A contract for peace: southern Sudan basic education program.

Despite their overwhelming difficulties the communities of southern Sudan possess the self-sufficiency and desire to provide education for their children. This spirit gave rise to the new Southern Sudan Basic Education Program (SBEP). The five-year $20 million SBEP was designed to support community-based schools improve teacher education and provide nonformal educational opportunities for children and adults. The SBEP will focus on the Upper Nile East and West Equatoria and Bahr el Ghazal regions. (excerpt)