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  • A woman displaced by armed conflict during Mass in the Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Riimenze, South Sudan. With thousands of other displaced, she lives in a camp that has formed around the parish church.
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  • A woman displaced by armed conflict sweeps the ground around her shelter in a camp for internally displaced persons that formed around the Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Riimenze, South Sudan. The parish has provided food, shelter material, and health care, and the presence of the local priest and a group of religious has contributed to a sense of relative safety.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-riimenze-id...jpg
  • A mother and two of her children wake up after sleeping in the open in a camp for over 5,000 internally displaced persons in an Episcopal Church compound in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced by violence early in 2017, after a larger number took refuge in other church sites when widespread armed conflict engulfed Wau in June 2016.<br />
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Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
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  • Eight-year old Adieu Anai cooks over a fire in a camp for more than 5,000 internally displaced persons in an Episcopal Church compound in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced by violence early in 2017, after a larger number took refuge in other church sites when widespread armed conflict engulfed Wau in June 2016.<br />
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Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau. <br />
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  • Mary Achol supervises a water point inside the Protection of Civilians area in the United Nations base in Malakal, South Sudan. Residents of the area can line up and fill their containers with water during certain hours of the day. Mary Achol maintains order and hygiene at the faucets.<br />
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Some 35,000 people live in the camp, protected by UN peacekeeping troops. They were displaced from Malakal following the outbreak of a civil war in 2013. The armed conflict has a strong element of ethnic tension, and the mostly Shilluk and Nuer residents of the camp fear for their security from the largely Dinka population that has moved into their former town.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-malakal-060.JPG
  • Father Mike Bassano, a Maryknoll priest from the United States, jumps over a ditch as he walks inside the Protection of Civilians area inside the United Nations base in Malakal, South Sudan. <br />
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Some 35,000 people live in the camp, protected by UN peacekeeping troops. They were displaced from Malakal following the outbreak of a civil war in 2013. The armed conflict has a strong element of ethnic tension, and the mostly Shilluk and Nuer residents of the camp fear for their security from the largely Dinka population that has moved into their former town.            <br />
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Bassano, also a member of Solidarity with South Sudan, an international network of Catholics supporting the new country, lives in the camp.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-malakal-030.JPG
  • A family shares a meal inside their shelter in a camp for more than 12,000 internally displaced persons located on the grounds of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced in June, 2016, when armed conflict engulfed Wau.<br />
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Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-wau-idps-24...JPG
  • Father Mike Bassano, a Maryknoll priest from the United States, visits with a family inside the Protection of Civilians area inside the United Nations base in Malakal, South Sudan. Some 35,000 people live in the camp, protected by UN peacekeeping troops. They were displaced from Malakal following the outbreak of a civil war in 2013. The armed conflict has a strong element of ethnic tension, and the mostly Shilluk and Nuer residents of the camp fear for their security from the largely Dinka population that has moved into their former town.     <br />
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Bassano, also a member of Solidarity with South Sudan, an international network of Catholics supporting the new country, lives in the camp.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-malakal-001.jpg
  • John Simba, a member of an ACT Alliance team, searches for unexploded ordnance in a civilian area near the South Sudan town of Bor, which has been the scene of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December 2013 and quickly ripped the newly independent nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The explosive ordnance disposal team is part of the humanitarian mine action program of Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The program also deploys mine risk education teams to help villagers identify and understand the dangers of unexploded ordnance and land mines from this most recent conflict as well as ordnance left over from decades of civil war.
