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Jebel Ori School of Peace

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Jebel Ori School of Peace Sponsored by Glenbrook South High School

The following was dictated to Suliman Giddo (Director of the Darfur Peace and Development Organization) by the headmaster of Jebel Ori in September 2007. He loosely translated it to English. Other details have been added to clarify information.

Jebel Ori school is currently housed in a mix of 4 temporarily tents (UN style large weatherproof tents) and 8 other classes made of local materials (mud and thatched roof buildings, similar to Darfurian house structures but larger). One office for staff has been built near the creek. Teachers are living in three huts. The water source nearest the school is 4 miles away. Water is brought to the school using a donkey to fill the communal water barrel. There are currently no medical services or clinics in the near area.

Thank you for adding our school to your Darfur schools project. You have solved a very difficult problem. Many students were not attending because their parents were not able to pay even the .75 a month for their children to attend (required to assist in covering the schools very basic needs). Now we are so pleased that we don’t need to ask that parents contribute.

The school currently has 573 students enrolled, 10 teachers, 4 staff and 12 school board members.

The last thing I can say is just thank you to all who are supporting us. We have been neglected by our own government and Muslim brothers and it is a blessing that we are getting this much attention and support from the people of the US who don’t even know who we are.

Abdulaziz Abdalla, headmaster Jebel Ori School of Peace, North Darfur

Additional information:

Jebel Ori :

8th graders: 13 Passed exam in June 07: 8

Summer Break: July 30 – September 15

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