08.07.24
Outstanding New Chair of FIGS
Announcing the appointment of Chris Trott as the new Chair of FIGS Trustees.
24.10.18
Tombura-Yambio Bishop dialogues with Ibba Boarding School girls
Tombura-Yambio Catholic Bishop has dialogued with school girls from Ibba Girls Boarding School in Maridi State.
15.12.17
Thought for the week from FIGS new CEO Mark Simmons, at Community of the Cross of Nails
This week Mark Simmons, our new FIGS CEO, writes for Community of the Cross of Nails, where he was connected through his previous role with their UK partner Cord. He is very much still an ongoing partner in the work both of the Reconciliation Team and CCN in the UK.
19.06.17
Nagomoro Bridget's Scholarship Fund
As many of you know, the founder of Ibba Girls School, Bridget Nagomoro is currently in the UK studying for her Masters in Development Management with The Open University.
15.03.17
South Sudan needs Marshall-style plan
The continued conflict and the impending famine in parts of South Sudan (Editorial, 13 March) is indeed in danger of increasing the “sense that the situation is beyond hope or resolution”
13.07.16
John Benington is one of four runners-up for Times/Sternberg Award
FIGS Chair of Trustees John Benington received the Times/Sternberg Active Life runner-up award at 11 Downing Street by Michael Sternberg QC, representing his family foundation. The award was presented, in recognition of his work on setting up Ibba Girls Boarding School.
01.04.15
Gary Bandy features in this months' CIPFA newsletter
FIGS trustee and treasurer, Gary Bandy features in this months' Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (UK) monthly online newsletter.
12.03.15
Gender pay gap could have been closed by now
John Benington discusses education in the Guardian.
29.05.13
A new Africa is being developed in Milton Keynes
Business boffins in Milton Keynes are working on developing a new model of management development in sub-Saharan Africa...
29.05.13
Mount School York to help set up South Sudan Girls’ School
The Mount School in York is to help establish a new boarding school in the world’s newest country, South Sudan...
29.05.13
Private school links up with newest nation
A COUNTRY where more than a million children do not go to school and the majority of lessons take place under trees may seem like a world away from a private school in York.
28.05.13
South Sudan Minister Asks for Help to Bring Education to Girls
Families in South Sudan ask a lot of their daughters. Girls as young as 6 or 7 fully participate in running of the household along with their mothers, doing everyday chores, cooking, cleaning and fetching water...
24.05.13
The Ibba Girls School project: overcoming challenges in the world’s newest country
As the newest country in the world, and emerging from over a quarter-century of civil war, it is fair to say that South Sudan is a country facing many challenges – not least in educating its children. This week, it was heartening to hear how, through determination, co-operation and ambitious vision, one region is meeting those challenges head on.
22.05.13
South Sudan initiative aims to keep young girls in primary school
A UK-backed project in Western Equatoria state seeks to ensure domestic and social factors don't deny girls an education