Excellence Foundation for South Sudan

“Towards a New Dawn”

Customs Street, Opposite Former ABMC, First Floor
+211 925 087 508 | +211 980 204 600
[email protected] | [email protected]

Annual Report: 2021 - 2022

Contents
About Excellence Foundation for South Sudan 1
Background: 1
Our Goal: 1
Our Mission: 1
Our Vision: 1

Message from the Executive Director 1

Our Impact in 2021 - 2022 3

Project Highlights (Operations Overview) 2021 - 2022 4

Personal Development Training Series: 4
Wikimania 2022: 4
Prefects Board Mentorship: 4
Juba Schools Mini Competition: 5
The Complete Teacher Induction: 5

Financial Highlights 2021 - 2022 5

Media Coverage 6

Sustainability Efforts 6

Governance 7

Appendices 7

Contact Information 7

Partners 2021 - 2022 7

About Excellence Foundation for South Sudan

Background:

Excellence Foundation South Sudan is a non-governmental and nonprofit organization based in

South Sudan, established in September 2021 by a group of educated, dynamic, and like-minded
youth. The prime motto of the organization is capacity building and service delivery to the
people of society. Operating in different parts of South Sudan, the organization focuses on
activities such as education, health and hygiene, youth and women empowerment, emergency
response and preparedness, safety, mentorship, and human rights. It seeks to enlist the
involvement of locals when initiating activities and to mobilize the community for peace,
tolerance, and development. Excellence Foundation for South Sudan hopes to establish linkages
with national and international funding agencies to enjoy a diverse portfolio, characterized by
partnerships with organizations like national non-governmental organizations, UN agencies,
respective ministries, and state and national governments of South Sudan.

We visualize a community where all residents in the Republic of South Sudan have the
opportunity for a high-quality life, including but not limited to: education, employment, shelter,
health, food, and clothing, rich cultural offering, and the ability to give of themselves and
connect with their community.

Our Goal:
The goal of Excellence Foundation for South Sudan is to contribute in improving the living
standard of the communities of The Republic of South Sudan through community mobilization,
capacity building, advocacy, and strengthening of livelihoods.

Our Mission:
To contribute to the education of young people, through a value based system, to help build a
better world where people are self-fulfilled as individuals and play a constructive role in society

Our Vision:
A community living quality and sustainable life.

Overall Objective:
The overall development objective of the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan is enhanced
ability in the target communities to tackle their own economic, social and environmental
problems for sustainable community development.

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Message from the Executive Director

As the end of the year approaches, I find myself thankful for my first year serving as the
Executive Director for Excellence Foundation for South Sudan. It has been a pleasure
collaborating with the board, staff member representatives, and supporters. I am fortunate to be
in the company of such compassionate and knowledgeable leaders.

Even more inspiring is the energy each of you continues to give in the face of so many of the
nation’s current health, economic and social challenges. While the time has approached for many
of us to pause and reconnect with family, friends, and most importantly ourselves. I am
encouraged by the prospects that 2023 will bring for the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan
and the communities we serve. My enthusiasm is bolstered by all of the life-changing work our
organization does daily.

Among these monumental efforts are:

● School Contest (Academic Debate, Speed challenge Quiz, and Spelling Bee): We
believe that the pupils and students of this country are the innovators of tomorrow, and
we strive to provide school activities that encourage them and educators alike to practice
innovation today.
● Prefects Board Mentorship Program: Prefects board needs to develop self-confidence,
which underpins other important qualities, including humility, authenticity, and
assertiveness. These student leadership qualities make it possible for them to hone the
skills necessary to develop core leadership competencies.
● Personal Development Training Series: Transitioning from school into the workplace is
a delicate affair that most people are hardly well prepared for. Most of them get the shock
of their lives when they suddenly realize there has been a paradigm shift in their lives.

I would like to highlight our recent success within Juba and beyond. More than 150 school
prefects or club leaders benefited from the Prefect board mentorship program in four schools in
Juba and two in Yei River County. Five primary schools participated in the school contest
(Academic Debate, speed challenge Quiz, and spelling bee) in the pilot phase of the South Sudan
National Spelling Bee which benefited more than 50 pupils and over 300 people all over the
participating teams.

