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Over 95% teenage girls in South Sudan do not finish primary school, and 90% of the women are illiterate, the highest illiteracy rate in the world. Why? Poverty and tradition, especially a bias against educating women. Yet research has shown that the single most effective tool for lifting families up from destitution is the education of females.

Marissa's Story

12-year-old Marissa wanted to continue with school but her father wanted her married, he could collect cows if she married. Marissa's mother disagreed. She hid Marissa and endured beatings and more to give her daughter her future. Help others like Marissa and her mother -- Learn More About Our Cause

WEP Update – August 22

August 29, 2016 By Kara

This article shows vividly the problems facing girls in South Sudan and why education for them is so important.  And it covers only the societal challenges without even mentioning violence and displacement.  Uneducated girls grow up to become illiterate mothers, unable to help their children learn.  One South Sudanese woman recently described the challenge of taking her child to the doctor.  If the doctor prescribed medicine, the mother could not read which child the medicine was for or the dosage or the frequency.  Only one of life’s little problems.  But educate a woman and you educate a family, because mothers do not want their children to grow up ignorant.  Please help us help the women and children of South Sudan.

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