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  • Women pray during Sunday Mass at the Catholic Church inside the Protection of Civilians area in the United Nations base in Malakal, South Sudan. <br />
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Some 35,000 people live in the camp, protected by UN peacekeeping troops. They were displaced from Malakal following the outbreak of a civil war in 2013. The armed conflict has a strong element of ethnic tension, and the mostly Shilluk and Nuer residents of the camp fear for their security from the largely Dinka population that has moved into their former town.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-malakal-219.jpg
  • Father Mike Bassano, a Maryknoll priest from the United States, dances with members of a youth dance group of the Catholic Church inside the Protection of Civilians area in the United Nations base in Malakal, South Sudan. <br />
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Some 35,000 people live in the camp, protected by UN peacekeeping troops. They were displaced from Malakal following the outbreak of a civil war in 2013. The armed conflict has a strong element of ethnic tension, and the mostly Shilluk and Nuer residents of the camp fear for their security from the largely Dinka population that has moved into their former town.            <br />
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Bassano, also a member of Solidarity with South Sudan, an international network of Catholics supporting the new country, lives in the camp.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-malakal-106.jpg
  • Akuch Kon eats wild leaves in Rumading, a village in South Sudan's Lol State where more than 5,000 people, displaced by drought and conflict, remain in limbo. In early 2017, Kon and the others set out walking for Sudan, seeking better conditions, but were stopped from crossing the border. They remain camped out under the trees at Rumading, eating wild leaves as the rainy season approaches. <br />
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In early April, Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, began drilling a well in the informal settlement and distributed sorghum, beans and cooking oil to the most vulnerable families. It is carrying out the emergency assistance in coordination with government officials and the local Catholic parish.
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  • A woman walks through the Protection of Civilians area inside the United Nations base in Malakal, South Sudan. Some 35,000 people live in the camp, protected by UN peacekeeping troops. They were displaced from Malakal following the outbreak of a civil war in 2013. The armed conflict has a strong element of ethnic tension, and the mostly Shilluk and Nuer residents of the camp fear for their security from the largely Dinka population that has moved into their former town.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-malakal-249.JPG
  • A boy inside the Protection of Civilians area inside the United Nations base in Malakal, South Sudan. Some 35,000 people live in the camp, protected by UN peacekeeping troops. They were displaced from Malakal following the outbreak of a civil war in 2013. The armed conflict has a strong element of ethnic tension, and the mostly Shilluk and Nuer residents of the camp fear for their security from the largely Dinka population that has moved into their former town.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-malakal-250.JPG
  • Edith Ayok cooks beans that she received from the ACT Alliance on April 7, 2017, in Rumading, a village in South Sudan's Lol State where more than 5,000 people, displaced from their homes by drought and conflict, remain in limbo. In early 2017, they set out walking for Sudan, seeking better conditions, but were stopped from crossing the border. They remained camped out under the trees at Rumading, eating wild leaves as the rainy season approached.<br />
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In early April, Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, began drilling a well in the informal settlement and distributed sorghum, beans and cooking oil to the most vulnerable families. The ACT Alliance is carrying out the emergency assistance in coordination with government officials and the local Catholic parish.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-A1233.JPG
  • Akuch Kon eats wild leaves in Rumading, a village in South Sudan's Lol State where more than 5,000 people, displaced by drought and conflict, remain in limbo. In early 2017, Kon and the others set out walking for Sudan, seeking better conditions, but were stopped from crossing the border. They remain camped out under the trees at Rumading, eating wild leaves as the rainy season approaches. <br />
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In early April, Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, began drilling a well in the informal settlement and distributed sorghum, beans and cooking oil to the most vulnerable families. It is carrying out the emergency assistance in coordination with government officials and the local Catholic parish.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-A0672.JPG
  • Araj Madut shows some wild leaves she has harvested to feed her family in a camp for over 5,000 internally displaced persons in an Episcopal Church compound in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced by violence early in 2017, after a larger number took refuge in other church sites when widespread armed conflict engulfed Wau in June 2016.<br />
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The leaves are a common "hunger food," eaten by people when no other food is available. Conflict, climate change and corruption have contributed to widespread hunger in South Sudan, and many living in this camp will be unable to leave to cultivate their fields this year.<br />
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Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-wau-ecsidps...JPG
  • In a camp for families displaced by internal conflict in northern Uganda, Covia Akwi cooks grain that will be turned into home brew. The two-decade conflict began winding down with peace talks in 2006, and some displaced families have returned home.
