https://www.kinyetiacademy.org/kahome daily 1.0 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61764db68088cf4fb302ac1a/68f7465e-1927-408f-8c05-964241344a81/Lorem_Nile.jpg Home Page - About Lorem Aminathia At the beginning of the South Sudanese school year in February of 2025, I launched Kinyeti Academy, a model K-12 school that I founded in Juba, our nation’s capital. We are now at an inflection point as we seek to scale both our impact and institutional capacity. As such we are actively seeking partners to support this work especially educators, and funding organizations experienced with starting schools in very challenging educational conditions. As the founder of the school and its primary advocate, I know that potential friends of the Academy will want to know something about my background and why I have been preparing for many years to dedicate myself to this project. https://www.kinyetiacademy.org/milestones daily 0.75 2021-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61764db68088cf4fb302ac1a/1635417647693-694ME2HCWCPU1KT04B05/IMG_20210704_135124_577.jpeg Milestones - School Site Acquired Using personal funds he saved up, Lorem has acquired a piece of land measuring 200m X 200m that is 20 minutes from the capital Juba city centre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61764db68088cf4fb302ac1a/a18a34bd-57fa-42fd-be57-5229a3fe8942/OneWorldLogo_Sec2Line_RGB.png Milestones - Launch Mentorship Secured the support and mentorship of One World Network of Schools, a network of schools, consultants etc. TogetherEd-Fiscal Agent - US based fiscal agent that would receive donation on behalf of Kinyeti till Kinyeti establishes a 501(C) 3 status in the US. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61764db68088cf4fb302ac1a/3787adbd-a37c-4a32-bdfe-ea1d0bffd61e/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-15%2Bat%2B8.44.39%2BAM.png Milestones - Non-Profit Mentorship Support Provided training course and mentorship on non-profit launch and management. Pledged USD 2,500 to host Spelling Bee in South Sudan - validating activities to improve rigor in literacy https://www.kinyetiacademy.org/context daily 0.75 2023-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61764db68088cf4fb302ac1a/1635419724871-335ANWZ8WXISBMLFXN2K/South-Sudanmap.jpg Context - South Sudan in Brief After a long and protracted civil war, South Sudan gained independence in 2011; making it the world’s youngest country. Shortly after independence, two significant internal conflicts over political contestation broke out – first in December 2013, then in July 2016. Despite these conflicts ending with a peace agreement in 2018, South Sudan continues to face immense political, institutional, social and economic challenges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61764db68088cf4fb302ac1a/0fce4a5e-f1cd-43b3-be20-e33e51a0336d/PHOTO-2023-09-13-10-00-44+6.jpg Context - Access to Education The country has the highest rate of the number of out-of-school children in the world with >2.8 million children receiving no education at all. Expected years of schooling-5.3 years Mean years of schooling- 4.8 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61764db68088cf4fb302ac1a/06e4778d-4308-4247-b136-938ac96e32b2/Kinyeti+Academy+Classroom.jpg Context - Education Quality Only ~15% of teachers have requisite qualifications, and most teachers receive insufficient training. In many schools, the student-teacher ratio is over 100 students to 1 teacher. As a result, less than 7% of primary school children in South Sudan are proficient in reading and less than 12% are proficient in mathematics https://www.kinyetiacademy.org/advisory-board daily 0.75 2025-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61764db68088cf4fb302ac1a/1641464812667-0VZ0B4RIDCACXZWKVU3G/Jeff%2B1.jpg Advisory Board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61764db68088cf4fb302ac1a/1641465050069-MQ4M6UUT542JJNWL0WB9/Melissa+Starovasnik+1.jpeg Advisory Board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61764db68088cf4fb302ac1a/1644227022113-4DUQ9M1FVT7QPKRAVDVY/IMG_0470_2+-+Version+3.jpg Advisory Board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61764db68088cf4fb302ac1a/01217f38-9497-4818-b6aa-421bb3aa56b8/Brian+Sims.jpeg Advisory Board https://www.kinyetiacademy.org/about-us daily 0.75 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61764db68088cf4fb302ac1a/740dde8f-d821-4e4e-b5b6-a0d501e292f3/Kinyeti+Academy.jpg Vision & Approach - Completion of temporary instructional facility. Using maximal innovations and minimal financial resources, we have successfully constructed a two-classroom facility and a utility building on a small plot of land a few kilometres from downtown Juba. This initial facility is located near three large primary schools with enrolments of over 1,000 students each, from which we can expect to recruit students for our acceleration programs and eventually our own intensive school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61764db68088cf4fb302ac1a/dd07d85c-c999-43af-b5d8-0fc74fc292ba/Kinyeti+Pilot+22.jpg Vision & Approach - Pilot programs in May & August The founder started working full time on Kinyeti Academy in June of 2022 with the goal of launching an ambitious K-12 school in February of 2025. For the past year, the advisory board has worked with the founder to research, plan and fund a viable initial program. This past March, we decided to mount a pilot program to check our assumptions about our potential students, provide a trial teaching experience for potential initial faculty, further develop our curriculum model and test a possible partnership with https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61764db68088cf4fb302ac1a/189face8-563c-4891-9fb1-c132dc5d4421/SSFA+Site+3+%281%29.jpeg Vision & Approach - Permanent site acquired. Using personal savings, the founder acquired a piece of land that would be the future site of Kinyeti Academy. It is located about 10 Kms from downtown Juba. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61764db68088cf4fb302ac1a/a18a34bd-57fa-42fd-be57-5229a3fe8942/OneWorldLogo_Sec2Line_RGB.png Vision & Approach - Launch Mentorship Secured the support and mentorship of One World Network of Schools, which is one of the world’s foremost school start-up consulting organizations. OneWorld has deep experience in helping to found schools in highly challenging circumstances such as those we face in South Sudan. https://www.kinyetiacademy.org/contact-us daily 0.75 2022-02-02 https://www.kinyetiacademy.org/donate daily 0.75 2024-01-11 https://www.kinyetiacademy.org/newsletter daily 0.75 2026-01-23