Evaluering
Budi Education Support Project – Final Evaluation
The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed in January 2005 brought an end to the civil war that had ravaged southern Sudan since it gained independence in 1956. The CPA increased prospects for peace and transition to recovery. Despite progress in the implementation of the CPA, humanitarian needs still remain immense in the country. The civil war severely damaged the national economy and reduced the availability of basic social services and livelihood opportunities and resources in both rural and urban areas. Budi Education Support Project (BESP) was implemented in Budi County – located in the Eastern Equatoria State of southern Sudan – from March 2007 to December 2009. This region, like the rest of southern Sudan, has extremely low levels of socio-economic development. The goal of the project was to improve access to quality basic education for children of school going age and performance of the education system as part of poverty eradication and sustainable development of local communities in Budi County. HIV/AIDS awareness-raising was carried out in a cross-cutting fashion, targeting pupils, parents, teachers, government officials and general population.