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  • A woman displaced by internal conflict in northern Uganda has returned to her village of origin, where she has built a new hut and checks her hair in a mirror. The two-decade long conflict began winding down with peace talks in 2006, and in 2007 a few families left camps for the internally displaced and returned to their original villages.
    uganda-2007-jeffrey-IDPs-08.jpg
  • A woman displaced by armed conflict prepares food to cook in a camp for internally displaced persons that formed around the Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Riimenze, South Sudan. The parish has provided food, shelter material, and health care, and the presence of the local priest and a group of religious has contributed to a sense of relative safety.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-riimenze-id...jpg
  • Abrahim Lino, a 2-year old boy displaced by armed conflict, carries mangoes in a camp for the displaced that has formed around the Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Riimenze, South Sudan. The boy's father, who worked on a church-run farm, was detained, beaten and burned to death by soldiers in late 2016.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-riimenze-id...jpg
  • Children displaced by armed conflict carry water in a camp for internally displaced persons that formed around the Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Riimenze, South Sudan. The parish has provided food, shelter material, and health care, and the presence of the local priest and a group of religious has contributed to a sense of relative safety.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-riimenze-id...jpg
  • Children displaced by armed conflict carry water in a camp for internally displaced persons that formed around the Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Riimenze, South Sudan. The parish has provided food, shelter material, and health care, and the presence of the local priest and a group of religious has contributed to a sense of relative safety.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-riimenze-id...jpg
  • A woman displaced by armed conflict in a camp for internally displaced persons that formed around the Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Riimenze, South Sudan. The parish has provided food, shelter material, and health care, and the presence of the local priest and a group of religious has contributed to a sense of relative safety.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-riimenze-id...jpg
  • A woman who fled political conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo watches a demonstration, her baby on her back, during a class on new agricultural techniques in a refugee camp in Panyume, South Sudan. The class is conducted by World Renew, a member of the ACT Alliance, which also provides participants with seeds and tools. South Sudan is hosting refugees from neighboring countries at the same time tens of thousands of South Sudanese have fled the country in the wake of political violence that broke out in December 2013. That conflict quickly ripped apart regions of the young nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The ACT Alliance is providing a variety of services to both refugees and internally displaced families throughout the country.
    south-sudan-2014-jeffrey-yei-X11.jpg
  • Women who fled political conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo carry straw to a class on new agricultural techniques in a refugee camp in Panyume, South Sudan. The class is conducted by World Renew, a member of the ACT Alliance, which also provides participants with seeds and tools. South Sudan is hosting refugees from neighboring countries at the same time tens of thousands of South Sudanese have fled the country in the wake of political violence that broke out in December 2013. That conflict quickly ripped apart regions of the young nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The ACT Alliance is providing a variety of services to both refugees and internally displaced families throughout the country.
    south-sudan-2014-jeffrey-yei-X09.jpg
  • Refugees who fled political conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo learn new agricultural techniques in a refugee camp in Panyume, South Sudan. The class is conducted by World Renew, a member of the ACT Alliance, which also provides participants with seeds and tools. South Sudan is hosting refugees from neighboring countries at the same time tens of thousands of South Sudanese have fled the country in the wake of political violence that broke out in December 2013. That conflict quickly ripped apart regions of the young nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The ACT Alliance is providing a variety of services to both refugees and internally displaced families throughout the country.
    south-sudan-2014-jeffrey-yei-X10.jpg
  • Refugees who fled political conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo learn new agricultural techniques in a refugee camp in Panyume, South Sudan. The class is conducted by World Renew, a member of the ACT Alliance, which also provides participants with seeds and tools. South Sudan is hosting refugees from neighboring countries at the same time tens of thousands of South Sudanese have fled the country in the wake of political violence that broke out in December 2013. That conflict quickly ripped apart regions of the young nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The ACT Alliance is providing a variety of services to both refugees and internally displaced families throughout the country.
    south-sudan-2014-jeffrey-yei-X07.jpg
  • Refugees who fled political conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including this mother and child, learn new agricultural techniques in a refugee camp in Panyume, South Sudan. The training is conducted by World Renew, a member of the ACT Alliance, which also provides participants with seeds and tools. South Sudan is hosting refugees from neighboring countries at the same time tens of thousands of South Sudanese have fled the country in the wake of political violence that broke out in December 2013. That conflict quickly ripped apart regions of the young nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The ACT Alliance is providing a variety of services to both refugees and internally displaced families throughout the country.
