Building Minds In South Sudan

Building Minds in South Sudan is a nonprofit organization created by Sebastian Maroundit and Mathon Noi, two refugees separated from their families and village of Mayen-Abun as young boys. After years spent in a Kenyan refugee camp, they were both lucky enough to be selected to resettle in the United States. Since fleeing south sudan, both have achieved a higher education, beginning in the Kenyan Refugee camp and continued in the United States.

In 2007, both men returned to their village of Mayen-Abun and were passionately moved by the poor road infrastructure, contaminated water, and lack of a proper school building. That’s when they committed to building a new school structure to replace the one that had been destroyed during the bloody civil war. In 2015, with the help of generous donors, Building Minds in South Sudan was able to open Ajong Primary School consisting of 8 classrooms and a couple of offices. The school now services 817 students, 304 of which are girls, furthering Sebastian and Mathon’s quest for gender equality and advancement.

Recently in January of 2016, another school project broke ground and has been funded by the Ministries Offering Committee of Presbyterian Women in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) , along with generous donors. The Majok Keen Primary School, will also replace the “make shift” school that had been conducted for years under a tree just like many other villages in South Sudan. This particular project is scheduled for completion sometime this year, 2017.

The creation of these schools have not only benefitted the children of these villages, but have also created a better overall structure for the residents. Now the village has a central center, that being the school, and with this new inspiration, there are better educated teachers and opportunities for professional training which didn’t exist before.

Cotton7 Global Enterprises has maintained a strong relationship with Building Minds In South Sudan, providing logistical help, risk management, security issues, leadership, and overall project management. Our drive to provide solutions to global problems have fueled Cotton7’s commitment to the building of more schools and clinics in South Sudan. We’re also spearheading a plan dedicated to increasing village capacity to 25,000 people or more. All made possible by establishing a strong infrastructure with more roads, clinics, schools, housing and sanitation systems.

Find out more about Building Minds in South Sudan by visiting their website.

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