The VAD Foundation

Cause Area

  • Community
  • Education & Literacy
  • Immigrants & Refugees
  • International
  • Women

Location

849 VALENCIA STSAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110 United States
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Organization Information

Mission Statement

The Valentino Achak Deng Foundation is a nonprofit organization working to increase access to education in post-conflict South Sudan by building schools, libraries, teacher-training institutes, and community centers.

Description

The Marial Bai Secondary School opened in May 2009. It is the first fully-functional high school in the entire region, where there are no other opportunities for students--and especially girls--to continue their education past the elementary level. In spring 2010, we constructed a girls' dormitory, to provide a safe learning environment and an alternative to early marriage for hundreds of young women in the region.

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