kwankew
Non Ministrari sed Ministrare
Not too long after my return from South Sudan, I came down with a mysterious illness that no one could say what it was that afflicted me....
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kwankew
May 4, 2013
Last Day in South Sudan
I ran towards the Nile this morning and found many squatters in the midst of construction of multi-storey buildings and some hotels. The...
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kwankew
May 1, 2013
Back to Juba and Final Thoughts on South Sudan
Woke up in the middle of the night and was surprised to see the stars above me. For a brief moment I forgot where I was. The crescent...
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kwankew
May 1, 2013
The Elusive Bouk
Johnson wanted to show us the Nile in Leer so we left with Peter who came down to Leer with us a little earlier this morning traveling...
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kwankew
Apr 29, 2013
Clinic in Padier, Women at the Well
I took my run along the back roads behind the compound and saw many women easing themselves out in the open field, now totally devoid of...
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kwankew
Apr 28, 2013
Mirmir Outreach Clinic under the Bieh Tree
For breakfast we stood around a table making tea from some powder and had a greasy bun together with the busy flies swarming over the...
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kwankew
Apr 27, 2013
Back to Bentiu
We had maize porridge and tea for breakfast, it was quite good. The sun was fierce even before nine o’clock. We walked to the market in...
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kwankew
Apr 25, 2013
The Mobile Clinic in Latabang
Today is our last day at Baow. We have picked up a few words of Nuer, Marlay (How are you?), Mamuagar or Mamadli (I’m fine), Chigualong...
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kwankew
Apr 24, 2013
The Gift of a Ram from the Payam
This morning I ran the other direction but there were only scattered compounds of tukuls.The cows were mooing in somewhat of a contented...
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kwankew
Apr 23, 2013
The Vectors of Diseases: Bats, Flies, Mosquitos and Mice
Last night a couple of bats hovered in our room driving us batty. I am not sure what it was but it drove one of them crazy while I tried...
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kwankew
Apr 22, 2013
Oil, Politics, the Nuer, its Chinese Connection and the Holy Cash Cows
A steamy night last night, the ceiling fans have not been working for a while and probably will not be fixed either. We wished we could...
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kwankew
Apr 20, 2013
Thoughts of Boston in Juba, South Sudan
These past few days have been very surreal, starting off with the 117th Boston Marathon in which I and two of my children, Cara and...
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kwankew
Sep 12, 2012
Dushimimana
The call to prayer often wakes me up around five in the morning, "Allah Akbar" ...It is too dark to have an early morning run and the...
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kwankew
Sep 11, 2012
Stories of Some Refugees
Overnight many refugees came to the transit camp. Many of them have learned about the convoy for Thursday so they time their arrival so...
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kwankew
Sep 10, 2012
"I Want to See the White Doctor"
Over the weekend about two hundred refugees came to the camp bringing the total to slightly less than four hundred. This is what the...
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