The Murle

The Murle people are indigenous to South Sudan in Africa.

They comprise one of a number of tribes that make up the population of this recently formed nation that separated from Sudan, which was formerly the largest country on the African continent.
Before and since separation there has been considerable unrest and inter-tribal fighting in South Sudan, resulting in much of the population being forced to flee from their traditional places of residence.

Many of the Murle people are now refugees living in a United Nations camp in Kenya. They have no work or income and are reliant upon the UN to provide them with food and other essentials. Children in the camp receive little or no education and as a result will, in most cases, grow up illiterate.

It is the hope of the Murle people to return to their homeland of South Sudan when it safe for them to do so, but because of lack of education, many will be severely disadvantaged when required to live as twenty-first century citizens competing in a world that is increasingly developing in the fields of technology and industry.

In recognition of the very real need to educate these children, the Murle Education Foundation Inc. (MEF) has been established with the purpose of bringing quality education to as many as possible.