My personal passion for girls' education developed rapidly due to the efforts made by both PESS and our partner She's the First, both dedicated to making it possible for girls to have an education by sponsorship and leadership development. Girls are selected from PESS primary schools in Bor, Jonglei State. Our focus is on secondary school sponsorships since only 0.8% of girls attend school and graduate due to traditional early arranged marriage. 

Ten girls are currently being sponsored by our partner She's the First with more in the pipeline! It's amazing to see the girls' personal and academic growth in the process. Girls' sponsorship is the most direct and impactful way to break the cycle of low school enrollment in South Sudan.

• Sponsorship boosts a girl's self-confidence in continuing her education to completion of the secondary level.
•  Sponsored girls are dedicated to higher education and become more able to compete as active, educated members of their communities than unsponsored girls.
• We educate parents of sponsored girls and involve them in the process, which makes them less likely to force an early arranged marriage.

Help create the future female leaders in South Sudan by becoming a sponsor and changing a girl's destiny.