War closed their schools.
Amal keeps them learning.
Since April 2023, war has closed Sudan's schools and scattered its families. Amal School is free: Maths and English on the Cambridge Primary curriculum, in Arabic and English, on the phone a family already has. Your gift keeps it free.
- 840+
- families
- 1,500+
- children
- 8+
- countries
What families told us when they joined
78%
say the war affected their children
55%
say their children missed school
210+
had a child out of school for more than a year
From the 841 families who registered with Amal, in their own answers on our sign-up form.
Learning together in a refugee camp in Uganda
At a partner centre in a refugee camp in Uganda, children learn with Amal together: lessons and learning games on the big screen, with a teacher at the front.
How Amal grew
Late August 2026
Amal School opens online. Eight families join in the first week.
September
42 more families join.
October
More than 600 families join in a single month, mostly through Facebook and parents telling other parents.
18 October
Amal celebrates its 1,000th member.
20 October
The first child beats a Big Challenge and earns a certificate.
And the children are learning
Every lesson, homework set and Big Challenge below was done by a child on Amal since it opened.
1,000+
lessons completed
1,000+
homework sets done
14,000+
answers checked
360+
Big Challenge battles
30+
certificates earned
Families in many countries
Some families are still in Sudan. Many have fled to neighbouring countries and across the Gulf. Amal goes wherever they are.
- Saudi Arabia260 families
- Sudan230 families
- Egypt112 families
- UAE91 families
- Qatar18 families
- Oman15 families
- UK9 families
- US & Canada3 families
- Other countries101 families
Keep Amal free for every child
Keeps Amal free
No fees, no adverts, and no selling of anyone's data. Every family learns for free.
Builds more lessons and games
More Maths and English lessons, practice and games, in Arabic and English, made for children who missed school.
Reaches more children
Many displaced families still haven't heard of Amal. Your support helps us find them.
150+ volunteers have offered their time
Teachers, designers, organisers and engineers from the Sudanese community and beyond give a few hours a week to Amal.
Volunteer with Amal