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  • A girl throws ash on an animal on April 12, 2017, in a cattle camp in Dong Boma, a Dinka village in South Sudan's Jonglei State. Most of the families in the village recently returned home after being displaced by rebel soldiers in December, 2013, and they face serious challenges in rebuilding their village while simultaneously coping with a drought which has devastated the cattle herds that provide a foundation for their economy and culture.<br />
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The ash helps control flies in the cattle herd.<br />
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The Lutheran World Federation, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping the villagers restart their lives with support for housing, livelihood, and food security.
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  • A young Dinka woman walks among cattle in Dong Boma, a village in South Sudan's Jonglei State. Most of the families in the village recently returned home after being displaced by rebel soldiers in December, 2013, and they face serious challenges in rebuilding their village while simultaneously coping with a drought which has devastated the cattle herds that provide a foundation for their economy and culture.<br />
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The Lutheran World Federation, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping the villagers restart their lives with support for housing, livelihood, and food security.
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  • Eight-year old Garang Duot wrestles to control an animal on April 12, 2017, in a cattle camp in Dong Boma, a Dinka village in South Sudan's Jonglei State. Most of the families in the village, including this boy's, recently returned home after being displaced by rebel soldiers in December, 2013, and they face serious challenges in rebuilding their village while simultaneously coping with a drought which has devastated the cattle herds that provide a foundation for their economy and culture.<br />
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The Lutheran World Federation, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping the villagers restart their lives with support for housing, livelihood, and food security.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • A cattle keeper holds a decorated assault rifle in Mogok, South Sudan. Cattle raiding between neighboring tribes has long been a tradition in South Sudan, but the acquisition of high-powered weapons has turned the practice into a blood sport, and politicians and warlords have enlisted the armed cattle keepers as allies in acquiring and maintaining territory.
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  • Two cattle keepers carry assault rifles in Mogok, South Sudan. Cattle raiding between neighboring tribes has long been a tradition in South Sudan, but the acquisition of high-powered weapons has turned the practice into a blood sport, and politicians and warlords have enlisted the armed cattle keepers as allies in acquiring and maintaining territory.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-mogok-misc-...JPG
  • A cattle keeper holds an assault rifle in Mogok, South Sudan. Cattle raiding between neighboring tribes has long been a tradition in South Sudan, but the acquisition of high-powered weapons has turned the practice into a blood sport, and politicians and warlords have enlisted the armed cattle keepers as allies in acquiring and maintaining territory.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-mogok-misc-...JPG
  • A cattle keeper holds an assault rifle in Mogok, South Sudan. Cattle raiding between neighboring tribes has long been a tradition in South Sudan, but the acquisition of high-powered weapons has turned the practice into a blood sport, and politicians and warlords have enlisted the armed cattle keepers as allies in acquiring and maintaining territory.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-mogok-misc-...JPG
  • A cattle keeper holds an assault rifle in Mogok, South Sudan. Cattle raiding between neighboring tribes has long been a tradition in South Sudan, but the acquisition of high-powered weapons has turned the practice into a blood sport, and politicians and warlords have enlisted the armed cattle keepers as allies in acquiring and maintaining territory.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-mogok-misc-...JPG
  • A cattle keeper carries an AK-47 as he escorts his cows in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State where the Catholic Church has established the Holy Trinity Peace Village.<br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Cattle remain the principal way to accumulate capital and are frequently a source of conflict.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-D05.JPG
  • A cattle keeper carries an AK-47 as he escorts his cows in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State where the Catholic Church has established the Holy Trinity Peace Village.<br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Cattle remain the principal way to accumulate capital and are frequently a source of conflict.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-D02.JPG
  • A cattle keeper carries an AK-47 as he escorts his cows in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State where the Catholic Church has established the Holy Trinity Peace Village.<br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Cattle remain the principal way to accumulate capital and are frequently a source of conflict.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-D03.JPG
  • Toposa cattle keepers brand their cattle with all sorts of modern artifacts, including a helicopter on this cow in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-B42.JPG
  • A cattle keeper carries an assault rifle in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State where the Catholic Church has established the Holy Trinity Peace Village.<br />
<br />
The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Cattle remain the principal way to accumulate capital and are frequently a source of conflict. <br />
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Despite his military-style clothing, the man is a civilian.
