South Sudan

Three smiling girls in school uniform

South Sudan is a landlocked country in East Africa. Its diverse landscape includes vast plains and plateaus, dry and tropical savannahs, inland floodplains, and forested mountains.

South Sudan remains trapped in extreme poverty, with the highest poverty rate in the world. The country grapples with widespread corruption, political instability, violent power struggles involving ethnic-based militias and heavy reliance on oil exports. 

Households struggle to meet basic needs, with extremely limited access to education, healthcare and clean water. Two-thirds of the population face acute food insecurity, with two million women and children being acutely malnourished. Only one in ten girls completes primary education, and almost half of all girls are married before their 18th birthday.

Our approach and focus areas

  • We work towards long-term resilience and sustainable development while integrating peacebuilding, protection, psycho-social support and addressing immediate food security needs.
  • Our education programmes target children and adolescents in poor and marginalised communities, and they will provide access to inclusive quality education through early childhood education, improvement of formal schools, life skills and empowerment training.
  • Our livelihood programmes target poor and vulnerable families with the aim of improving their livelihoods through vocational and climate-smart agricultural training, savings groups, collective marketing and value-chain addition.
  • The security situation in South Sudan is volatile, and a high focus will thus be placed on security and risk prevention.

For the 2024–2028 strategic period, we are partnering with local organizations and other private sector partners to strengthen the resilience of poor and marginalized communities in Central Equatoria, Eastern Equatoria, and Kapoeta county.

Our Key Programmes

We have two main Programme interventions: 

  1. Inclusive Quality Education and Lifelong Learning
  2. Income Generation and Job Creation
2023 South Sudan Kuron

Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE)

Our ECCE program supports children aged 3–12 years, focusing on school readiness for preschoolers and strengthening learning outcomes across the full primary cycle.

  • Competence Development for ECD Educators and Lower Primary Teachers and caregivers
  • Functional and learning assessment for learners with disabilities. 
  • Promoting play-based learning, parents’ involvement, school feeding and practices using school gardens.
  • Improving school infrastructure and school governance bodies.
2016 Yei South Sudan BRAC

Bonga - Empowering adolescents

Our Bonga Programme empowers out-of-school adolescent girls with literacy, life skills, and entrepreneurship training, enabling them to continue their education or start businesses.

  • Four-months Life skills training 
  • Keeping kids in school with Bonga-in-School Clubs
  • Re-enrollment of 13-15-year-olds in school.
  • Child-care support to promote young mothers’ participation
  • Age-appropriate sexual and reproductive health education
  • Menstrual Hygiene practices: reusable pads making and liquid soap  
2016 Morobo South Sudan SPEDP

Vocational Training (CVET)

The Community Vocational Education and Training (CVET) programme equips youth with practical skills, entrepreneurship knowledge, and hands-on training to secure employment or start their own businesses. The programme promotes climate-smart practices, strengthens food security, and empowers young people to contribute positively to their communities.

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Financial Inclusion (CMSG)

Community Managed Savings Groups (CMSG) programme ​​​​​​strengthens financial inclusion for vulnerable households, empowering women and youth to save, access credit, and invest in income-generating activities. The programme also promotes climate resilience through tree planting and energy-saving stoves, enabling communities to build sustainable livelihoods.

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Producer groups (SPG)

The Savings and Producer Groups (SPG) Programme strengthen financial inclusion and food security by empowering communities to farm collectively, adopt climate-smart practices, and lead local food security initiatives. Members gain skills, build resilience, and create sustainable livelihoods.  This improves yields, builds resilience to climate change, and ensures food security.

Country Office in South Sudan

Country Office in South Sudan

Strømme Foundation South Sudan Office
Plot 43, Hai Neem.
P.O.Box 143
Juba, South Sudan

E-mail: southsudan@stromme.org

Country Director South Sudan
    2024 South Sudan Malish John Peter

    Malish John Peter

    Country Director South Sudan

Our partnerships

We achieve our goals by collaborating with local and international partners, government bodies, and NGOs.

These partnerships amplify our impact, ensuring that resources are used effectively and efficiently to drive sustainable change. Transparency, accountability, and community ownership are at the core of everything we do.

We invite like-minded partners to join us in this transformative journey, whether through strategic collaborations, resource sharing, or volunteer efforts to build a more inclusive, resilient, and prosperous future for South Sudan.

Our Partners