After my last post ages ago I wanted to write an entry called ‘The Horrors of Juba’. At the end of my last trip I tried to track down 11-year old girls who have become sex workers. And I was successful. I found a few of them in a massive compound with iron sheet barracks [...]
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Back at the Street Children Centre in Juba
Before my departure tomorrow morning for Malakal, I decided to visit Cathy Groenendijk, the lady who runs the only drop-in street children centre for girls, Confident Children out of Conflict. Some of you may remember my entries from a few months ago when I first met some of the girls and heard their horrible life [...]
Street Children in Juba: a new hype.
I am still recovering from the horrific things I have seen today. Of course you often hear stories about children who live on garbage dumps in big cities in developing countries. But to actually see it with your own eyes and hear their stories, it is heart breaking. Through one of my friends here in [...]
Spectacular arrival and an even more spectacular stay in Juba
Finally a message from dry and extremely hot Juba! Tomorrow we will already be moving on to Rumbek (by bus if you can believe it!), and even though we’ve only been in Juba for a short while, so much has happened! On the plane from Kampala and Juba I recognized a few important South Sudanese [...]
Local Peacebuilding Initiatives in South Sudan
In less than 36 hours I will be leaving for South Sudan, although I will spend some time in Uganda first in order to get a visa. In Sudan, I will be visiting an organic farm project set up by Women for Women International for women victims of war. The aim of this programme is [...]