Pongborong School

AYUAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (ACDA)

Ayual Community Development Association (ACDA), a Philadelphia-based 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded by the Lost Boys and Girls of Sudan, was created out a desire to promote positive change in our people's lives by providing educational support, health care needs, and emergency assistance to our people in Southern Sudan and in the Diaspora. In the 20th century, the outbreak of war between Sudan People Liberation Army and the government of the Sudan has had devastating effects on our entire community. Our people have been adversely affected socially, politically, economically, emotionally, physically, and educationally.

ACDA MISSION
Our mission is to promote positive change in our people's today lives and to build and enhance our community in which they survive the ordeal. That means helping to create opportunity in the lives of no-income young people and their families - and working to improve the quality of life in the Ayual community that shape and bring them a bright future.

ACDA project: Construction of the Pongborong Primary School

The livelihood of the people in Southern Sudan was entirely destroyed during the war. After the peace agreement was signed, many people who took refugee in neighboring countries returned to restart their life. Our Association is contributing to the community by offering primary education, and also by promoting gender and tribal diversity in the school and in the community. Click here for more information about school project description

• ASSESSMENT REPORT ACDA MEMBERS (LOST BOYS) AND AMERICAN FRIENDS TRAVEL TO SOUTHERN SUDAN, December 18, 2007 through January 30, 2008 Click here  to read the report from our recent trip to Africa (6.5mb)
• 2007 1st ACDA Newsletter
  Click here for newsletter (3.5 mb pdf file)
• Ayual Community Ponboring Re-union in Southern Sudan December 27th-30th/2005
• 2007 Mading Ador's Research Paper
  Click here for report (1.4mb Word document)