Literacy/Education Project in the village of Duk Padiet, Sudan

Goal: Educate the children of Duk.

Objective:  Support the village initiated education project of building a school.  Provide initial books and school supplies. 

Project Steps:
1. Solomon Awan who was one of the "Lost Boys from Sudan" now lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.  He desires to help the village he is from, Duk Padiet.  Villagers are just now returning after so many years of war and genocide.  There are too many needs to mention.  During the Spring of 2008, Solomon traveled back to his home village where he was reunited with his mother and sister.  He met with the village community and agreed that the education of their children is the most critical need.  They agreed to the following:

• The allocation of land to build the school on
• The villagers will help with brick production and manual labor
• The Government will fund the teachers and provide security

2. Solomon appointed a person, the teacher in the picture above, to run the project in agreement with the local community leadership

3. All the people involved outlined the estimate of cost and specific building materials 

For more information or to check on the progress of this project, go to http://solomonawan.blogspot.com