The team leader for Girls’ Education South Sudan program has pledged to lobby for more funds to support South Sudan girls and keep them in school.
Akuja Mading De Garang told Bakhita radio on Monday that her team has already started engaging donors; and there is a good progress on the arrangements after the 2018 deadline of the GESS program
She says the next program might not definitely be called GESS but will have some elements from the current program and some new ones.
Gisma Mahad, a primary eight girl from St. Kizito parish primary school says the GESS cash transfer benefits them for buying school materials and sanitary pads.
She however says the cash would be of much great benefit increased to a much higher amount than the 2900 SSP to be given this time.
Meanwhile; Mading admits that the money is indeed little but expresses that is limited to the amount of funds GESS get with huge number of girls in South Sudan.
The speakers made their remarks during the launch of the fourth GESS cash transfer Juba on Monday.
According to GESS team leader, 1.4 million children are currently in school with a number of 250,000 girls of which about 220,000 are to receive the cash.
GESS is s program sponsored by ministry of general education with funds from the UK government aiming to increase the girls’ enrolment and keep them in school.