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  • A student in the woodworking class in the Vocational Training Center in Matara, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The center is sponsored by the Holy Trinity Peace Village in nearby Kuron.  <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Equipping young people with job skills provides an alternative to cattle keeping.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-A037.JPG
  • Boys pose as a group with their instructor, Charles Drici,  while learning carpentry and joinery in the Vocational Training Center in Matara, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The center is sponsored by the Holy Trinity Peace Village in nearby Kuron.  <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Equipping young people with job skills provides an alternative to cattle keeping.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-A035.jpg
  • Boys pose as a group while manufacturing concrete blocks in the Vocational Training Center in Matara, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The center is sponsored by the Holy Trinity Peace Village in nearby Kuron.  <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Equipping young people with job skills provides an alternative to cattle keeping.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-A034.jpg
  • A boy sands his handiwork in the Vocational Training Center in Matara, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The center is sponsored by the Holy Trinity Peace Village in nearby Kuron.  <br />
<br />
The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Equipping young people with job skills provides an alternative to cattle keeping.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-A024.jpg
  • Boys manufacture concrete blocks in the Vocational Training Center in Matara, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The center is sponsored by the Holy Trinity Peace Village in nearby Kuron.  <br />
<br />
The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Equipping young people with job skills provides an alternative to cattle keeping.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-A026.jpg
  • Youth sand their handiwork in the Vocational Training Center in Matara, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The center is sponsored by the Holy Trinity Peace Village in nearby Kuron. <br />
<br />
The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Equipping young people with job skills provides an alternative to cattle keeping.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-A020.jpg
  • Charles Drici is the carpentry and joinery instructor at the Vocational Training Center in Matara, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The center is sponsored by the Holy Trinity Peace Village in nearby Kuron.  <br />
<br />
The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Equipping young people with job skills provides an alternative to cattle keeping.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-A038.jpg
  • A student in the woodworking class in the Vocational Training Center in Matara, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The center is sponsored by the Holy Trinity Peace Village in nearby Kuron.  <br />
<br />
The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Equipping young people with job skills provides an alternative to cattle keeping.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-A036.jpg
  • Boys pose as a group with their instructor while manufacturing concrete blocks in the Vocational Training Center in Matara, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The center is sponsored by the Holy Trinity Peace Village in nearby Kuron.  <br />
<br />
The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Equipping young people with job skills provides an alternative to cattle keeping.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-A032.jpg
  • Boys pose as a group while manufacturing concrete blocks in the Vocational Training Center in Matara, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The center is sponsored by the Holy Trinity Peace Village in nearby Kuron.  <br />
<br />
The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Equipping young people with job skills provides an alternative to cattle keeping.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-A027.jpg
  • Martin Lorot paints a bedframe he has constructed in the Vocational Training Center in Matara, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The center is sponsored by the Holy Trinity Peace Village in nearby Kuron.  <br />
<br />
The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Equipping young people with job skills provides an alternative to cattle keeping.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-A023.jpg
  • Youth sand their handiwork in the Vocational Training Center in Matara, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The center is sponsored by the Holy Trinity Peace Village in nearby Kuron. <br />
<br />
The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Equipping young people with job skills provides an alternative to cattle keeping.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-A021.jpg
  • Boys pose as a group while manufacturing concrete blocks in the Vocational Training Center in Matara, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The center is sponsored by the Holy Trinity Peace Village in nearby Kuron.  <br />
<br />
The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Equipping young people with job skills provides an alternative to cattle keeping.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-A029.jpg
  • Elia Marco sharpens a knife he has made in the Vocational Training Center in Matara, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The center is sponsored by the Holy Trinity Peace Village in nearby Kuron.  <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Equipping young people with job skills provides an alternative to cattle keeping.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-A030.jpg
  • Women gather stones to repair a road near the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The women gather stones and place them on the road surface to make it more usable in wet weather.<br />
<br />
The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Constructing and maintaining good roads encourages movement and freer interchange between people of different tribes.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-B28.JPG
  • A young cattle keeper grabs a bull by the horns in Mogok, South Sudan.
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  • A cattle keeper amid his cows in Mogok, South Sudan.
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  • A young cattle keeper amid his family's cows in Mogok, South Sudan.
