Promoting Primary Education
       Sudan

Children displaced by conflict in West Darfur have 
been deprived of a primary education. 

In the village of Kulbus, many elementary-aged children have never been given the opportunity to attend school. CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES (CRS) assembles these youth into an accelerated learning program that combines two years of study in one year. After successful completion of two years of learning, the students are then able to join a formal school at the 5th grade level.

Since early 2005, CRS and its partners have built more than 400 permanent, semi-permanent and temporary classrooms across West Darfur to help communities provide schooling for their children. Other key activities have included training volunteer teachers, organizing and supporting PTAs, building kitchens and storage rooms, providing water tanks, hand-washing stations, and training students and cooks in good hygiene. These efforts have helped more than 32,000 children in West Darfur receive a quality education.