In 1996, Sudanese women asked for help learning how to read. The vast majority of Southern and Western Sudanese women are illiterate and many are widows. Many southern women who fled north during the civil war are unable to return to their homelands as they are destitute and have no homes or work to go to in South Sudan. 

Thus began our first two projects – university scholarships and women’s literacy classes. We now work throughout Khartoum and its environs, in the settlements for displaced persons in particular, and in the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan. We bring Muslim and Christian women together in service to other Sudanese women and children, all of whom are marginalized and impoverished. Our original two projects have grown into eight. Five of them are direct educational projects. The remainder address three issues that frequently interfere with education and learning. 

Click on the link below to learn more about each project:

University Scholarships for Women 

Women’s Literacy Project

Teacher Training and Support Project

Project to Support Elementary Education

Vocational Training Project

Solar Lighting Project

Eye Care Outreach

HIV/AIDS Awareness Outreach

Please find the option to make a donation on the Donations page. We appreciate your help as we continue our educational, peace building and life enhancing commitment to Sudanese women and children. 

Donations are tax deductible in the U.S. and U.K. 

United States: Friends Together for Sudan, 2515 N. Lincoln Street, Arlington, VA 22207 

United Kingdom: Together for Sudan, 33 Balmoral Road, Trowbridge, Wilts BA 14 OJS 

-Lillian Craig Harris, Ph.D., OBE; Director