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  • A young cattle keeper amid his family's cows in Mogok, South Sudan.
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  • Children sing and pray during a nighttime vigil for peace in Nakubuse, a small village near Kuron in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-N26.JPG
  • As lightning illuminates the sky behind them, children sing and pray during a nighttime prayer vigil for peace in Nakubuse, a small village near Kuron in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-N25.JPG
  • Children sing and pray during a nighttime prayer vigil for peace in Nakubuse, a small village near Kuron in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
<br />
The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-N09.JPG
  • Children sing and pray during a nighttime prayer vigil for peace in Nakubuse, a small village near Kuron in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
<br />
The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-N06.JPG
  • Children sing and pray during a nighttime prayer vigil for peace in Nakubuse, a small village near Kuron in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
<br />
The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-N05.JPG
  • A man near Nakubuse, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, which includes this community, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-C644.jpg
  • Milla Elizeous John (left) talks with a farmer in his field of millet near Nakubuse, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, which includes this community, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Providing technical and material support for farmers has been a central element of the project's peacebuilding. John oversees that work as coordinator of economic and social empowerment.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-C621.jpg
  • A farmer near Nakubuse, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
<br />
The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, which includes this community, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Providing technical and material support for farmers has been a central element of the project's peacebuilding.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-C605.jpg
  • A Toposa girl watches over her family's sorghum crop near Nakubuse, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The girl stands on an elevated platform where she can survey the entire field. When birds come to eat the grain, she forms a ball of mud around the end of a long flexible stick, which she then swings and cracks like a whip, sending the mud flying toward the birds. As the harvest approaches, every field has at least one such elevated platform, and children are the main protectors of the crop.<br />
<br />
The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, which includes this community, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-C598.jpg
  • A Toposa girl protects her family's sorghum crop near Nakubuse, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
<br />
The girl stands on an elevated platform where she can survey the entire field. When birds come to eat the grain, she forms a ball of mud around the end of a long flexible stick, which she then swings and cracks like a whip, sending the mud flying toward the birds. As the harvest approaches, every field has at least one such elevated platform, and children are the main protectors of the crop.<br />
<br />
The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, which includes this community, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-C587.jpg
  • A Toposa girl protects her family's sorghum crop near Nakubuse, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
<br />
The girl stands on an elevated platform where she can survey the entire field. When birds come to eat the grain, she forms a ball of mud around the end of a long flexible stick, which she then swings and cracks like a whip, sending the mud flying toward the birds. As the harvest approaches, every field has at least one such elevated platform, and children are the main protectors of the crop.<br />
<br />
The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, which includes this community, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-C576.JPG
  • A Toposa girl protects her family's sorghum crop near Nakubuse, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
<br />
The girl stands on an elevated platform where she can survey the entire field. When birds come to eat the grain, she forms a ball of mud around the end of a long flexible stick, which she then swings and cracks like a whip, sending the mud flying toward the birds. As the harvest approaches, every field has at least one such elevated platform, and children are the main protectors of the crop.<br />
<br />
The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, which includes this community, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-C574.jpg
  • Jonas Halvorsen, an official with Norwegian Church Aid, speaks to a community meeting on peacebuilding in Nakubuse, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, which includes this community, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-C553.jpg
  • A village leader speaks to a community meeting on peacebuilding in Nakubuse, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
<br />
The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, which includes this community, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-C543.jpg
  • A village elder blesses a community meeting on peacebuilding in Nakubuse, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, which includes this community, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-C497.jpg
  • A man participates in a meeting on peacebuilding in Nakubuse, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, which includes this community, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-C347.jpg
  • A woman dishes up porridge for breakfast at the St. Thomas Primary School in the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Bringing children from different tribes in one school, where English is the common language, is one element of the peacebuilding. Children from the Jie, Murle, Dinka, Nuer, Madi, Katiko, Acholi and Toposa tribes attend the school.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-C296.jpg
  • A sign at the entry to the St. Thomas Primary School in the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
<br />
The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Bringing children from different tribes in one school, where English is the common language, is one element of the peacebuilding. Children from the Jie, Murle, Dinka, Nuer, Madi, Katiko, Acholi and Toposa tribes attend the school.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-C274.jpg
  • A woman cooks porridge for students' breakfast at the St. Thomas Primary School in the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Bringing children from different tribes in one school, where English is the common language, is one element of the peacebuilding. Children from the Jie, Murle, Dinka, Nuer, Madi, Katiko, Acholi and Toposa tribes attend the school.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-C275.jpg
