South Sudan – Timpir https://timpir.org Australians supporting health, education and development in South Sudan Thu, 16 Jun 2022 06:19:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 72687457 School Lunch Program 2022 https://timpir.org/2022/05/school-lunch-program-2022/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=school-lunch-program-2022 https://timpir.org/2022/05/school-lunch-program-2022/#respond Sat, 28 May 2022 06:12:56 +0000 https://timpir.org/?p=1568 Hi everyone, Timpir are running a fundraising campaign to cover the cost of a school lunch program for the two schools Waramoth and Mabok in South Sudan. Right now there is a severe food shortage and many families are having to go without food. Please consider making a donation to our campaign. Our goal is to raise $15000 to cover the cost of all students lunches over this difficult period to enable them to keep going to school. Thanks very much for your support, we couldn’t do this without the Timpir community!! 💙💜❤💛🧡💚 All donations are tax deductible.
https://timpirlunchprogram-gdg-j943n.raisely.com/
School Lunch Program

School Lunch Program

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Volleyball Captain

Volleyball Captain

This wonderful student is the captain of the Wäramoth primary school volleyball team. Volleyball is the main sport that girls play at school, with boys playing soccer. The volleyball captain is requesting that Timpir assist the girls of Wäramoth primary school by providing them with balls and a net. If you would like to donate to assist Timpir purchase some volleyballs, a net and a pump for the girls of Wäramoth, please consider donating at https://globaldevelopmentgroup.org/au/projects/j943n-timpir-quality-school/

]]> https://timpir.org/2019/07/volleyball-in-waramoth-school/feed/ 0 1271 Message from Martha https://timpir.org/2019/06/message-from-martha/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=message-from-martha https://timpir.org/2019/06/message-from-martha/#respond Mon, 17 Jun 2019 11:17:13 +0000 https://timpir.org/?p=1284 Dear Timpir Supporters,
“Educate a girl, change the world”

https://timpir-gdg-j943n.raisely.com/

We have a message from one of our recent students in Wäramoth:

Martha

This is Martha, one of last year’s Year 8 candidates, she is now 17 years old. Martha did well in her Year 8 exams and has been able to go on to high school education at boarding school in Aweil.
Martha spoke with Tong, our project manager in South Sudan:
“I would like to take this opportunity to appreciate the Timpir supporters for their hard work to join hands and keep our teachers in school. We hope Timpir will grow well.

Thanks for showing us the word EDUCATION”

If you can contribute please visit our crowdfunding page and share with your friends and colleagues!
So far we have raised almost enough to support 4 of our teachers for the year. We have 14 days left to raise the final $2000. This money goes directly to the Timpir schools in South Sudan and will help keep 1300 students in school!
We all passionately believe that every child deserves a basic education at the very least and as our supporters, we thank you for believing in Timpir and our vision. Please help us get to the finish line!
https://timpir-gdg-j943n.raisely.com/

Thanks again for your support.
Kind regards,
The Timpir Team

]]> https://timpir.org/2019/06/message-from-martha/feed/ 0 1284 Uganda at breaking point as Bidi Bidi becomes world’s largest refugee camp https://timpir.org/2017/04/uganda-breaking-point-bidi-bidi-becomes-worlds-largest-refugee-camp/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uganda-breaking-point-bidi-bidi-becomes-worlds-largest-refugee-camp https://timpir.org/2017/04/uganda-breaking-point-bidi-bidi-becomes-worlds-largest-refugee-camp/#respond Tue, 04 Apr 2017 07:48:01 +0000 https://timpir.org/?p=1127 via the Refugee Law Project (RLP)

“Roughly 3.5 million South Sudanese people – at least one – quarter of the entire country’s population – have had to leave their homes since war broke out in December 2013”

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/apr/03/uganda-at-breaking-point-bidi-bidi-becomes-worlds-largest-refugee-camp-south-sudan

