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Retreat center offers a ‘calm place’ in the midst of war

Retreat center offers a ‘calm place’ in the midst of war

Every once in a while, Sister Rosa Anthony needs to get away from it all. A Sister of Charity who serves as a teacher in Rejaf, South Sudan, Sister Rosa looks forward to opportunities to come to the Good Shepherd ...
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Women teachers overcome gender discrimination

Women teachers overcome gender discrimination

Becoming a teacher wasn’t easy for Madelina Louis. A member of the Azande tribe from Nzarra, along South Sudan’s border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madelina enjoyed learning and wanted to share her thirst for knowledge with others ...
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‘Don’t get tired of talking about South Sudan,’ pleads ecumenical leader

‘Don’t get tired of talking about South Sudan,’ pleads ecumenical leader

The head of South Sudan’s main ecumenical body has appealed to the world not to give up on his country, which during its first decade of independence has repeatedly slid backward into political and ethnic violence. “Sometimes in my work ...
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Friends in Solidarity appoints new president

Friends in Solidarity appoints new president

Friends in Solidarity (FIS), the U.S. partner of Solidarity with South Sudan, is pleased to announce the appointment of a new president, Sister Mumbi Kigutha, CPPS. Sister Mumbi, a Sister of the Precious Blood from Dayton, Ohio, will begin her ...
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Midwives bring peace to South Sudan

Midwives bring peace to South Sudan

As a child, Nancy Kamilo wanted to grow up to be a pilot. In her village of Raja, just west of Wau, she dreamed of soaring into the sky, far away from the conflicts tearing apart her homeland. Yet as ...
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FiSolidarity Legacy Fund

FiSolidarity Legacy Fund

Friends in Solidarity is pleased to announce that, with a major gift from Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters, we have launched the FiSolidarity Legacy Fund to support our work with Solidarity with South Sudan into the future. The Victory ...
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Farm nourishes students in Wau

Farm nourishes students in Wau

Abraham Makuac grew up in the small town of Aweil, South Sudan, but wanted a better education than what was available there. So his family sent him to live with relatives and enroll in school in Wau, the capital of ...
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A resilient woman

A resilient woman

I've often used the word resilient to describe the people I met in South Sudan. None of them are untouched by hardship in one form or another, but they seem to get up the next day and get on with ...
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A teacher's path in the Nuba Mountains

A teacher’s path in the Nuba Mountains

When Abass Daud was a child, there were no schools. There was only war. The government in Khartoum was waging war on his homeland in the Nuba Mountains, located in Sudan’s South Kordofan region near that country’s border with what ...
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