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  • Father Alan Neville leads Mass for students of the Loreto Primary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. A member of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, the priest is chaplain to the Loreto schools in Maker Kuei.
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  • Father Alan Neville leads Mass at the Loreto Primary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. A member of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, the priest is chaplain to the Loreto schools in Maker Kuei.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-A689.jpg
  • Father Alan Neville receives the AstroZeneca Covid-19 vaccine from Ruben Mawal on September 15, 2021, during a campaign to vaccinate teachers and staff at the Loreto Schools in Maker Kuei, South Sudan. The vaccinations took place in the Mary Ward Primary Health Care Clinic. A member of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, the Irish priest is chaplain to the Loreto schools in Maker Kuei.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-A449.JPG
  • Four-year old Agum Maker holds one of her family's goats in Maker Kuei, South Sudan.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-B032.jpg
  • Four-year old Agum Maker holds one of her family's goats in Maker Kuei, South Sudan.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-B029.JPG
  • Four-year old Agum Maker holds one of her family's goats in Maker Kuei, South Sudan.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-B033.jpg
  • Students paint ash on their faces before they perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D107.JPG
  • Students perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D035.JPG
  • Students recite a poem about the rights of girls to have an education, during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D029.JPG
  • Staff of the Loreto schools in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan, unload food that forms part of their compensation.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C207.jpg
  • Students participate in a debate in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country. The topic of the debate was women's rights in the country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C205.jpg
  • Students participate in a debate in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country. The topic of the debate was women's rights in the country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C203.jpg
  • Students cheer during a debate in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country. The topic of the debate was women's rights in the country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C194.jpg
  • A worker at the Loreto schools in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The secondary school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country, and the primary school provides education to children from neighboring villages. Workers like this woman help insure the huge compound is well maintained.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C159.jpg
  • Staff at the Loreto schools in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan, participate in a workshop on trauma healing.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C101.jpg
  • Students learn basic agricultural practices in a class at the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C061.jpg
  • A woman plants seeds on the farm at the Loreto schools in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The secondary school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country, and the primary school provides education to children from neighboring villages. Workers like this woman help insure the hundreds of students and staff are well fed.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C057.jpg
  • A boy holds one of his family's goats in Maker Kuei, South Sudan.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-B027.jpg
  • A boy participates in Mass at the Loreto Primary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-A682.jpg
  • Residents of Maker Kuei, a small village outside Rumbek, South Sudan, dance as they celebrate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Loreto School in their community. The school is run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-J735.jpg
  • Students recite a pledge during morning assembly at the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-F059.JPG
  • Loreto Sister Orla Treacy speaks to students at the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. Treacy, from Ireland, is the director of the school, which brings girls from throughout the country to study together.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-E031.JPG
  • A student carries a chair in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-E025.JPG
  • Students paint ash on their faces before they perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D053.JPG
  • Students perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D046.JPG
  • Students perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D047.JPG
  • Students in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D017.JPG
  • Student judges vote during a debate in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country. The topic of the debate was women's rights in the country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C224.jpg
  • A worker at the Loreto schools in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The secondary school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country, and the primary school provides education to children from neighboring villages. Workers like this woman help insure the hundreds of students and staff are well fed.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C162.jpg
  • Teacher Ruth Njuguna speaks during morning assembly in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C026.jpg
  • A student in class in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C003.jpg
  • A meeting of the leadership team of the Loreto Girls' Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-B180.jpg
  • Girls participate in a class in the computer lab at the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country. The teacher is Wesley Nyandika.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-A622.jpg
  • A dog rests in the dirt as students line up for morning assembly at the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-F060.jpg
  • Workers unload building materials at the Loreto schools in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The schools have steadily grown in size, necessitating almost constant construction of new classrooms and other facilities.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-F015.jpg
  • Students paint ash on their faces before they perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D108.JPG
  • Students perform traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embrace a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D095.JPG
