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SAVIO in co-operation with BOSCOAID (Sudanese Salesian organization) supports the run of the basic schools and training centres in the capital of the South Sudan - Juba, Gumbo area, Wau, and also the construction of the satellite schools in the area of Tonj town.

There was a new project established from September 2009: Adoption of the Classrooms – Sudan, which is following the previous successful project A Small Brick for Sudan and it is the unique project all over the world. Partner of the project is BOSCOAID. Until now there were only projects which provided the adoption of the individual children and not the whole group.

The aim of this project is to provide the mutual know of the young people in Slovakia and Sudan, and let the anonymous relationship between donor and presented be changed to the friendship. The project will help also to Slovakia learn about the life in Sudan and to Sudan learn about the life in Slovakia.

During the time of the adoption it is possible to write a letter in English for the adopted classroom in Sudan and attach some pictures. The correspondence from Slovakia will be collected by SAVIO office approximately twice a year and it will be sent to the project partner who will deliver it to the individual school in Sudan. The responses from each adopted Sudanese classroom will be sent to the Slovak classrooms by the same way.

The individuals, companies, basic schools, secondary schools, also nursery schools from the whole Slovakia can adopt a classroom of the basic school or training centre. They will bind themselves to support the assigned classroom by the assigned amount (minimum 100 Eur monthly) on monthly basis. The amount will be used for the teaching aids, schol uniforms, meal for the children and small contribution to the teacher"s salary.

There are no suitable buildings for the schools built at the South Sudan until now and so the lessons are conducting directly under the mango trees during March to December. The lessons are in English. The pupils are attending the schol at age of 5 – 15, but it is common, that there also older pupils. The school attendance is not obligatory and the children come to the school on their own initiative. At the time of the lessons the pupils get one hot meal daily which is corn mush, rise or beans. The monthly fee for the running of one classroom is approximately 100 Eur.

SAVIO would like to educate and motivate the young people for the value of solidarity, responsibility especially for the poor and backward people by the particular projects like this.

If you decide to adopt a classroom in Sudan, complete the appropriate Adoption Agreement, please, and send it to our address.

• Agreement for schools
• Agreement for companies
• Agreement for individuals
• Agreement for comunities

After obtaining the agreement you will be sent the details about the adopted classroom with the bank details for the financial support. Do not forget to write the variable symbol obtaining from us, when performing the payments, please. It will help to identify your payment correctly. Each classroom has its unique variable symbol.

If you cannot directly support the project from any reason, you can forward it to your friends, colleagues, or in the parish etc.

You can ask for the promoting poster about the project if you wish to promote it. We will send it by mail to your address.

• Poster 1
• Poster 2

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There were 44 classrooms of basic schools and 35 classrooms of training centres adopted from October 2009 till 20^th June 2010 in the following towns and villages:

• Gumbo – 8 classrooms – Basic school
• Tonj – 8 classrooms – Basic school
• Khartoum – 8 classrooms – Basic schol for girls and 8 classrooms – Basic school for boys in Kala-kala, 15 classrooms of Vocational training centre - automobile mechanic, builder, electrician, printer and joiner (3-yrs trainings)
• Mori – 4 classrooms – Basic school
• Meridi – 8 classrooms – Basic school
• Wau – 15 classrooms of Vocational training centre - automobile mechanic, builder, electrician, printer and joiner (3-yrs trainings)
• El-Obeid - 2 classrooms of Vocational training centre - builder, 3 classrooms of Vocational training centre - automobile mechanic

The total amount of adoptive parents: 26 individuals and groups, 12 schools (basic schools, secondary schools, universities), 2 companies, 25 parishes and communities (DOMKA, Salesianers centres etc.).

A community of the young people, initiated by Marek – a volunteer who was working in the South Sudan last year, has supported all the school in Gumbo in general, so they pay the school fee for the children from the poorest families that cannot afford this and so the children cannot attend the school from this reason.

• El-Obeid – 10 classrooms of the vocational training centre - builder, electrician, joiner, welder
• Khartoum – 3 classrooms of the vocational training centre – welder

Mori

Dedina Mori sa nachádza neďaleko Juby - hlavného mesta južného Sudánu. Od mesta ju delí rieka Níl a tiež cesta, ktorá je v období dažďov pre auto často nepriechodná. Aj tieto skutočnosti prispievajú k tomu, že život tunajších obyvateľov akosi nie je narušený svojským ruchom hlavného mesta. Ľudia tu zväčša žijú veľmi pokojný život. Mori sa tiahne niekoľko kilometrov pozdĺž rieky Níl a môže sa pochváliť veľmi úrodnou pôdou a rozsiahlou tôňou, ktorú poskytujú tisíce, ak nie desaťtisíce mangovníkov, medzi ktoré sa kde-tu zamiešali aj pomarančovníky, banánovníky, či stromy s ovocím guava.

Výzvou pre obyvateľov Mori ostáva naučiť sa obrábať ich veľmi úrodnú pôdu a využiť jej obrovský potenciál pre lepší život chudobných dedinčanov. Dopomôcť sa im v tom snaží aj SAVIO, ktoré v spolupráci s Medzinárodnou organizáciou OSN pre výživu a poľnohospodárstvo (FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization) naštartovalo projekt školenia domácich v kultivácii pôdy. Cieľom je pomôcť ľuďom, aby si vedeli sami zabezpečiť obživu prostredníctvom predaja nadbytočných plodín.

Niekoľko rokov (odkedy sa zrútila predchádzajúca škola, postavená z bambusových priečok a slamy) sa v Mori vyučovalo pod stromom, kde deti sedeli v radoch na drevených brvnách. Počas obdobia dažďov sa vyučovanie často vôbec nekonalo. V roku 2009 tu Saleziánski misionári aj vďaka podpore o.z. SAVIO dokončili stavbu novej murovanej školy s kvalitnými vyučovacími priestormi.