New Climate Resilient Schools to Support More Than 200,000 Children in South Sudan

A new climate resilience schools programme launched in South Sudan will help more than 200,000 school children to access education as the country battles repeated floods, droughts, and heatwaves, Save the Children said. Save the Children, with funding from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), has launched a US$18.6 million project to strengthen climate resilience through education across South Sudan. The Building the Climate Resilience of Children and Communities through the Education Sector (BRACE) project will support the Ministry of General Education and Instruction to reform education policies, rebuild schools, and train young people to safeguard learning as climate disasters across the country intensify. 

More than 200,000 children, half of them girls, are expected to benefit directly. 

This new global Education and Resilience project aims to protect learning for millions of children impacted by climate-related disasters, starting initially in South Sudan, Cambodia, and Tonga. South Sudan is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change and natural hazards. These climate extremes – which are becoming more frequent and severe due to the climate crisis – are disrupting learning, destroying school infrastructure, and displacing thousands of children every year. Currently, more than 1 million people across six states in South Sudan are affected by flooding, including nearly 355,000 people who have been displaced, with Jonglei and Unity states accounting for nearly 90% of those impacted.  

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