In order to reduce the outbreak of COVID-19, Women’s Education Partnership adopted a policy of stay at home in 2020 & 2021 with some office work when required. Universities and schools were closed by the government in February 2022 for a month and only upper classes (grade 8,6 & 3rd grade at secondary school) were exempted and WEP also closed literacy circles especially the majority of women in literacy circles are older who live in the out skirt of Khartoum where healthy services are very poor, we advised them to stay at home. WEP was able to respond to disaster by supply its beneficiaries with the protection materials including Dettol soaps, sanitizers and face masks. During the distributions of these materials, awareness sessions about the prevention of disease were conducted by WEP staff, literacy facilitators, and WEP sponsored university students.
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Neimat’s January Message, January 2022
We would like to welcome our new staff member Hoyam Isameldin Hassan, who joined WEP as a Part-Time project administrator responsible for under graduate students. Hoyam herself was a WEP sponsored student, graduated last year and is doing well in her work, which prove that our support for undergraduate young women is fruitful. Despite all the challenges faced by WEP staff due to civil unrest, WEP continues to provide it is services.
The economic situation
Life became unsecure with an increase in the crimes especially in the edges of Khartoum where WEP is operating/providing services.
The work environment became unsafe with the on-going demonstrations which are confronted by violence; tearing bombs enters sometimes our office, since it is located near the demonstration gathering point, therefore return home while demonstrations took place is a risk.
A great challenge related to the devaluation of the Sudanese pounds which affected us badly no matter personally or at work level. With an un-preceded increase in the prices whether of food, medicine, house rent, transportation, school fees or other expenses, let alone entertainment, cloths and social contacts which become as luxury, as at work level the prices of the stationeries, rents, electricity, fuel and the net are beyond reason.
Get ready for the Big Give, November 2021
Women’s Education Partnership (WEP) is excited to be participating in a new campaign – one in which your donations will be doubled by money pledged to WEP from a ‘match pot’ of £10,150.
It’s called the BIG GIVE Christmas Challenge 2021. It is the UK’s biggest online match funding campaign.
It runs from midday 30 November to midday 7 December 2021. For your donation to be doubled it must be donated between these two dates.
We hope you will want to donate to WEP. We provide education for women and girls in Sudan and South Sudan, including literacy classes for refugee women, schooling for orphan children and full scholarships for disadvantaged women to attend local universities.
Please visit: www.thebiggive.org.uk between 30th November and 7th December and donate to Women’s Education Partnership’s campaign ‘Power to the Powerless through Education’ through the Big Give site.
The BIG GIVE is a registered charity (1136547). It features over 10,000 charities and WEP is proud to be participating this year.
Thank you for supporting Women’s Education Partnership in helping disadvantaged women in Sudan and South Sudan.
Find out more about our University Scholarships, November 2021
Our latest blogpost highlights the amazing success of our university scholarship programme and the hard work happening behind the scenes to help empower women through education
September – Khartoum Update, November 2021
Read the latest update from our blog on the impact of Covid, the Economy and Recent Flooding on life in Sudan. Click the link below to find out more…
Our work in South Sudan, August 2021
Our latest blogpost gives an insight into the amazing work of our partners in South Sudan, Kimu Integrated Development Organisation, who provide health and education services to vulnerable communities, with special focus on the needs of women and girls.
Summer Newsletter, August 2021
Our summer newsletter is now available to view here. Find out how our scholarship and literacy circle projects are progressing and the impact that your vital donations are having on our work.
Upcoming Event: Words Matter, July 2021
Join Women’s Education Partnership (WEP) for a virtual evening in the company of internationally-acclaimed Sudanese author, Leila Aboulela, whose literary works paint an enriching human picture of a country frequently misunderstood. Sudan is on the cusp of Africa and the Middle East, with a booming and historic women’s rights scene.
Leila will touch on her childhood in Khartoum, the importance of girls’ education and her navigation of issues of faith and identity, both on the page and in her own life’s journey.
The event will take place on Wednesday 8th September at 7pm.
Visit our events page here for information on how you can join
WEP Round up: January – March 2021
Our latest blog piece gives an overview of our programmes and work in the first quarter of the year. Although Covid has slowed us all down, we are determined to continue our vital work where we can and help empower the powerless.
International Women’s Day, March 2021
Monday, 8th March marks International Women’s Day. We would like to pay tribute to the amazing women working tirelessly to carry out WEP’s mission of empowering women through education.
Read more about their work on our latest blog post here