  • Clinical officer Richard Leonard sutures a knife wound in the abdomen of Sam Juma in the primary care health center in Matara, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The clinic is sponsored by the Holy Trinity Peace Village in nearby Kuron. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. While greatly reduced, violence still occasionally breaks out, as in an October 1, 2021, attack on Juma by a man attempting to steal corn.<br />
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Juma, an agricultural specialist with the Peace Village, was evacuated by air to Juba and then to Uganda for further treatment.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-C249.jpg
  • Clinical officer Richard Leonard treats a knife wound in the abdomen of Sam Juma in the primary care health center in Matara, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The clinic is sponsored by the Holy Trinity Peace Village in nearby Kuron. <br />
<br />
The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. While greatly reduced, violence still occasionally breaks out, as in an October 1, 2021, attack on Juma by a man attempting to steal corn.<br />
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Juma, an agricultural specialist with the Peace Village, was evacuated by air to Juba and then to Uganda for further treatment.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-C232.jpg
  • Clinical officer Richard Leonard treats a knife wound in the abdomen of Sam Juma in the primary care health center in Matara, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The clinic is sponsored by the Holy Trinity Peace Village in nearby Kuron. <br />
<br />
The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. While greatly reduced, violence still occasionally breaks out, as in an October 1, 2021, attack on Juma by a man attempting to steal corn.<br />
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Nurse Martha Oljira (left) and others assist during the procedure. <br />
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Juma, an agricultural specialist with the Peace Village, was evacuated by air to Juba and then to Uganda for further treatment.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-C212.jpg
  • Albano Louis is a Toposa chief in the village of Korokochom, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Louis is one of many community leaders who have been instrumental in making peace a reality.
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  • A woman throws a stone used to repair a road near the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The women gather stones and place them on the road surface to make it more usable in wet weather.<br />
<br />
The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Constructing and maintaining good roads encourages movement and freer interchange between people of different tribes.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-B41.JPG
  • A woman throws a stone used to repair a road near the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The women gather stones and place them on the road surface to make it more usable in wet weather.<br />
<br />
The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Constructing and maintaining good roads encourages movement and freer interchange between people of different tribes.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-B39.JPG
  • A woman throws stones used to repair a road near the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. A group of mostly women gather the stones and place them on the road surface to make it more usable in wet weather.<br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Constructing and maintaining good roads encourages movement and freer interchange between people of different tribes.
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  • A woman gathers stones to repair a road near the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The women gather stones and place them on the road surface to make it more usable in wet weather.<br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Constructing and maintaining good roads encourages movement and freer interchange between people of different tribes.
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  • A woman throws a stone used to repair a road near the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The women gather stones and place them on the road surface to make it more usable in wet weather.<br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Constructing and maintaining good roads encourages movement and freer interchange between people of different tribes.
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  • A woman gathers stones to repair a road near the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The women gather stones and place them on the road surface to make it more usable in wet weather.<br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Constructing and maintaining good roads encourages movement and freer interchange between people of different tribes.
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  • A woman gathers stones to repair a road near the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The women gather stones and place them on the road surface to make it more usable in wet weather.<br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Constructing and maintaining good roads encourages movement and freer interchange between people of different tribes.
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  • Women gather stones to repair a road near the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The women gather stones and place them on the road surface to make it more usable in wet weather.<br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Constructing and maintaining good roads encourages movement and freer interchange between people of different tribes.
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  • Women gather stones to repair a road near the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The women gather stones and place them on the road surface to make it more usable in wet weather.<br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Constructing and maintaining good roads encourages movement and freer interchange between people of different tribes.
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  • A woman gathers stones to repair a road near the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The women gather stones and place them on the road surface to make it more usable in wet weather.<br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Constructing and maintaining good roads encourages movement and freer interchange between people of different tribes.
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  • Women gather stones to repair a road near the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The women gather stones and place them on the road surface to make it more usable in wet weather.<br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Constructing and maintaining good roads encourages movement and freer interchange between people of different tribes.
