Projects

The two primary projects the team will be focused on are the Health Center in Doro and the Basic Education Learning Center (BELC) in Yabus. Information on these projects, provided here, are from the SIM web site. In addition, we will be assisting with the building of the Yabus Unity Bridge, and helping the school staff plan a big celebration for kicking off the school year.

Basic Education Learning Centers
The Rebuilding Southern Sudan: Basic Education Learning Centers (BELC) Project will bring back schooling for thousands of young people in South Sudan. Part of the Rebuilding Southern Sudan: Church and Nation initiative, this program aims to train up to 200 new teachers in the next five years. African missionaries sent and supported by SIM related churches in Nigeria and Ethiopia are the key players in this project. In April 2006, the first three missionary teams arrived in Sudan to establish the first BELCs. In August 2006, they began teaching accelerated learning programs for adults, laying the groundwork for future teacher training courses.

The BELC Programs will include:
-adult accelerated learning programs
-primary schools
-primary school teacher training
-life-skill training
-adult literacy
-evangelism
-discipleship
-church leadership training
Five Year Goals
Each year for the next five years, more African teacher trainers will be mobilized and sent out to establish BELCs in different communities of South Sudan. This program is designed to quickly place the educational infrastructure in the hands of the Sudanese. SIM will hand over the BELCs by 2011.
By 2011, the project will see:
-150-200 primary school teachers complete their training
-trained teachers establish 50-75 primary schools in different villages
-2,000-3,000 children attending primary school
-800-1000 students complete primary school
-400-500 adults become literate
South Sudan Education

Today The children of South Sudan are eager to learn. However, only 20% of boys and 15% of girls are currently in school. Adults are also pursuing education. Daniel Guda, is an evangelist and chairman of a Sudan Interior Church district. He is currently attending the accelerated learning program, and he wants to be a teacher.
Sudan Interior Church pastors are encouraging young church leaders to pursue teacher training. Equipping church leaders will ensure that the coming generation receives quality education from a Christian perspective.

Memorial Health Care Center and Training School

Restored health care facilities are vital to rebuilding a war-torn land. For this reason, reestablishing SIM medical ministry in the Doro area is a priority of the Rebuilding Southern Sudan: Church and Nation program.
The Memorial Primary Health Care (PHC) Center and Community Health Worker Training School will be named in honor of Dr. Bob Grieve and his wife Claire who were killed when the hospital was bombed during the Second World War.
Restored Medical Service
The Memorial facility will be a Primary Health Care Center, serving one of the most under-served regions in South Sudan.
The general health conditions are overwhelming:
-Immunizations are rarely available
-One in four children will not survive to age five
-A girl is more likely to die during pregnancy and delivery than to complete 8th grade
The Health Center will serve the mostly rural Mabaan population with basic health services, mother-and-child care, immunizations, and initiatives in water, sanitation, and nutrition. In this context, we will proclaim the truth of Christ's transforming love.
The Memorial PHC Center will include:
-30-bed wards for men, women and children
-lab
-pharmacy
-basic surgical capability (for obstetric emergencies)
-outpatient diagnosis and treatment center
Initially, the center will be staffed by three medical missionaries, Dr. Rob Congdon, and two nurses, along with qualified Sudanese staff. A full Sudanese staff will be equipped to run the facility by 2012. The first Sudanese doctor will be trained by Kijabe Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.

Community Health Worker Training
The Community Health Worker Training School will expand health services further into rural areas. After completing the nine-month program, students will be equipped to start primary health care units. Twenty graduates each year could yield 50 -100 new PHC units by 2012, when the PHC Center and school will be handed over to Sudanese leadership.
In addition to training the workers in community health, the school will strengthen and equip them as Christian leaders. Classes in Bible, evangelism, and spiritual growth will prepare them to reach out to surrounding communities through village health care and evangelism.