Holding the Line

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The presence of warring factions in the Nuba Mountains region of Sudan has temporarily closed Mustard Seed Primary School, but To Move Mountains' commitment persists. Weeks into this latest conflict, the community waits and prays for the fighting to end so students can return to class.

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Yet even the waiting can be put to good use. When families from Kauda and Kujur lost their homes to the violence, Mustard Seed Primary opened its doors—not for lessons, but for shelter, for safety, a place to gather when little else felt secure. This campus built for learning has become, for now, a refuge for those seeking protection. And in this simple act, the organization's own name takes on clear meaning: something small, planted in hard ground, doing far more than its size would suggest.

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Shining the Light

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Education carries different weight in a region shaped by war. It's more than a subject to master—it's the alternative these children have to a future defined by conflict. That's why it's so important. That's what To Move Mountains has always understood, and why the closure of Mustard Seed Primary is more than an inconvenience. It's a pause on something the community truly needs.

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Mustard Seed Primary will reopen when conditions allow. Until then, To Move Mountains will do what it was founded to do: be there, stay there, and endure with the community they care so deeply for.

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Weathering the Storm

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This isn't the first difficult season the Nuba Mountains have endured, and it likely won't be the last. Families sheltering within these walls know this firsthand—displacement, waiting, uncertainty are common struggles. But they're also not the end. Better days will come.

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To Move Mountains will weather this storm, and the community will emerge on the other side: schools reopened, students back at their desks, hope for the future renewed rather than diminished. Not because the hardship isn't real, but because it doesn't get the last word.

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Love does.