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  • Women and men work repairing a road near the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. They gathered the stones and are placing them on the road surface to make it more usable in wet weather.<br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Constructing and maintaining good roads encourages movement and freer interchange between people of different tribes.
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  • Women work repairing a road near the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The women gathered the stones and are placing them on the road surface to make it more usable in wet weather.<br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Constructing and maintaining good roads encourages movement and freer interchange between people of different tribes.
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  • Sam Juma Chelimo, an agricultural specialist with the Holy Trinity Peace Village, talks with women in their corn field in Karukochom, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron and including this village, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. That ministry includes helping farmers grow crops in a sustainable and productive manner.
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  • Toposa women dance in Karukochom, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron and including this village, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
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  • Toposa women dance in Karukochom, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron and including this village, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
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  • Toposa women dance in Karukochom, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron and including this village, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
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  • A Toposa woman looks out of her hut in Karukochom, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron and including this village, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
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  • A Toposa woman in Karukochom, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron but including this village, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
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  • A Toposa girl in the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
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  • Toposa girls in the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
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  • Men brandish weapons in the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities, where weapons are commonplace.
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  • A Toposa woman in the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
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  • A Toposa man in the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The military style hat he wears is not official.<br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-A070.jpg
  • A Toposa man in the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The military style clothing he wears is not official.<br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-A069.jpg
  • A Toposa man in the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State.<br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
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  • A Toposa woman in the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
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  • A Toposa woman in the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
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  • A Toposa woman in the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
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  • A Toposa woman and child in the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-kuron-A055.jpg
  • A Toposa woman in the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
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  • A Toposa child in the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
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  • A teacher writes on the blackboard in the secondary school in Matara, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The school is sponsored by the Holy Trinity Peace Village in nearby Kuron. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Bringing youth from different tribes together in a common learning environment is seen as an important tool in building relationships that will contribute to peace.
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  • Students in the secondary school in Matara, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The school is sponsored by the Holy Trinity Peace Village in nearby Kuron. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. Bringing youth from different tribes together in a common learning environment is seen as an important tool in building relationships that will contribute to peace.
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  • A Toposa woman nurses her child in Matara, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State that hosts a clinic and schools sponsored by the Holy Trinity Peace Village in nearby Kuron. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
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  • Nurse Immaculate Mora performs a prenatal exam on a Toposa woman in the primary care health center in Matara, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The clinic is sponsored by the Holy Trinity Peace Village in nearby Kuron. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
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  • A Toposa woman in Matara, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State that hosts a clinic and schools sponsored by the Holy Trinity Peace Village in nearby Kuron. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
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  • Nurse Alia Beatrice talks with a patient in the primary care health center in Matara, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. The clinic is sponsored by the Holy Trinity Peace Village in nearby Kuron. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities. <br />
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Alia Beatrice was trained at the Catholic Health Training Institute in Wau, which is supported by Solidarity with South Sudan.
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  • A Dinka Ngok cattle herder drives his herd southward in the contested Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan. Fearful of incursions by Misseriya nomads from the north, he and other residents are fleeing south to avoid violent confrontations. Residents of the area also fled south in 2011 after a prolonged attack by soldiers and militias from the northern Republic of Sudan. Although the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement called for residents of Abyei--which sits on the border between Sudan and South Sudan--to hold a referendum on whether they wanted to align with the north or the newly independent South Sudan, the government in Khartoum and the northern-backed Misseriya, excluded from voting as they only live part of the year in Abyei, blocked the vote and attacked the majority Dinka Ngok population. The African Union has proposed a new peace plan, including a referendum to be held in October 2013, but it has been rejected by the Misseriya and Khartoum. The Catholic parish of Abyei, with support from Caritas South Sudan and other international church partners, has maintained its pastoral presence among the displaced and assisted them with food, shelter, and other relief supplies.
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  • A woman walks through a herd of cattle in Mogok, South Sudan.
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  • A young cattle keeper helps a cow cross a river near Mogok, South Sudan.
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  • An armed cattle keeper in Mogok, South Sudan.
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  • A cattle keeper amid his cows in Mogok, South Sudan.
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  • An armed cattle keeper in Mogok, South Sudan.
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  • A young cattle keeper grabs a bull by the horns in Mogok, South Sudan.
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