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  • Abdel Aziz al-Hilu, chair of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, during an interview in the liberated area of the Nuba Mountains of Sudan.
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  • Abdel Aziz al-Hilu, chair of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, during an interview in the liberated area of the Nuba Mountains of Sudan.
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  • Jany Mahmed and Lawrence Angatai (right) adjust a new leg in the prosthetics department of the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area, and has dealt with many amputations of people injured by bombs, artillery, and gunshot wounds.
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  • Nurse Raila Philip Kaciri examines a patient in the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area.<br />
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Kaciri is a 2014 graduate of the Catholic Health Training Institute, a school in Wau, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
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  • A leg being manufactured in the prosthetics department of the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area, and has dealt with many amputations of people injured by bombs, artillery, and gunshot wounds.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-gidel-A503.jpg
  • Eight-year old Kocho Said sits in the prosthetics department of the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area, and has dealt with many amputations of people injured by bombs, artillery, and gunshot wounds. Said lost his leg to cancer the year before and technicians were waiting for swelling in the stump to go down before finally fitting him with a prosthetic leg.
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  • Nurse Raila Philip Kaciri takes the temperature of a patient in the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area.<br />
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Kaciri is a 2014 graduate of the Catholic Health Training Institute, a school in Wau, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
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  • Simon Peter Aede helps 8-year old Kocho Said in the prosthetics department of the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area, and has dealt with many amputations of people injured by bombs, artillery, and gunshot wounds. Said lost his leg to cancer the year before and technicians were waiting for swelling in the stump to go down before finally fitting him with a prosthetic leg.
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  • Simon Peter Aede helps 8-year old Kocho Said in the prosthetics department of the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area, and has dealt with many amputations of people injured by bombs, artillery, and gunshot wounds. Said lost his leg to cancer the year before and technicians were waiting for swelling in the stump to go down before finally fitting him with a prosthetic leg.
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  • Simon Peter Aede (left) watches as a man learns to walk with a prosthetic leg in the prosthetics department of the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area, and has dealt with many amputations of people injured by bombs, artillery, and gunshot wounds.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-gidel-A417.jpg
  • Simon Peter Aede helps a man learn to walk with a prosthetic leg in the prosthetics department of the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area, and has dealt with many amputations of people injured by bombs, artillery, and gunshot wounds.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-gidel-A412.jpg
  • Simon Peter Aede helps Ashim Abidim try on a new leg in the prosthetics department of the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area, and has dealt with many amputations of people injured by bombs, artillery, and gunshot wounds. Abidim, 18, lost his leg in a motorcycle accident.
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  • Nurse Nacima Keni examines a patient in the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area.<br />
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Keni is a 2015 graduate of the Catholic Health Training Institute, a school in Wau, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
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  • Nurse Nacima Keni treats a patient in the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area.<br />
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Keni is a 2015 graduate of the Catholic Health Training Institute, a school in Wau, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
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  • Nurse Elias Shangero Kunnar examines a young patient in the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area.<br />
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Kunnar is a 2015 graduate of the Catholic Health Training Institute, a school in Wau, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
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  • Nurse Isaac Langurry checks on a patient in the pediatric ward of the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area.<br />
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Langurry is a 2017 graduate of the Catholic Health Training Institute, a school in Wau, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
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  • Nurse Isaac Langurry interacts with a young girl wrestling with blindness in the pediatric ward of the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area.<br />
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Langurry is a 2017 graduate of the Catholic Health Training Institute, a school in Wau, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
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  • Dr. Tom Catena, a Catholic lay missionary from the United States, examines a patient during rounds in the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital, at which Catena is often the only physician, is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area. Catena is popularly referred to as "Doctor Tom".
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  • Dr. Clarke McIntosh, a pediatric pulmonologist from South Carolina in the United States, confers with others during rounds in the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area.
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  • A girl holds a sign for the letter "J" during a class in the Catholic Church-sponsored St. Daniel Comboni Primary School in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The church has sponsored schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
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  • Teacher Edna Tirop holds a sign for the letter "A" during a class in the Catholic Church-sponsored St. Daniel Comboni Primary School in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The church has sponsored schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
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  • Father Zacharia Osman serves the Eucharist to a woman during a Catholic Mass in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan.
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  • A woman carries water from a well in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan.
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  • Kubbitta Idriss teaches students in the Catholic Church-run primary school in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. <br />
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Idriss is a graduate of the Solidarity Teacher Training College, a school in Yambio, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
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  • Samiyi Alumin participates in a Catholic Church-run women's center in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic center helps women earn incomes that increase their status in the family and community.