  • Students perform traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embrace a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D090.JPG
  • Students present a fashion show during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D079.JPG
  • Students perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D050.JPG
  • Students perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D037.JPG
  • Gum Mapuor poses with baby pigs he helps raise at the Loreto schools in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The secondary school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country, and the primary school provides education to children from neighboring villages. Workers like this man help insure the huge compound, with its supporting farm, is well maintained and students and staff have access to nutritious food.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D010.JPG
  • Sarah Achol works at the Loreto schools in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The secondary school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country, and the primary school provides education to children from neighboring villages. Workers like this woman help insure the huge compound, with its supporting farm, is well maintained.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D005.JPG
  • Makol, a worker at the Loreto schools in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan, unloads food that forms part of the workers' compensation.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C208.jpg
  • Students participate in a debate in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country. The topic of the debate was women's rights in the country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C193.jpg
  • A student in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C151.jpg
  • Students use microscopes during a chemistry lab in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C129.jpg
  • Teacher David Wani helps students in a chemistry lab in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C125.jpg
  • Students participate in a chemistry lab in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C115.jpg
  • A student in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C094.jpg
  • A woman works on the farm at the Loreto schools in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The secondary school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country, and the primary school provides education to children from neighboring villages. Workers like this woman help insure the hundreds of students and staff are well fed.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C053.jpg
  • Girls in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C027.jpg
  • Mary Alual, a nurse at the Mary Ward Primary Health Care Clinic in Maker Kuei, South Sudan, educates neighbors about proper health care. The clinic serves both children and youth who attend the Loreto schools in the village as well as members of the surrounding community.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-B153.jpg
  • A mother with twins at the Mary Ward Primary Health Care Clinic in Maker Kuei, South Sudan.<br />
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In some parts of Africa, the birth of twins is not good news. Perhaps because a marginally nourished mother was unable to produce enough milk to care for two infants, some tribes developed the custom of letting one child die. They wouldn't kill it, per se, just set it in the bush and leave it to its own fate. Among the Dinka in this part of South Sudan, a child set aside in this manner was referred to as "becoming a lion." <br />
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To combat the practice, and reverse the stigma that often attached to the mother of twins, the clinic of the Loreto schools outside of Rumbek started a special program for mothers of twins, assuring proper nutrition and health care for the mother and both children. On this day, there were more than a dozen mothers with their twins who came to the clinic, where twins are celebrated as a blessing.
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  • A mother with twins at the Mary Ward Primary Health Care Clinic in Maker Kuei, South Sudan.<br />
<br />
In some parts of Africa, the birth of twins is not good news. Perhaps because a marginally nourished mother was unable to produce enough milk to care for two infants, some tribes developed the custom of letting one child die. They wouldn't kill it, per se, just set it in the bush and leave it to its own fate. Among the Dinka in this part of South Sudan, a child set aside in this manner was referred to as "becoming a lion." <br />
<br />
To combat the practice, and reverse the stigma that often attached to the mother of twins, the clinic of the Loreto schools outside of Rumbek started a special program for mothers of twins, assuring proper nutrition and health care for the mother and both children. On this day, there were more than a dozen mothers with their twins who came to the clinic, where twins are celebrated as a blessing.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-B129.jpg
  • Students from the Loreto Primary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan, line up to be seen by health care workers at the school's clinic. Many of the children suffer from malaria. The clinic serves both children and youth who attend the Loreto schools as well as members of the surrounding community.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-B119.jpg
  • Tired from studying, a girl naps on her desk in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-A614.jpg
  • Girls harvest groundnuts (peanuts) at the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-A600.jpg
  • Elizabeth Nyanakak works in the pharmacy of the Mary Ward Primary Health Care Clinic in Maker Kuei, South Sudan. The clinic is sponsored by the Loreto schools in the village.<br />
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Nyanakak is a midwife graduate from the Catholic Health Training Institute in Wau.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-A432.jpg
  • Residents of Maker Kuei, a small village outside Rumbek, South Sudan, dance as they celebrate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Loreto School in their community. The school is run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-J931.jpg
  • Residents of Maker Kuei, a small village outside Rumbek, South Sudan, dance as they celebrate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Loreto School in their community. The school is run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-J811.jpg
  • Girls smile during morning assembly in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-F075.JPG
  • Girls laugh during morning assembly in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-F069.JPG
  • A student's rosary and officer's badge over her school uniform in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-F067.JPG
