The Malik Abiel Secondary School
Padan Lutheran Christian Relief
eMi EA Project 9096

February 23 to March 6, 2010

Contact
Janet Strike
janet@emiea.org

Team Needs
- Architect(s) - for site master planning and building layout/design - POSITION FILLED

- Civil/Environmental Engineer(s) - for design of water supply and distribution, rainwater harvesting, sanitation as well as site drainage - POSITION FILLED

- Electrical Engineer - for design of electrical supply and distribution

- Financial Sponsors

Twenty one years of civil war has left Southern Sudan devastated. The war resulted in the deaths of more than two million people, five million others displaced and a virtual destruction of the entire infrastructure of Southern Sudan. Five million internal displaced people and refugees are currently returning to Southern Sudan from Northern Sudan and neighboring countries to find that there is nothing left not even school or basic health facilities in the region.

Padang Lutheran Christian Relief (PLCR) was formed in 2005 with the goal of assisting the most impoverished and destitute in the most troubled regions of Sudan. Named Padang, which is the Dinka word for different peoples coming together to fulfill a common goal. PLCR is committed to building a school in the village of Nyongrial Payam, a front line village during the war time. This school is aimed at helping 500 students in this village who presently take their lessons under the shade of a fig tree, sitting on makeshift benches. Sometimes the whole class shares one textbook under the tree which is often interrupted by rain.

There are no basic services, and the war has led to southern Sudan having one of the highest levels of illiteracy and poverty in the world.

As relative peace is established, education for the children will provide a way of promoting reconciliation, peaceful co-operation and long-term development in the country. PLCR believes that education provides the basis from which development can begin. Not only does education provide the children and youths with the knowledge to build their future, but it also acts as a stabilizing factor in south Sudan.

We need an EMI team of engineers and architects to prepare a master plan and full design of the initial phase buildings for PLCR. Would you consider joining the team to design a facility to bring quality Christian education to Southern Sudan?

Visit PAOS's website:
http://www.plcr.org/

Cost
Approximately $3,300-$3,800 USD
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