Very few girls in South Sudan are able to complete their secondary education - many trapped by domestic duties, childhood marriage and early pregnancy. More women die in childbirth each year than graduate from secondary school. The school still lacks facilities which in the UK we would take for granted. Staff prepare lessons, eat meals, sort out finances and welcome visitors all in one room. There is no meeting space, no adequate kitchen, and only two old latrines for over 220 girls.

A boarding school for girls gives them a safe place to live and learn, which will empower them, their families, their communities for the future. Ibba Girls' Boarding School is approaching its seventh year and its seventh cohort of girl students, when it will grow to 270 girls. Last year's primary graduates attained the best results of any school in South Sudan, including the top six places - those girls are now in the secondary stream at IGBS, a vital stage in their education.