    south-sudan-2014-jeffrey-yei-X04.jpg
  • Refugees who fled political conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo learn new agricultural techniques in a refugee camp in Panyume, South Sudan. The training is conducted by World Renew, a member of the ACT Alliance, which also provides participants with seeds and tools. South Sudan is hosting refugees from neighboring countries at the same time tens of thousands of South Sudanese have fled the country in the wake of political violence that broke out in December 2013. That conflict quickly ripped apart regions of the young nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The ACT Alliance is providing a variety of services to both refugees and internally displaced families throughout the country.
    south-sudan-2014-jeffrey-yei-X03.jpg
  • Ajok Uogu feeds her 2-year old daughter Awok a nutritional supplement in the Comboni Hospital in Wau, South Sudan. Drought and armed conflict have pushed tens of thousands of people in Wau out of their homes, away from their farms, and unable to adequately feed themselves. The child was admitted to the hospital with severe malnutrition.<br />
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Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-wau-health-...jpg
  • Ajok Uogu feeds her 2-year old daughter Awok a nutritional supplement in the St. Daniel Comboni Catholic Hospital in Wau, South Sudan. Drought and armed conflict have pushed tens of thousands of people in Wau out of their homes, away from their farms, and unable to adequately feed themselves. The child was admitted to the hospital with severe malnutrition.<br />
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Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-wau-health-...jpg
  • Abrahim Lino, a 2-year old boy displaced by armed conflict, carries mangoes in a camp for the displaced that has formed around the Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Riimenze, South Sudan. The boy's father, who worked on a church-run farm, was detained, beaten and burned to death by soldiers in late 2016.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-riimenze-07.jpg
  • A girl displaced by armed conflict carries water in a camp for internally displaced persons that formed around the Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Riimenze, South Sudan. The parish has provided food, shelter material, and health care, and the presence of the local priest and a group of religious has contributed to a sense of relative safety.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-riimenze-id...jpg
  • A girl displaced by armed conflict carries water in a camp for internally displaced persons that formed around the Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Riimenze, South Sudan. The parish has provided food, shelter material, and health care, and the presence of the local priest and a group of religious has contributed to a sense of relative safety.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-riimenze-id...jpg
  • A woman displaced by armed conflict shells peanuts in a camp for internally displaced persons that formed around the Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Riimenze, South Sudan. The parish has provided food, shelter material, and health care, and the presence of the local priest and a group of religious has contributed to a sense of relative safety.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-riimenze-id...jpg
  • Three-year old Janesi Manuel, whose family was displaced by armed conflict, holds a cup of porridge in a camp for internally displaced persons that formed around the Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Riimenze, South Sudan. The food is part of an emergency response by the parish and Solidarity with South Sudan, an international network of Catholic groups supporting education and humanitarian work in the war-torn African country.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-riimenze-id...jpg
  • A woman displaced by armed conflict sorts grain in a camp for internally displaced persons that formed around the Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Riimenze, South Sudan. The parish has provided food, shelter material, and health care, and the presence of the local priest and a group of religious has contributed to a sense of relative safety.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-riimenze-id...jpg
  • A boy displaced by armed conflict runs to school through a camp for internally displaced persons that formed around the Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Riimenze, South Sudan. The parish has provided food, shelter material, and health care, and the presence of the local priest and a group of religious has contributed to a sense of relative safety.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-riimenze-id...jpg
  • A child eats in an emergency feeding program for malnourished children at the Loreto Girls School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, has opened its compound to hundreds of nearby villagers facing hunger because of ongoing conflict and climate change.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-J414.jpg
  • A child eats in an emergency feeding program for malnourished children at the Loreto Girls School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, has opened its compound to hundreds of nearby villagers facing hunger because of ongoing conflict and climate change.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-J400.JPG
  • A child eats in an emergency feeding program for malnourished children at the Loreto Girls School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, has opened its compound to hundreds of nearby villagers facing hunger because of ongoing conflict and climate change.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-J404.jpg
  • A boy gestures as he eats porridge in an emergency feeding program for malnourished children at the Loreto Girls School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, has opened its compound to hundreds of nearby villagers facing hunger because of ongoing conflict and climate change.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-J366.jpg
