We are currently working to establish ASERELA Maine's permanant school directly in Southern Sudan. Now, as political conditions allow after decades of conflict, local leaders in the refugee camps are planning for the return to the Sudan. With virtually no infrastructure remaining in the communities to which the refugees are returning, continuation of the ASERELA school and the education of our children is a top priority.

ASERELA requires financial support to relocate the school to Southern Sudan, and to develop the nonprofit framework to be able to operate the school in the years to come, as the long process of rebuilding the country and our communities ensues. With a strong nonprofit and philanthropic base in Portland, we are poised to continue our relationship with refugees returning to Southern Sudan and to assist them develop their local capacity to rebuild their communities. The Sudan project will target children and youth as priority group.

You can read more about some of our ongoing projects by selecting the links on the left hand sidebar.