On Thursday, March 12th, we had an opportunity to Skype with Kate. Most of us hadn't Skyped before so it was really neat to Skype halfway across the world. We had to make sure we called Kate at a time when she was awake since the United Kingdom is 5 hours ahead of us. Kate works out of her home and has an office where she runs GUA. We asked Kate questions about herself and her education and how she met Emmanuel. It was interesting to learn her history with Jal and how she started running GUA. She opened our eyes to more information about the work GUA does and the terrible things that these children suffer. We talked about the school days in Canada and what a school day looks like in South Sudan. We learned that kids in South Sudan only study math, english, social studies, science, and religion. We thought it was neat that they study Christianity - same as us. It is nice that we have that connection with them. When we Skyped, some of our classmates asked questions, some recorded our conversation on video, and some recorded notes of our questions and answers. We were all apart of it and we thank Kate from the bottom of our hearts for the awesome opportunity. Below is a sample list of some questions we asked Kate and her responses. We will also post a video of us Skyping with Kate on our Gallery Walk Page - check it out!
Lenten Project Q & A With Kate!
Q: How did you get involved with GUA?
A: Well me and my mom went to a conference where we heard Emmanuel speak and we heard him talk about himself and the next day we bumped into him at a cafeteria. We became good friends and Jal ended up asking my mom to become a trustee for GUA. That was 8 years ago. The rest is sort of history. I’ve been working for Gua for 5 years since I graduated from university.
Q: How has working for GUA affected you personally?
A: Tough Question. It has completely taken over my life and has changed my family. It has affected me emotionally and has opened my eyes. For example, a student we've been involved with has not seen his family in 16 years. Recently, we found his family and we reunited them.
Q: How often does GUA travel to South Sudan to build school houses/classrooms?
A: Well at the moment we are not building any houses or classrooms because of the recent conflicts. I personally have not been in Sudan in about a year and a half but we continue to support our classrooms by providing resources and tools.
Q: Have any GUA houses been destroyed by the war?
A: Well the classrooms we have constructed are still standing but they have been looted by a group who overcame the town and have destroyed the chairs and materials.
Q: How many school houses do you build in 1 year?
A: We have constructed about 5 classrooms in total and those are where Emmanuel was born and raised in Leer.
Q: What kind of music do you like?
A: Oh that is a tough question. I obviously like Jals music but I am biased and I usually go to music festivals and I like a bit of everything really, world music.
Q: Where do you think you would be if you haven't met Emmanuel?
A: I would have dreamed for a job like this. All my other classmates were jealous of me because the only way they can do something like this is starting an internship and being at the bottom and not getting payed. I was lucky to meet Jal.
Q: What subject(s) do the children of Sudan learn about?
A: Its very restricted. The standard subjects are math, science, english, religion and thats pretty much it until college where they really get into deeper things.
Q: Per campaign, how much funds are raised?
A:Do you mean a campaign similar to yours? It really depends on the length of the campaign, if it is 1 month or 1 year etc.. It varies a lot. You could make a few hundred dollars or few hundred pounds, or we could get thousands.
Lenten Project Q & A With Kate!
Q: How did you get involved with GUA?
A: Well me and my mom went to a conference where we heard Emmanuel speak and we heard him talk about himself and the next day we bumped into him at a cafeteria. We became good friends and Jal ended up asking my mom to become a trustee for GUA. That was 8 years ago. The rest is sort of history. I’ve been working for Gua for 5 years since I graduated from university.
Q: How has working for GUA affected you personally?
A: Tough Question. It has completely taken over my life and has changed my family. It has affected me emotionally and has opened my eyes. For example, a student we've been involved with has not seen his family in 16 years. Recently, we found his family and we reunited them.
Q: How often does GUA travel to South Sudan to build school houses/classrooms?
A: Well at the moment we are not building any houses or classrooms because of the recent conflicts. I personally have not been in Sudan in about a year and a half but we continue to support our classrooms by providing resources and tools.
Q: Have any GUA houses been destroyed by the war?
A: Well the classrooms we have constructed are still standing but they have been looted by a group who overcame the town and have destroyed the chairs and materials.
Q: How many school houses do you build in 1 year?
A: We have constructed about 5 classrooms in total and those are where Emmanuel was born and raised in Leer.
Q: What kind of music do you like?
A: Oh that is a tough question. I obviously like Jals music but I am biased and I usually go to music festivals and I like a bit of everything really, world music.
Q: Where do you think you would be if you haven't met Emmanuel?
A: I would have dreamed for a job like this. All my other classmates were jealous of me because the only way they can do something like this is starting an internship and being at the bottom and not getting payed. I was lucky to meet Jal.
Q: What subject(s) do the children of Sudan learn about?
A: Its very restricted. The standard subjects are math, science, english, religion and thats pretty much it until college where they really get into deeper things.
Q: Per campaign, how much funds are raised?
A:Do you mean a campaign similar to yours? It really depends on the length of the campaign, if it is 1 month or 1 year etc.. It varies a lot. You could make a few hundred dollars or few hundred pounds, or we could get thousands.