Save the Saveable Schools

Keeping the Faith alive in Sudan’s Schools

Thanks to the Save the Saveable schools programme in north Sudan, 20,000 Christian children can dare to dream of a brighter future.

These are the only schools in the region that provide full time Christian education, teaching the Catechism.

The Save the Saveable programme is helping to keep the Faith alive in north Sudan. Christianity is not allowed to be taught in government schools in the Islamist north of the country.

Most of the Christian children are from displacement camps around the capital, Khartoum, where people fled in their millions during years of civil war. The conflict only came to an uneasy peace in 2005.

Christians children are often excluded from state schools because of their faith and their social background. Save the Saveable schools provide the only affordable education for them.

And for girls in particular, who are often excluded from government schools,  the Save the Saveable programme represents their only hope of an education – and a brighter future.

Hoping to change their future through education

Starting the school day with a prayer

Paying attention to their teacher

Stopping for refreshment during the day

Sister Elizabeth in a typical classroom

Teacher and pupils near one of the schools

The home environment, Khartoum camps

Despite the destruction, pleased with her Achievement Award

Your help is a lifeline to Christian schoolchildren in Sudan

The bishops in Sudan rely on £500,000 per year from Aid to the Church in Need in order to help keep the Save the Saveable schools open.

Funding from most aid agencies has dried up beacuse of the schools’ faith-based curriculum. 

There are currently 200 Save the Saveable schools in Sudan, including 54 primary schools and 131 nursery schools. There are around 1,200 teachers, including 200 dedicated to religious education.

Many children are from vulnerable families, particularly single parent families. Education is the key to giving them the chance of a future which will help them to escape poverty and confirm them in their faith.

Some of the schools also provide breakfast for the children – vital in a country where child poverty is rife.

Only with your continued support can Aid to the Church in Need maintain its long-term commitment to these children.

How can I help?

Help educate a child for a year

A gift of just £25 will help provide a whole year of Christians education for a child in Sudan.

Make a donation to support the Save the Saveable schools in Sudan

Sponsor a class of children 

Would your school class or parish youth group like to raise money to help keep the Save the Saveable schools open? You might like to match the size of your class or group to the a class in Sudan – so if you have 25 pupils, you could try to raise enough money to help 25 Sudanese children go to school for a year.

If your parish or school would like to raise money to help educate Christian children at the Save the Saveable schools in Sudan, please contact our Fundraising and Marketing Department, or call 020 8642 8668.