What We Do

Banaa.org matches Sudanese survivors of atrocity with scholarship opportunities in the United States.  We maintain a database of highly qualified students who are working for peace in Sudan and want to further their education.  Empowered with a university degree, Banaa Scholars return to Sudan with the technical skills necessary to address the complex causes of conflict in the region.

In the United States, Banaa.org works with college students, faculty and administrators to create new scholarship opportunities.  Our National Office supports passionate volunteers who want to bring a Sudanese peacemaker to their university.  Bring a Banaa scholar to your school.

Read about Banaa's first scholar on the front page of the Washington Post.

Endorsements

''By empowering expert peacemakers from local populations, Banaa.org plays an important role in the movement to end mass atrocities in Sudan. The program also presents a tremendous opportunity for college administrators to host budding leaders and vastly expand the range of perspectives on campuses.  Banaa.org will be an important force for peace in a nation that has almost always known war.'' - Former Secretary of State, Madeleine K. Albright

'Banaa is building bridges across oceans, and is an important part of the global movement to end genocide and bring peace to Sudan.' - John Prendergast, The Enough Project

Our Vision

To end the genocide in Darfur and prevent fresh conflict in the south of Sudan, there must be peacemakers on all sides.  With this in mind, we provide marginalized individuals who have seen the horrors of war with the tools to make peace.   By the end of the decade, we aim to empower hundreds of new peacemakers, helping unheard voices find space in the Sudanese political arena.

Announcements

> The Clinton Global Initative has invited Banaa to attend its annual conference and is supporting our commitment to bring at least twenty Banaa scholars to US universities over the next year.

> Banaa received over 160 applications for the inaugural scholarship. Sadly, this means we have been forced to turn away dozens of qualified applicants. Please help these tremendous individuals become peacemakers in Sudan. Finance a scholarship at your University.