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What We Do

We are dedicated to carrying out the following activities

  1. Mobilize resources for the promotion of the language, cultures, traditions and customs of the Karo People of the Republic of South Sudan.
  2. Organize workshops, seminars, symposia, meetings and conferences for the harmonization, realization and the attainment of linguistic, cultural, traditional and customary structures and morphology of the Karo Language.
  3. Facilitate and capacitate linguists, scholars, learners and resource persons to produce literary works in the Karo Language.
  4. Promote and engage in the production and publication of scientific literary works, folklore tales, stories, dances and music, poems, historical narratives, short stories, reference materials and literature in the Karo Language.
  5. Organize, facilitate and provide resources for the creation and establishment of Karo Language repository, libraries, printing facilities, publication centers and clubs, with the aim of availing literary products in Karo Language to the Karo People, in particular, and to the citizens of the Republic of South Sudan, in general.
  6. Research, promote, develop and produce Karo Language school curricula and syllabus that shall be taught and learned in schools throughout the Republic of South Sudan.
  7. Make use of the current and future technological advancement to propagate and promote the use and access of the Karo Language locally, regionally, and internationally, through the internet, websites, social networks and other media and methods of publication.
  8. Acquire, possess and own any real or personal property, in its own name, by way of lease, purchase or gift, and, or bequeaths and shall possess, own, keep and maintain the same as offices and for other uses of the Institute, and may rent, sell or mortgage the same in whole or in part, as shall be approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Governors on the recommendation of the Secretariat, and endorsement of the General Assembly in an Ordinary or Extraordinary Meeting thereof, for the attainment of these objectives.
  9. Solicit for funds, from individual natural and legal persons, private and public corporations, regional and international institutions and agencies, government and other parastatal institutions and agencies for the attainment of these objectives.
  10. Employ such number of officers, staff, employees, workers, laborers, and other support staff as may be approved by the Board of Governors or, or by the Secretariat, as the case may be, for the smooth running of the Institute, and for the attainment of the objectives of the Institute.
  11. Advise relevant government entities within the Republic of South Sudan on linguistic, cultural, traditional, customary and educational matters and affairs as the case may be. Provided that, such advice shall only be given on the written request of the said governments, or as the need arises, or as the Board of Governors of the Institute may deem it fit and necessary.
  12. Carry out, hold and conduct meetings, workshops, symposia, classes, training sessions, lectures, seminars, concerts and exhibitions for the attainment of the objectives hereof.
  13. Publish and produce books, reports, newspapers, newsletters, leaflets, flyers and all other literature and documentation for the promotion, development and advancement of the Karo Language.
  14. To open, keep, possess and manage bank account or accounts, locally, or regionally, or internationally, in any bank or banks, in the name of the Institute.
  15. The Institute shall have power to do any other thing that is incidental, conducive and necessary for the attainment of the objectives of the Institute.