  • Students share their lunch at the Loreto Primary School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, has also opened its compound to hundreds of nearby villagers facing hunger because of ongoing conflict and climate change.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-H511.jpg
  • Food gets prepared in big quantities at the Loreto Primary School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, has also opened its compound to hundreds of nearby villagers facing hunger because of ongoing conflict and climate change.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-H461.jpg
  • A child eats in an emergency feeding program for malnourished children at the Loreto Girls School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, has opened its compound to hundreds of nearby villagers facing hunger because of ongoing conflict and climate change.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-H403.JPG
  • People walk through a camp for more than 12,000 internally displaced persons located on the grounds of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced in June, 2016, when armed conflict engulfed Wau.<br />
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Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-wau-idps-62...JPG
  • Five-year old Rimar Sebit sells peanuts in a camp for more than 12,000 internally displaced persons located on the grounds of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced in June, 2016, when armed conflict engulfed Wau.<br />
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Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-wau-idps-60...JPG
  • A boy and his siblings asleep in their makeshift shelter in a camp for more than 12,000 internally displaced persons located on the grounds of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced in June, 2016, when armed conflict engulfed Wau.<br />
<br />
Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-wau-idps-43...JPG
  • A family sleeps outside their makeshift shelter in a camp for more than 12,000 internally displaced persons located on the grounds of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced in June, 2016, when armed conflict engulfed Wau.<br />
<br />
Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-wau-idps-38...JPG
  • A man in a camp for more than 12,000 internally displaced persons located on the grounds of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced in June, 2016, when armed conflict engulfed Wau.<br />
<br />
Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-wau-idps-36...JPG
  • Women walk through a camp for more than 12,000 internally displaced persons located on the grounds of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced in June, 2016, when armed conflict engulfed Wau.<br />
<br />
Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-wau-idps-11...JPG
  • A mother and her children eat a meal in a camp for more than 12,000 internally displaced persons located on the grounds of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced in June, 2016, when armed conflict engulfed Wau.<br />
<br />
Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-wau-idps-04...JPG
  • Children in a camp for more than 12,000 internally displaced persons located on the grounds of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced in June, 2016, when armed conflict engulfed Wau.<br />
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Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-wau-idps-00...JPG
  • Rosa Taban sits in front of her makeshift shelter in a camp for more than 12,000 internally displaced persons located on the grounds of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced in June, 2016, when armed conflict engulfed Wau.<br />
<br />
Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-wau-idps-01...JPG
  • A woman carries her tarp early in the morning in a camp for over 5,000 internally displaced persons in an Episcopal Church compound in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced by violence early in 2017, after a larger number took refuge in other church sites when widespread armed conflict engulfed Wau in June 2016.<br />
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Most of the people in this camp have no shelter, and use a tarp or mats to lay on the ground at night.<br />
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Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-wau-ecsidps...JPG
  • A mother and child in a camp for over 5,000 internally displaced persons in an Episcopal Church compound in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced by violence early in 2017, after a larger number took refuge in other church sites when widespread armed conflict engulfed Wau in June 2016.<br />
<br />
Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-wau-ecsidps...JPG
  • Morning in a camp for over 5,000 internally displaced persons in an Episcopal Church compound in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced by violence early in 2017, after a larger number took refuge in other church sites when widespread armed conflict engulfed Wau in June 2016.<br />
<br />
Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-wau-ecsidps...JPG
  • A mother and her children wake up in the morning after sleeping in the open in a camp for over 5,000 internally displaced persons in an Episcopal Church compound in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced by violence early in 2017, after a larger number took refuge in other church sites when widespread armed conflict engulfed Wau in June 2016.<br />
<br />
Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-wau-ecsidps...JPG
  • People waking up in the morning after sleeping in the open in a camp for over 5,000 internally displaced persons in an Episcopal Church compound in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced by violence early in 2017, after a larger number took refuge in other church sites when widespread armed conflict engulfed Wau in June 2016.<br />