  • Loreto Sister Orla Treacy speaks to students at the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. Treacy, from Ireland, is the director of the school, which brings girls from throughout the country to study together.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-E021.JPG
  • A girl reads scripture during Sunday Mass at the Loreto Girls' Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-E008.JPG
  • Students play football in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D138.JPG
  • A student performs rap music--while others play adoring fans--during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. <br />
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Since students don't have phones in the school, one girl is wielding a calculator as if it were the phone of an adoring fan.<br />
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The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D127.JPG
  • Students paint ash on their faces before they perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D101.JPG
  • Students perform traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embrace a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D099.JPG
  • Students perform traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embrace a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D091.JPG
  • Students present a fashion show during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D077.JPG
  • Students cheer during a fashion show offered as part of a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D074.JPG
  • Students paint ash on their faces before they perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D058.JPG
  • Students paint ash on their faces before they perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D056.JPG
  • Students perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D054.JPG
  • Students perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D052.JPG
  • A girl blows a cow horn as students perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D039.JPG
  • Students having fun in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D027.JPG
  • Aliric Chol, a worker at the Loreto schools in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan, unloads food that forms part of the workers' compensation.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C211.jpg
  • Students cheer during a debate in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country. The topic of the debate was women's rights in the country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C189.jpg
  • A student carries food to the dining hall of the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C180.jpg
  • A student carries food to the dining hall of the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C179.jpg
  • A worker at the Loreto schools in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The secondary school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country, and the primary school provides education to children from neighboring villages. Workers like this man help insure the hundreds of students and staff are well fed.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C165.jpg
  • Students pose during a chemistry lab in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C149.jpg
  • Students participate in a chemistry lab in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C123.jpg
  • Students participate in a chemistry lab in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C107.jpg
  • Students participate in a chemistry lab in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C104.jpg
  • Staff at the Loreto schools in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan, participate in a workshop on trauma healing.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C103.jpg
  • Students learn basic agricultural practices in a class at the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C093.jpg
  • Students learn basic agricultural practices in a class at the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C090.jpg
  • Teacher Erick Njoroge helps students learn basic agricultural practices in a class at the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C068.jpg
  • A woman works on the farm at the Loreto schools in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The secondary school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country, and the primary school provides education to children from neighboring villages. Workers like this woman help insure the hundreds of students and staff are well fed.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C054.jpg
  • A woman works on the farm at the Loreto schools in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The secondary school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country, and the primary school provides education to children from neighboring villages. Workers like this woman help insure the hundreds of students and staff are well fed.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C050.JPG
  • A worker at the Loreto schools in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The secondary school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country, and the primary school provides education to children from neighboring villages. Workers like this man help insure the hundreds of students and staff can enjoy facilities that are well constructed and maintained.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C040.jpg
  • Girls put their hands over their hearts during morning assembly in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C014.jpg
  • Longon Elia Lotoro teaches a class in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-C002.jpg
  • Faculty and staff of the Loreto Primary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-B178.JPG
  • A faculty meeting at the Loreto Primary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-B139.jpg
  • A mother with twins at the Mary Ward Primary Health Care Clinic in Maker Kuei, South Sudan.<br />
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In some parts of Africa, the birth of twins is not good news. Perhaps because a marginally nourished mother was unable to produce enough milk to care for two infants, some tribes developed the custom of letting one child die. They wouldn't kill it, per se, just set it in the bush and leave it to its own fate. Among the Dinka in this part of South Sudan, a child set aside in this manner was referred to as "becoming a lion." <br />
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To combat the practice, and reverse the stigma that often attached to the mother of twins, the clinic of the Loreto schools outside of Rumbek started a special program for mothers of twins, assuring proper nutrition and health care for the mother and both children. On this day, there were more than a dozen mothers with their twins who came to the clinic, where twins are celebrated as a blessing.
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