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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Sudan<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>At least 20 students have graduated from the U.S. Embassy\u2019s first-ever Class of \u2018the English Access Micro-scholarship Program\u2019 in South Sudan. The graduates include 10 females and 10 males.<\/p>\n

This is the first batch to have graduated in south Sudan. The two-year program was conducted in partnership with the Juba-based non-governmental organization Gender Equity and Women\u2019s Leadership Program.<\/p>\n

The intensive program which was held at the American Corner, University of o Juba provided English language skills to the select students. The certificates were presented by the Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Juba, Moulik D. Berkana.<\/p>\n

Emmanuel Brutus James is a student\u2019s representative. \u201cLife is all about growing and bring new program that give new opportunity to continue growing and get new skill that we carry on with us for rest our life and we don\u2019t have to stop here. This show us how capable we are,\u201d said Emmanuel Butrus.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the U.S Embassy public Affairs Officer, Mr. Moulik D. Berkana encourages the graduates to invest their skills into every opportunity presentable.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe called this as access program because it provided with access, it open door, it give you more opportunity, so I encourage young people to take advantages of that free time that you have,\u201d Berkana said during the event on Friday. Micro-scholarship English access program was created by U.S government in 2004 and is operating in different countries in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. At least 20 students have graduated from the U.S. Embassy\u2019s first-ever Class of \u2018the English Access Micro-scholarship Program\u2019 in South Sudan. The graduates include 10 females and 10 males. This is the first batch to have graduated in south Sudan. 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