It is thanks to you that we are able to serve the people. We do so on a daily, weekly, and yearly
basis. As a non-profit working to decent and affordable service to our communities, we
recognize that we are all connected, most especially in times of crisis. I ask that you consider
supporting our mission once again by partnering, and funding our upcoming projects because
increased participation is more important than any amount and we appreciate your support over

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the year. It cost us thousands of dollars which is primarily funded by our members. We need your
support today to continue working towards our mission and vision of a better future tomorrow.

In 2023, EFSS will be re-launching the South Sudan National Spelling Bee and School Contest
to more than 10 schools within Juba. EFSS will also be having the prefects board mentorship
program in schools within Juba and beyond. We’ll then Developmental career guidance program
for schools and other online personal development series. EFSS is embracing technology as a
preferred method of back-office activity to maintain a high level of member engagement and in
direct response to many limits and prohibitions brought on by COVID-19.

The EFSS moved other external communications to the various online and Social media
platforms. Our website remains an active hub of information and thought-enhancing
commentary.

In closing and in the same spirit of appreciation. I am reminded of a recent conversation we as

staff had at our year-end meeting. Though recent times have proven to be stressful to the body,
mind, and spirit with loss of social freedom, economic viability, and in the worse of cases our
previous loved ones, there remains hope. This hope is rooted in the triumphant human spirit
exhibited by dozens of people.

We have regularly engaged those who serve millions nationwide. Therefore, when we return at
the change of the calendar year. We shall be ready to do even more. We shall also be looking for
our current members plus new ones to help us collectively build and strengthen the sectors of our
operations

Nevertheless, as we take our respective respites from our daily labors, please remember those
who are near, far, and no longer with us. Celebrate life. Recharge and consider joining us in 2023
as we get into even more “GOOD TROUBLE”

Wishing you all a good festival of joy!

James Lubang Scopas

Executive Director, EFSS
[email protected]
+211 (0) 922 729 952

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Our Impact in 2021 - 2022

● 11 Schools reached in Juba and Yei

● 16 teachers mentored
● 666 pupils and students reached
● 385 attendees of our virtual training sessions

Project Highlights (Operations Overview) 2021 - 2022

Personal Development Training Series:

In an effort to provide long-term livelihood options and help youth adapt to changing industry
needs, the foundation implemented a virtual training program from June to December 2022. This
program consisted of biweekly sessions on Zoom and YouTube, featuring a variety of topics
ranging from personal brand modeling to financial management.

Ten virtual training sessions were held, with topics ranging from personal brand modelling to
personal well-being, financial management, digital literacy, and LinkedIn profile optimization. A
total of 1,053 people registered for the training, with 385 attending all of the sessions.

Virtual Sessions Posters & Screenshots_2022

Wikimania 2022:
The Wikimania 2022 was a three day in-person event that brought together different Wikimedias
in a meet-up, trained and introduced new members to Wikipedia and finally there was a
Wikimania Watch Party. Wikimedia Community User Group South Sudan partnered with Koneta
Hub and Excellence Foundation for South Sudan.

We received fifty-one expressions of interest, but we chose twenty-six participants to attend this
exciting in-person event at Koneta Hub. Three days of enriching and once-in-a-lifetime
Wikipedia learning!

Wikimania 2022_Photos

Prefects Board Mentorship:

The programme aimed at nurturing and developing students’ leadership qualities through
mentorship and training, enhance their self-confidence, communication and independent thinking
skills which provided an opportunity and platform for the student leaders to acquire and apply
knowledge and skills in interpersonal relationship, teamwork, and public speaking.

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Beneficiaries included 158 student leaders from six secondary and primary schools in Juba and
Yei River Counties. Juba Day Secondary, Juba Commercial Secondary, Saint Philip's Primary,
Bishop Mazzoldi Memorial, Yei Day Secondary, and Narrowgate Primary Schools were among
them.

Student Leadership Training Photos

Juba Schools Mini Competition:

This is conducted for children with an innovative approach that combines learning with fun and
competition at the school level encouraging them to explore the English language, expand their
vocabulary and improve their communication and comprehension skills.

Six teams from five schools registered for the competition: Bishop Mazzoldi Memorial, Juba
Model, Ephatha, Saint Philip's, and Train Up a Child Primary Schools. More than 380 people
attended all of the rounds, from group stages to finals, with 128 students actively participating as
spellers, debaters, and quizzers.

