The Strike is Over!

“Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the great deep.” Psalm 36:5-6
I again see children moving to and from school each week day. The teacher strike is finally over! God is SO GOOD! As devastating as it was to see children sit at home instead of go to school for two whole months, God’s hand was at work uncovering injustice and paving a way for Mundri to lead as an example through what was uncovered. Because of the boldness of teachers here in Mundri an education committee was formed and forced to move around to survey schools and teachers to figure out the problem. In the end there was indeed dishonesty taking place. As the surveyors moved around to all the schools in Western Equatorial State they found that schools on their list didn’t actually exist, and the same with some teachers, here they term this has ghost schools and teachers. I am not quite sure how one goes about creating a ghost school and teacher raster without notice, but it happens. The money is then pocketed by those involved in the scheme instead of used for the good of education. The teachers who really are legit were promised all of their back pay from months where there was a decrease and told that from now on they would get 100% of their salary. This unveiling has also led to a desire to look into other states and investigate whether or not government money is really being used for education.
This strike has evidently had an impact both positively and negatively on the community. All glory to the Father for his stretching faithfulness and great justice. But please also continue praying for the negative impact of students being out of school for 2 months. They are far behind other children in s. Sudan and getting back in the rhythm of learning and teaching can take some time. Pray that teachers will be ready and excited to help their students catch up and students will be motivated and eager to learn.