Bishop Paride Taban previously opened an orphanage school in 1994 for South Sudanese children who were caught in the war, some of whom were separated from their parents for many years. The school was opened in the western part of Uganda, in Masindi district. It accommodated both boys and girls until late 2006 when he gave the school administration to the Catholic Diocese of Hoima. Therefore, this foundation is named in his honour in order to continue his legacy to provide education for the orphanage girls. Education is an important tool for peace and reconciliation, and it is also a significant factor in eliminating poverty.

This project will provide opportunity for female orphans, some of whose parents have died from war and AIDS (HIV), to have access to formal education which they have been deprived of due to lack of financial support. The beneficiaries of this project live in Loa Magwe county.Opari is an area located in the southern part of South Sudan. The outbreak of war and the HIV/AIDS virus in Opari south Sudan , which is in Magwe County, had caused many deaths in many Madi lands, thus many children have been left as orphans who are not able to provide for themselves at all. The deaths of adult family members, especially mothers and fathers, made it difficult for these girls to attend primary school education as they do not have anyone to pay for their school fees and to provide for their basic needs. This situation has forced many of these girls into early marriages and prostitution as they are unable to educate and feed themselves. For some, the death of their mother at birth is common amongst these girls as there are no proper medical facilities to assist women during labour.

Statement of Problems

The Catholic and the Protestant missionaries had put in some effort to establish schools in Sudan, but these were extremely limited. Most of the schools opened by the missionaries were taught in the vernacular languages which did not provide the children with a satisfactory formal education to become permanently literate. When Sudan gained its independence in 1956, the ineffective church-run schools were shut down in a wave of Islamisation leaving many children in the country with no option but to drop out of education. Many parents shifted their interest to educate only boys rather than girls, creating an educational inequality that has not been addressed until now. In 2011 South Sudan had a referendum to separate from Sudan. The referendum was successful and South Sudan became independent. Since then there has been no improvement in the education sector, leaving parents with doubts as to the future of their children, most of whom are not getting any education. Poverty and lack of government funds has greatly limited the extent to which education can be improved across South Sudan. Evidence of this can be obtained from World Bank reports. The ongoing civil war in the capital Juba and in and around South Sudanese towns across the country has led to an inability of the government to allocate resources for the orphans, which means they are unable to afford to pay their fees in private schools and this has left many young girls to resort to prostitution as a means to get money. Hence, their exploitation has increased as the law has failed to protect them. As a result of this, many have acquired the HIV/AIDs virus. Lack of facilities prevents girls from attending school and being able to access, for instance, scholastic materials, health, and sanitary materials such as napkins.