Jessica Scranton Photography

Pounding Grain

Title: Pounding Grain

Caption: The same student helps her aunt crush grain for a half hour in hot weather conditions. Akon Village, Sudan.

Young students return from school and being their work around the home. Akon Village, Sudan Students walk as far as 20 miles to reach school usually on an empty stomach. Akon Village, Sudan School children wait for their classes to begin. Akon Village, Sudan Akon Village, Sudan My Sister's Keeper designed a special curriculum for illiterate girls and women in war torn southern Sudan where 90% of females are uneducated. Akon Village, Sudan MSK is the first organization in Southern Sudan to train female teachers. Akon Village, Sudan. MSk hopes to provide the first generation of female leaders in southern Sudan. Akon Village, Sudan My Sister’s Keeper supplies notebooks, textbooks and school uniforms to the girls and teachers. Akon Village, Sudan. The school is comprised of one mud hut classroom and two outdoor spaces under trees. Akon Village, Sudan. MSK teaches games to help build self-confidence and cooperation among peers. Akon Village, Sudan. The young student carries grain to the village market as far as 50 miles away. Akon Village, Sudan A small girl sifts grain while her aunt sweeps outside of the family compound. Akon Village, Sudan Akon Village, Sudan The same student helps her aunt crush grain for a half hour in hot weather conditions. Akon Village, Sudan. Gathering large buckets of water is just one of the after school tasks student perform. Akon Village, Sudan. A student's mother binds straw for the new roof. Females in southern Sudan are responsible for home maintenance, as well as, tending to children. Akon Village, Sudan