Junior Researcher
Kampala Uganda (Hybrid) | February 2024 – May 2025
Education Bridge is a non-profit organization founded in 2013 with a clear purpose: to provide young people in South Sudan with access to quality education and leadership development.
The organization works with students, educators, and communities across multiple regions, building an ecosystem that supports future leaders. Leaders who can drive peace, stability, and progress in their communities.
Education Bridge focuses on empowering South Sudanese youth with the skills, knowledge, and values they need to overcome challenges and lead change.
Through its schools, mentorship programs, and scholarship support, the organization helps young people navigate barriers—and grow into problem-solvers, leaders, and builders of a better future.
At Education Bridge, I worked as a Junior Researcher focused on tackling one of South Sudan’s biggest challenges: helping more young people transition from secondary school to university despite harsh economic conditions. My role was to explore and document effective post-secondary transition mechanisms that could open pathways for South Sudanese students to access higher education.
I researched strategies that could be built into secondary school systems to better prepare students—shaping them into strong, goal-oriented candidates ready for competitive scholarship opportunities and university admissions. This meant identifying not just academic preparation tools, but also mentorship models and leadership development approaches that give students an edge.
Alongside this, I focused on sustainability, working to design frameworks and mechanisms that wouldn’t just work once, but could last and grow. My work will culminate in a comprehensive blueprint and scholarship toolkit, offering practical, scalable solutions for Education Bridge and its partners to use in supporting future generations. My aim was clear: help build a system where South Sudanese students have a fair shot at higher education and the tools to succeed.