Gabriel speaking to the village elders and Ariang Community about his dream of building a school for Ariang.
HOPE for Ariang foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to making education accessible in South Sudan by removing cultural and socioeconomic barriers with special emphasis on educating girls and empowering women. – One village at a time.
All donations are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Services, (IRS) under the U.S treasure department. Our Federal Identification Number is 208067683.
A critical component of our mission is to educate girls and empower Sudanese women whose education has been neglected for generations in Sudan. We believe women’s education and empowerment is crucial to building the capacity and economies in South Sudan.
Ariang girls studying at desks…educating the next women leaders of South Sudan.
Our Vision:
We believe in the transformative power of literacy education to enable people reach their full human potential and human development. We are convinced that investing in education is one of the best weapons to win the next war against illiteracy and poverty in South Sudan and Africa at large. Education is the substance of peace and sustainable development in the world.
Our Core Values:
Ariang village Chief, H.E Dut Pakak welcoming Dr. J. Barron Boyd during the groundbreaking ceremony of Ariang School in 2010.
- Collaboration: We seek and work collectively with other organizations with similar goals to accomplish more than what is possible alone.
- Accountability: We are accountable to our donors and the public as well as the people we serve. We take individual and group responsibility for results and actions.
- Integrity: We strive to apply and maintain the highest levels of ethics, transparency and professionalism in our work.
- Quality: We commit to excellence with the commitment to continually improve the lives of those we serve.
- Purposefulness: We set and focus on our organizational goals and priorities to achieve concrete results. We are strategic and thoughtful in our developmental plans.
- Self-reliance and Sustainability: We create and develop sustainable plans with the focus on the impacts. We build the capacity of the local communities so that they can manage and sustain their development and resources such as school and hand-pump water well.
- Local ownership and empowerment: We empower and promote local community involvement and ownership of projects.