<br />
Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-wau-ecsidps...JPG
  • A child in a camp for over 5,000 internally displaced persons in an Episcopal Church compound in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced by violence early in 2017, after a larger number took refuge in other church sites when widespread armed conflict engulfed Wau in June 2016.<br />
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Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
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  • People waking up the morning after sleeping in the open in a camp for over 5,000 internally displaced persons in an Episcopal Church compound in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced by violence early in 2017, after a larger number took refuge in other church sites when widespread armed conflict engulfed Wau in June 2016.<br />
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Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-wau-ecsidps...JPG
  • A girl stirs a pot of food she cooks over a fire in a camp for over 5,000 internally displaced persons in an Episcopal Church compound in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced by violence early in 2017, after a larger number took refuge in other church sites when widespread armed conflict engulfed Wau in June 2016.<br />
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Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-wau-ecsidps...JPG
  • Three-year old Kaban Kon relishes the asida he eats from the stick his mother used to stir the pot in a camp for over 5,000 internally displaced persons in an Episcopal Church compound in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced by violence early in 2017, after a larger number took refuge in other church sites when widespread armed conflict engulfed Wau in June 2016.<br />
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Made from sorghum or other grains, asida is a kind of thick porridge or mush, called ugali or other names in other parts of Africa.<br />
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Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau. <br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • A girl carries water in a camp for over 5,000 internally displaced persons in an Episcopal Church compound in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced by violence early in 2017, after a larger number took refuge in other church sites when widespread armed conflict engulfed Wau in June 2016.<br />
<br />
Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-wau-ecsidps...JPG
  • A woman carries water in a camp for over 5,000 internally displaced persons in an Episcopal Church compound in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced by violence early in 2017, after a larger number took refuge in other church sites when widespread armed conflict engulfed Wau in June 2016.<br />
<br />
Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-wau-ecsidps...JPG
  • Seven-year old Abu Nyal cooks over a fire in a camp for more than 5,000 internally displaced persons in an Episcopal Church compound in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced by violence early in 2017, after a larger number took refuge in other church sites when widespread armed conflict engulfed Wau in June 2016.<br />
<br />
Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau. <br />
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Parental consent obtained.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-wau-ecsidps...JPG
  • On a Sunday morning, a woman displaced by conflict in Timbuktu, Mali, dresses her daughter in preparation for going to church in Bamako, the nation's capital. Thousands of families displaced by the fighting in northern Mali have taken refuge in the capital and other areas of the country's south, most living with relatives or renting small spaces. Many have received support from the ACT Alliance.
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  • On a Sunday morning, a woman displaced by conflict in Timbuktu, Mali, dresses her daughter in preparation for going to church in Bamako, the nation's capital. Thousands of families displaced by the fighting in northern Mali have taken refuge in the capital and other areas of the country's south, most living with relatives or renting small spaces. Many have received support from the ACT Alliance.
    mali-2013-jeffrey-058.jpg
  • On a Sunday morning, a woman displaced by conflict in Timbuktu, Mali, dresses her daughter in preparation for going to church in Bamako, the nation's capital. Thousands of families displaced by the fighting in northern Mali have taken refuge in the capital and other areas of the country's south, most living with relatives or renting small spaces. Many have received support from the ACT Alliance.
    mali-2013-jeffrey-056.jpg
  • On a Sunday morning, a woman displaced by conflict in Timbuktu, Mali, dresses her daughter in preparation for going to church in Bamako, the nation's capital. Thousands of families displaced by the fighting in northern Mali have taken refuge in the capital and other areas of the country's south, most living with relatives or renting small spaces. Many have received support from the ACT Alliance.
    mali-2013-jeffrey-054.jpg
  • A woman who fled political conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo measures a plot of land as she learns new agricultural techniques in a refugee camp in Panyume, South Sudan. The class is conducted by World Renew, a member of the ACT Alliance, which also provides participants with seeds and tools. South Sudan is hosting refugees from neighboring countries at the same time tens of thousands of South Sudanese have fled the country in the wake of political violence that broke out in December 2013. That conflict quickly ripped apart regions of the young nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The ACT Alliance is providing a variety of services to both refugees and internally displaced families throughout the country.
