“We were always running from the bombs of the Antonovs and the bullets of the soldiers. And the army would look for us when we were hiding. But in 2002, there was a ceasefire, and I was sent to school”
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“We were always running from the bombs of the Antonovs and the bullets of the soldiers. And the army would look for us when we were hiding. But in 2002, there was a ceasefire, and I was sent to school”
In the International Charity Day, we want to share with you a special story from Riimenze.
“Abraham Makuac grew up in the small town of Aweil, but wanted a better education than what was available there. So his family sent him to live with…”
“Rosaline Edwards Anthony knows what it’s like when the delivery of a child goes poorly. When she went into labor in 2020…”
Tomorrow is South Sudan’s Independence Day, we want to remember it with a story that tells the hope of seeing the South Sudanese people truly united under the same flag. A dream that is still possible: “Our dance is for everyone. Even though we are from different tribes, we dance together.”
Joyce Charles is blind because of war. She was a young girl in 1992, when Sudan’s civil war swept through her home town of Juba. Her mother, fearing for…
Alia Beatrice believes that peace is more than just the absence of conflict. It’s reconciliation and common purpose.
“We have a common mission and a common life together. That brings richness and variety.”
“If you learn the language of the people they will feel like you are part of their life. Whatever you do, they’ll know you love them”
“Their work load is hard. Farming, taking care of children, looking for food, fetching firewood, fetching water, so we have tried to support and empower them, help them find easier ways to do those chores, lessen the burden on them”