Having been at the school for seven years, Habib says the scholarship program is yielding results. Across the country, interest and enrollment in the program is steadily increasing at the four project-supported Health Sciences Institutes (HSIs). The selection process isn’t easy but applicants are still lining up. To get accepted to the program, they have to complete and pass five core subjects at the secondary school final examinations, including Math, Science and English, scoring at least 65 per cent. The problem is getting people from remote towns and villages to qualify for the scholarship. More than 80 per cent of South Sudan’s population lives in rural areas. Many of these villages don’t have more than a primary school and, even if they do, due to the conflict and famine, many school-age children aren’t attending class.