    south-sudan-2014-jeffrey-yei-X06.jpg
  • Refugees who fled political conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo learn new agricultural techniques in a refugee camp in Panyume, South Sudan. The class is conducted by World Renew, a member of the ACT Alliance, which also provides participants with seeds and tools. South Sudan is hosting refugees from neighboring countries at the same time tens of thousands of South Sudanese have fled the country in the wake of political violence that broke out in December 2013. That conflict quickly ripped apart regions of the young nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The ACT Alliance is providing a variety of services to both refugees and internally displaced families throughout the country.
    south-sudan-2014-jeffrey-yei-X08.jpg
  • A woman and man who fled political conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo measure a plot of land as they learn new agricultural techniques in a refugee camp in Panyume, South Sudan. The class is conducted by World Renew, a member of the ACT Alliance, which also provides participants with seeds and tools. South Sudan is hosting refugees from neighboring countries at the same time tens of thousands of South Sudanese have fled the country in the wake of political violence that broke out in December 2013. That conflict quickly ripped apart regions of the young nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The ACT Alliance is providing a variety of services to both refugees and internally displaced families throughout the country.
    south-sudan-2014-jeffrey-yei-X05.jpg
  • Women who fled political conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo learn new agricultural techniques during a class in a refugee camp in Panyume, South Sudan. The class is conducted by World Renew, a member of the ACT Alliance, which also provides participants with seeds and tools. South Sudan is hosting refugees from neighboring countries at the same time tens of thousands of South Sudanese have fled the country in the wake of political violence that broke out in December 2013. That conflict quickly ripped apart regions of the young nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The ACT Alliance is providing a variety of services to both refugees and internally displaced families throughout the country.
    south-sudan-2014-jeffrey-yei-X02.jpg
  • A woman who fled political conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo learns new agricultural techniques during a class in a refugee camp in Panyume, South Sudan. The class is conducted by World Renew, a member of the ACT Alliance, which also provides participants with seeds and tools. South Sudan is hosting refugees from neighboring countries at the same time tens of thousands of South Sudanese have fled the country in the wake of political violence that broke out in December 2013. That conflict quickly ripped apart regions of the young nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The ACT Alliance is providing a variety of services to both refugees and internally displaced families throughout the country.
    south-sudan-2014-jeffrey-yei-X01.jpg
  • Abrahim Lino, a 2-year old boy displaced by armed conflict, carries mangoes in a camp for the displaced that has formed around the Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Riimenze, South Sudan. The boy's father, who worked on a church-run farm, was detained, beaten and burned to death by soldiers in late 2016. With him is Sister Rosa Le Thi Bong, a Vietnamese member of Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions and a member of Solidarity with South Sudan.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-riimenze-08.jpg
  • A girl displaced by armed conflict sweeps the ground around her shelter in a camp for internally displaced persons that formed around the Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Riimenze, South Sudan. The parish has provided food, shelter material, and health care, and the presence of the local priest and a group of religious has contributed to a sense of relative safety.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-riimenze-id...jpg
  • A girl displaced by armed conflict receives porridge in a camp for internally displaced persons that formed around the Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Riimenze, South Sudan. The food is part of an emergency response by the parish and Solidarity with South Sudan, an international network of Catholic groups supporting education and humanitarian work in the war-torn African country.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-riimenze-id...jpg
  • A woman displaced by armed conflict carries water through a camp for internally displaced persons that formed around the Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Riimenze, South Sudan. The parish has provided food, shelter material, and health care, and the presence of the local priest and a group of religious has contributed to a sense of relative safety.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-riimenze-id...jpg
  • A woman displaced by armed conflict in a camp for internally displaced persons that formed around the Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Riimenze, South Sudan. The parish has provided food, shelter material, and health care, and the presence of the local priest and a group of religious has contributed to a sense of relative safety.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-riimenze-id...jpg
  • A woman displaced by armed conflict carries water through a camp for internally displaced persons that formed around the Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Riimenze, South Sudan. The parish has provided food, shelter material, and health care, and the presence of the local priest and a group of religious has contributed to a sense of relative safety.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-riimenze-id...jpg
  • A child relishes the last of their food in an emergency feeding program for malnourished children at the Loreto Girls School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, has opened its compound to hundreds of nearby villagers facing hunger because of ongoing conflict and climate change.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-J416.JPG