Juba Schools Mini Competition 2022 | All Photos

The Complete Teacher Induction:

The online induction sessions aimed at introducing South Sudanese teachers to the Complete
Teacher platform, a dynamic and growing free online resource for educators across the continent
of Africa run by A Better Africa Foundation.

Twenty-nine teachers from twenty-seven schools across the country registered for the sessions,
and approximately eleven of them were admitted. A Better Africa provided the facilitators.

The Complete Teacher Induction_Posters

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Financial Highlights 2021 - 2022
The financial highlights provide information on the organization's sources of income and how
these funds were used.
Income:

Member Contribution SSP 399,000

Donations SSP 880,733

In-kind support SSP 317,500

Others SSP 280,715

Expenditure:

Administrative Costs SSP 418,972

Project Delivery Cost SSP 1,375,976

Media Coverage
● Facebook Page: Reach 148.1K, 2.0K% growth, 108 posts, 3.8K page visits, 1.2K page
likes
● Instagram: Reach: 4.8K, 5.8K% growth, 24 profile visits, 20 new followers
● LinkedIn 1,640 followers
● Twitter: 184 followers
● YouTube: 50 Subscribers, 550 views
● Website: 208 visitors, 350 views

Sustainability Efforts

1. Establishing long-term funding and partnerships: Excellence Foundation for South

Sudan will look to establish long-term funding and partnerships with organizations like
national non-governmental organizations, UN agencies, respective ministries, and state
and national governments of South Sudan. This will help to ensure that the organization
has a diverse and stable funding portfolio.

2. Developing a financial sustainability plan: Excellence Foundation for South Sudan

should develop a financial sustainability plan to ensure that it has the resources to
continue its operations and to expand its programs and reach. This plan should include a
budget and a strategy for fundraising, as well as a strategy for cost-cutting and increasing
revenue.

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 3. Increasing public engagement: The organisation should look to increase public
engagement in order to ensure that the local community is actively involved and invested
in the organisation’s mission. This could be done through organising public events,
engaging with the media, and using social media to reach a wider audience.

4. Developing a volunteer base: Developing a base of volunteers who are passionate about
the mission of the organisation will help to ensure that the organisation has the resources
to continue its work. Volunteers can help with fundraising, program planning, and
outreach.
5. Building a strong board of directors: It is important for Excellence Foundation for
South Sudan to have a strong board of directors who can provide guidance and oversight.
It is important that the board is composed of individuals with a range of perspectives and
expertise who can provide guidance and insight on the organisation’s operations.

6. Investing in technology: Investing in technology can help Excellence Foundation for

South Sudan to save time and resources, as well as improve efficiency and reach. This
could include investing in cloud computing, data analytics, and digital marketing.

Governance
Our Board of Directors: 2021 - 2022

Kisinger Henry, Odokonyero Philip, Adare Patience, James Lubang,

Board Chair Board Member Board Member Board Secretary

Appendices
● EFSS | Final Project Reports | 2022
● Activity Reports
● Juba Schools Mini Competition 2022 | All Photos
● Student Leadership Training Photos
● Virtual Sessions Posters & Screenshots_2022
● The Complete Teacher Induction_Posters
● Wikimania 2022_Photos

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Contact Information
● Email 1: [email protected]
● Email 2: [email protected]
● Phone 1: +211 (0) 925 087 508
● Phone 1: +211 (0) 980 204 600
● Website: https://www.excellencefoundationss.org/
● Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/excellencefoundationss/
● Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/excellencefoundationss/
● Twitter: https://twitter.com/efoundationss?s=09
● LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-destiny-association-south-sudan-tdass
● YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6UT-XECLhj9L17B2Qi7e1Q

Partners 2021 - 2022

● EDAS Consulting Services, Nairobi, Kenya
● Wikipedia Community User Group South Sudan
● Koneta Hub, Juba
● State Ministry of General Education and Instruction, Central Equatoria
● County Education Department, Yei River County
● Directorate of Education, Juba City Council
● University of Juba
● A Better Africa Foundation, South Africa
● Africa Spelling Bee
● T4T General Trading Company
● Glare Group Company
● Altrum Technologies