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The wait is over! This year's Big Give Christmas Challenge is officially open! From noon on December 2nd to noon on December 9th, we are aiming to raise over £72,000 to sustain and grow Friends of Ibba Girls Boarding School in South Sudan—providing girls with quality education, safe boarding, meals, and fair pay for staff. Will you join us? Together, we can empower her future!

Just 12 days to go until the Friends of Ibba Girls School Big Give! From 2–9 December, every donation will be doubled, helping us reach our £72,000 goal to empower over 300 girls in South Sudan. Join our free online Big Give Party on 6 December and help us spread the word — together, we can empower her future!

The third and final term of the IGBS year began in mid-October. For the top primary and secondary cohorts (P8 and S4), this is the milestone term with national primary exams in November and national secondary exams in December.

A ministerial visit to IGBS, IGBS students speaking at the opening of Ibba Hospital, registration open for the Big Give Party, and more news from FIGS & IGBS this September.

A big thank you to all of you who helped make this our most successful Big Give Christmas Challenge yet.

Discover how you can take part by getting your donation DOUBLED in the Christmas Challenge, plus other news from FIGS and IGBS.

FIGS October 2024 newsletter, with information about the upcoming 10th anniversary webinar, this year's online Big Give Party, and more news.

Thank you and well done to all the FIGS community for successfully unlocking all matching funds in this year's Christmas Challenge.

Match funding is available in the Christmas Challenge for a limited time only, so check it out!

Our November newsletter with updates on inter-school debating, school-leaver celebrations, Christmas fundraising and more.

Between 29 Nov and 6 Dec, your donations can be doubled by matching funds!

Our newsletter for December, reflecting on the ups and downs of 2021.

Over £90k raised in the Christmas Challenge - thank you all so much!

In this edition of our newsletter, learn more about how your donation can be doubled in the #ChristmasChallenge21. Also read about the latest on recruitment for the Head Teacher and Senior Finance Manager posts at IGBS, and more.

After a long period of uncertainty, the Government of South Sudan has just announced a phased return to school after the enforced lockdown - starting with the Primary 8 classes who will now have 6 days a week of intensive teaching to catch up for their Primary Leaving Certificate Exams, now postponed until next March...

This issue includes an urgent appeal for flood victims in Ibba village, and an interview with trustee Margaret Eddershaw.

Every matching pound unlocked and over £84k raised for secondary classrooms in Ibba!

We're delighted that FIGS has been recognised with a Christmas Challenge 2017 Third Place Award, for excellence in coordinating our 2017 Big Give campaign.

Great news: Thanks to your fantastic generosity, the Big Give 2017 has so far raised over £64,000 for Ibba Girls Boarding School.

Annual Meeting Sat 25 Nov 12-6; Big Give Tue 28 Nov 12 noon

Last year we raised £54,000 for Ibba Girls School through the Big Give matched funding campaign. This year we aim to raise a similar sum for the 2017-18 cohorts of new students...

Progress Report from Chernise Neo, Feb 2016