  • A mother feeds her child in an emergency feeding program for malnourished children at the Loreto Girls School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, has opened its compound to hundreds of nearby villagers facing hunger because of ongoing conflict and climate change.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-J395.JPG
  • A child eats in an emergency feeding program for malnourished children at the Loreto Girls School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, has opened its compound to hundreds of nearby villagers facing hunger because of ongoing conflict and climate change.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-J393.jpg
  • A child eats in an emergency feeding program for malnourished children at the Loreto Girls School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, has opened its compound to hundreds of nearby villagers facing hunger because of ongoing conflict and climate change.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-J382.JPG
  • A girl relishes the last of her food as she eats in an emergency feeding program for malnourished children at the Loreto Girls School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, has opened its compound to hundreds of nearby villagers facing hunger because of ongoing conflict and climate change.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-H564.jpg
  • A girl relishes the last of her food as she eats in an emergency feeding program for malnourished children at the Loreto Girls School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, has opened its compound to hundreds of nearby villagers facing hunger because of ongoing conflict and climate change.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-H561.jpg
  • A girl relishes the last of her food as she eats in an emergency feeding program for malnourished children at the Loreto Girls School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, has opened its compound to hundreds of nearby villagers facing hunger because of ongoing conflict and climate change.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-H556.JPG
  • Children wash their hands and faces at the Loreto Primary School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, has also opened its compound to hundreds of nearby villagers facing hunger because of ongoing conflict and climate change.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-H454.jpg
  • A child eats in an emergency feeding program for malnourished children at the Loreto Girls School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, has opened its compound to hundreds of nearby villagers facing hunger because of ongoing conflict and climate change.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-H411.JPG
  • A girl drinks water in an emergency feeding program for malnourished children at the Loreto School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, has opened its compound to hundreds of nearby villagers facing hunger because of ongoing conflict and climate change.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-H442.jpg
  • Bowls are filled with food in an emergency feeding program for malnourished children at the Loreto Primary School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, has opened its compound to hundreds of nearby villagers facing hunger because of ongoing conflict and climate change.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-H377.jpg
  • Kana Achot fills bowls with food in an emergency feeding program for malnourished children at the Loreto Girls School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, has opened its compound to hundreds of nearby villagers facing hunger because of ongoing conflict and climate change.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-H367.JPG
  • Kana Achot fills bowls with food in an emergency feeding program for malnourished children at the Loreto Girls School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, has opened its compound to hundreds of nearby villagers facing hunger because of ongoing conflict and climate change.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-H374.JPG
  • A woman displaced by armed conflict sits with her granddaughter in a camp for internally displaced persons that formed around the Holy Family Catholic Church in Wau, South Sudan. The parish has provided food, shelter material, and a variety of services to the displaced, who sought refuge in the church beginning in 2016 when the country's civil war spread to Wau.
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  • People displaced by armed conflict pose in a camp for internally displaced persons that formed around the Holy Family Catholic Church in Wau, South Sudan. The parish has provided food, shelter material, and a variety of services to the displaced, who sought refuge in the church beginning in 2016 when the country's civil war spread to Wau.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-G031.JPG
  • Josephine Daniel and her children eat a breakfast of tea and bread in a camp for more than 12,000 internally displaced persons located on the grounds of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced in June, 2016, when armed conflict engulfed Wau.<br />
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Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-wau-idps-49...JPG
  • A mother and her child in a camp for more than 12,000 internally displaced persons located on the grounds of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced in June, 2016, when armed conflict engulfed Wau.<br />
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Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-wau-idps-40...JPG
  • A girl in a camp for more than 12,000 internally displaced persons located on the grounds of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced in June, 2016, when armed conflict engulfed Wau.<br />
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Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-wau-idps-35...JPG
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