]]> https://timpir.org/2017/04/uganda-breaking-point-bidi-bidi-becomes-worlds-largest-refugee-camp/feed/ 0 1127 Back to School 2017 https://timpir.org/2017/03/back-school-2017/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=back-school-2017 https://timpir.org/2017/03/back-school-2017/#respond Mon, 06 Mar 2017 11:49:17 +0000 https://timpir.org/?p=1100 Wäramoth Primary students are back at school for 2017. Attendance at the school is looking great with each of the Year 1,2 and 3 classes needing to be split in two due to high student numbers. Thanks to teacher Tong Ayei for this photo of the students at morning assembly last Friday morning. The improvements in technology continue to astound me with Tong now able to send us photos direct from his mobile while at Wäramoth school. In 2007 it took me almost a week in South Sudan before I found a satellite phone to make contact with Australia — what a difference a decade makes 🙂

]]> https://timpir.org/2017/03/back-school-2017/feed/ 0 1100 Facing a Tragedy https://timpir.org/2017/02/facing-a-tragedy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=facing-a-tragedy https://timpir.org/2017/02/facing-a-tragedy/#respond Sat, 25 Feb 2017 11:31:22 +0000 https://timpir.org/?p=1095 https://www.facebook.com/SBSWorldNewsAustralia/videos/1466109020075409/

“We are facing a tragedy.”

More than $4 billion is needed by the end of March to help nearly 20 million people who risk starvation in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen. http://bit.ly/2kRnGd6

]]> https://timpir.org/2017/02/facing-a-tragedy/feed/ 0 1095 Surviving South Sudan’s escalating violence https://timpir.org/2017/01/surviving-south-sudans-escalating-violence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=surviving-south-sudans-escalating-violence https://timpir.org/2017/01/surviving-south-sudans-escalating-violence/#respond Wed, 18 Jan 2017 11:13:47 +0000 https://timpir.org/?p=1090 Surviving South Sudan’s escalating violence: life in a UN camp – in pictures

#SouthSudan for theguardian.com. More photos to show the dire conditions for thousands of people displaced by ongoing fighting and escalating violence… no end in sight.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2017/jan/17/south-sudan-escalating-violence-life-in-un-camp-malakal-in-pictures

]]> https://timpir.org/2017/01/surviving-south-sudans-escalating-violence/feed/ 0 1090 Top Student in the Whole of Northern Bahr El Ghazal State https://timpir.org/2016/03/top-student-whole-northern-bahr-el-ghazal-state/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-student-whole-northern-bahr-el-ghazal-state https://timpir.org/2016/03/top-student-whole-northern-bahr-el-ghazal-state/#respond Sun, 20 Mar 2016 06:27:42 +0000 https://timpir.org/?p=939 Timpir’s schools and students may not have fancy uniforms or buildings, but thanks to the hard work, commitment and dedication of our teachers, donors and supporters we are able to support students to achieve their very best.

This has resulted in outstanding performance over the past 2 years, as measured by the South Sudan Primary Certificate Exams. In 2015, our local school, built from local materials, taught by local teachers in Wäramoth produced the number 1 student in the whole of Northern Bahr el Ghazal state.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your support, without it we would not have been able to get these fantastic results.

]]> https://timpir.org/2016/03/top-student-whole-northern-bahr-el-ghazal-state/feed/ 0 939 2015 School Results https://timpir.org/2016/02/2015-school-results/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2015-school-results https://timpir.org/2016/02/2015-school-results/#respond Sat, 27 Feb 2016 11:15:25 +0000 https://timpir.org/?p=914 I am so proud of the hard work and dedication of all those who are involved with Timpir. From the teachers at the schools to the donors and volunteers in Australia, the community members in Mabok and Waramoth and most of all the students.

Our hard work, commitment and perseverance has been rewarded with outstanding achievements from our 2015 Year 8 students. Waramoth primary school students have achieved 1st and 6th place in Year 8 exams in the state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal (the equivalent of SA)! Our little mud-walled, thatched-roofed school has produced the top student out of 4321 Year 8 students in the State! My heartfelt congratulations to that student and all those who have contributed to his education.

]]> https://timpir.org/2016/02/2015-school-results/feed/ 0 914 Starvation as a Product of War https://timpir.org/2015/08/starvation-as-a-product-of-war/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=starvation-as-a-product-of-war https://timpir.org/2015/08/starvation-as-a-product-of-war/#respond Tue, 11 Aug 2015 05:59:03 +0000 https://timpir.org/?p=891 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/23/opinion/nicholas-kristof-starvation-as-a-product-of-war.html

This is why we are currently desperately trying to raise money for our school lunch program. People are currently dying of starvation, disproportionately women and children, and we can help.

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