Empowering women and girls of South Sudan; Give hope, clean water, better health, economic opportunity

Seed Effect Challenge

During our Seed Effect Challenge, Sister Effect invites our sisters to help offer economic opportunity by way of microloans that will be disbursed to female entrepreneurs in South Sudan’s Nimule and Kajo Keji regions.

Give Hope

Decades of war, ethnic conflict and extreme poverty have left more than a million Sudanese children without parents and at risk for mass exploitation.

Give Clean Water

We usually don't underestimate the power of safe, clean water because we mostly don't think about it. That's because we don't have to. We have such water in abundance here in our developed world - and unbroken access to it whenever we want or need it.

Give Better Health

It's so easy to take good health for granted. But in places like South Sudan, health care of any kind is an exception. Finding help in an emergency or simply preventing sickness is more rare than common.

Give Economic Opportunity

Building a new nation from scratch is no easy task. Years of war have left South Sudan depleted of basic infrastructure and economic lifelines. But the women and girls of this country are strong, resourceful and...

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Vision Trips

South Sudan is a land of all things intense. Fiery sunsets streak the ends of the earth before night swathes the world black and silver-shiny – stars glittering everywhere. Days are long, the air starched, landscape sometimes cringing in the heat, sometimes more vivid and verdant than words can express.

About South Sudan

The history of South Sudan deserves careful explanation so please understand that our summary here is intended as only a brief review of this complex and beautiful nation. Since even before its 1956 independence from Great Britain, Sudan’s North and South have been deeply conflicted.

If You Lived in S. Sudan

If you’re female and you lived in South Sudan…

You would spend a lot of each day fetching firewood and water (that isn’t clean)

You would typically eat just once a day