in Northern Uganda. It was on this trip that he was reunited with his family for the first time in 16 years. He pledged to the refugees living in the camps that he would bring the gift of education back to his people in Sudan.

Robert Lair - Co-Director
Robert Lair is Co-Director of NESEI and has traveled widely in Uganda and Sudan, working extensively in the Sudanese refugee camps in Northern Uganda. He has traveled to 42 countries around the world and has led international development immersions for university students in Asia and Africa.

Personnel Statistics

Anita Henderlight, Executive Director
Founded in 2006
Employees: 6
Volunteers: 40

Financial Statistics

Budget (2009): 390,000
Budget (2008): 600,000
Maximum Budget: 600,000
Overhead: 15%
Other funding sources: Churches, rotary groups, schools, individuals, foundation grants, World Bank
Religious Affiliation: none