Windle Trust International donates 150 bicycles to teachers in Unity state

By Bonifacio Taban Kuich

November 26, 2010 (BENTIU) – Windle Trust International, in partnership with the Unity state’s education ministry, has donated 150 bicycles to help teachers in Leer and Guit counties.

The organization is providing capacity building and education programs in South Sudan targeting teachers who are Arabic speakers and the female teachers.

The bicycles were donated to motivate teachers, improve punctuality and increase ease movement in the areas of teaching.

Josh Onyang Kuic, an inspector for the state Ministry of Education, told Sudan Tribune that his Ministry would work with the Windle Trust to extend the project further to other counties in Unity State.

The course coordinator for Windle Trust the Steward Francis said that the organization is prioritizing assisting government of Southern Sudan particularly in terms of education at the state level.

According to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), less than a quarter (24%) of people in Southern Sudan are literate. Only 12% of women are literate compared with 37% of men. This is considerably worse than in the north, where 71% of men and 52% of women are literate.

Sudan’s south may opt to secede from the north of the country in a referendum in January.

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