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Announcements
In September, Banaa welcomed our third scholar, Samir Hummad! Samir is studying on a full Banaa scholarship at the
University of Rochester.
Click here to learn more about Samir!
In April 2010, the Clinton Global Initiative honored Banaa and Makwei at the annual CGI-U conference. Click here for the story!
Banaa has received over 170 applications since our first call for applications in 2008! Dozens of qualified peace-builders are awaiting scholarship opportunities. Bring a scholar to your campus!
Statement Regarding the Southern Secession Vote: Banaa.org would like to congratulate the people of Sudan on this week’s peaceful and historic referendum. Whatever the final outcome of the vote, we remain committed to empowering young leaders from throughout Northern and Southern Sudan to promote peace and sustainable development.
What We Do
Banaa.org matches Sudanese survivors of atrocity with scholarship opportunities in the United States. We maintain a database of highly qualified students who are working for peace in Sudan and want to further their education. Empowered with a university degree, Banaa Scholars return to Sudan with the technical skills necessary to cooperatively address complex political, environmental and economic causes of war.
In the United States, Banaa.org works with college students, faculty and administrators to create new scholarship opportunities. Banaa staff based at GW University support passionate volunteers who want to bring a Sudanese peacemaker to their university. Bring a Banaa scholar to your school.
Read about Banaa's first scholar on the
front page
of the Washington Post.
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Our Vision
To break cycles of conflict that continue to plague Darfur and South Sudan, there must be peacemakers on all sides. With this in mind, we provide marginalized individuals who have seen the horrors of war with technical tools to promote peace. Over the next decade, we aim to empower hundreds of new peace-builders, helping unheard voices find space in the Sudanese political arena.
Endorsements
"By empowering expert peacemakers from local populations, Banaa.org plays an important role in the movement to end mass atrocities in Sudan. The program also presents a tremendous opportunity for college administrators to host budding leaders and vastly expand the range of perspectives on campuses. Banaa.org will be an important force for peace in a nation that has almost always known war." - Former Secretary of State, Madeleine K. Albright
"Banaa is building bridges across oceans, and is an important part of the global movement to end genocide and bring peace to Sudan." - John Prendergast, The Enough Project
Current Banaa Scholars
Samir Hummad,
our third Banaa Scholar, began studies at the University of Rochester in the Spring of 2012Learn more about Samir
Mo Hassan,
our second Banaa Scholar, began studies at the University of Rochester in Fall 2010Learn more about Mo
Makwei Mabior Deng,
our first Banaa Scholar, began studies at the George Washington University in Fall 2008
Learn more about Makwei