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  • Jany Mahmed and Lawrence Angatai (right) adjust a new leg in the prosthetics department of the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area, and has dealt with many amputations of people injured by bombs, artillery, and gunshot wounds.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-gidel-A507.jpg
  • Lawrence Angatai (left) and Jany Mahmed adjust a new leg in the prosthetics department of the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area, and has dealt with many amputations of people injured by bombs, artillery, and gunshot wounds.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-gidel-A500.jpg
  • Nurse Nacima Keni examines a patient in the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area.<br />
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Keni is a 2015 graduate of the Catholic Health Training Institute, a school in Wau, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-gidel-A348.jpg
  • Nurse Daniel Abram Khiralla prepares an injection in the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area.<br />
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Khiralla is a 2013 graduate of the Catholic Health Training Institute, a school in Wau, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
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  • Nurse Raila Philip Kaciri talks with a patient in the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area.<br />
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Kaciri is a 2014 graduate of the Catholic Health Training Institute, a school in Wau, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
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  • Nurse Nacima Keni examines a patient in the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area.<br />
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Keni is a 2015 graduate of the Catholic Health Training Institute, a school in Wau, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-gidel-A364.jpg
  • Simon Peter Aede helps Ashim Abidim try on a new leg in the prosthetics department of the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area, and has dealt with many amputations of people injured by bombs, artillery, and gunshot wounds. Abidim, 18, lost his leg in a motorcycle accident.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-gidel-A396.jpg
  • Nurse Nacima Keni examines a patient in the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area.<br />
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Keni is a 2015 graduate of the Catholic Health Training Institute, a school in Wau, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-gidel-A366.jpg
  • Nurse Nacima Keni cleans a patient's wound in the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area.<br />
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Keni is a 2015 graduate of the Catholic Health Training Institute, a school in Wau, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-gidel-A258.jpg
  • Nurse Elias Shangero Kunnar trys to examine a young patient in the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area.<br />
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Kunnar is a 2015 graduate of the Catholic Health Training Institute, a school in Wau, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-gidel-A234.jpg
  • Nurse Atulu George Adam vaccinates a young patient in the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area.<br />
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Adam is a 2015 graduate of the Catholic Health Training Institute, a school in Wau, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-gidel-A241.jpg
  • Nurse Lakuwa Lokolo Rama talks with a mother and child in the pediatric ward of the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area.<br />
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Rama is a 2016 graduate of the Catholic Health Training Institute, a school in Wau, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-gidel-A129.jpg
  • Dr. Clarke McIntosh, a pediatric pulmonologist from South Carolina in the United States, examines a young patient in the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-gidel-A062.jpg
  • Children dance during Catholic Mass in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan.
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  • A woman carries the Bible into a Catholic Mass in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan.
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  • A girl carries her small sibling in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan.
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  • Nurse Magdalene Ali cares for patients during the night shift at the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area.<br />
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Ali is a 2017 graduate of the Catholic Health Training Institute, a school in Wau, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
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  • Dr. Tom Catena (left), a Catholic lay missionary from the United States, awards Lakuwa Lokolo Rama his diploma as a registered nurse, during a ceremony at the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan.<br />
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Rama studied for the diploma at the Catholic Health Training Institute in Wau, South Sudan, but after graduation returned home to his native Nuba Mountains. <br />
The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area.
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  • Nurse Magdalene Ali takes the blood pressure of a patient at night in the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area. Ali is a graduate of the Catholic Health Training Institute in Wau, South Sudan, a project of Solidarity with South Sudan.
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  • Children run in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-lugi-884.jpg
  • A girl pumps water from a well in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. Hundreds of wells have been drilled in the Nuba Mountains by the Catholic Church, which also sponsors schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-lugi-878.jpg
  • Two girls pump water from a well in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. Hundreds of wells have been drilled in the Nuba Mountains by the Catholic Church, which also sponsors schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-lugi-863.jpg
  • Village health promoters learn about proper handwashing techniques during a training workshop in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The gathering was sponsored by the Catholic Church, which sponsors schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-lugi-774.jpg
  • A woman carries water from a well in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. Hundreds of wells have been drilled in the Nuba Mountains by the Catholic Church, which also sponsors schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-lugi-842.jpg
  • Village health promoters learn about measuring mid upper arm circumference during a training workshop in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The gathering was sponsored by the Catholic Church, which sponsors schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-lugi-820.jpg
  • Village health promoters learn about measuring mid upper arm circumference during a training workshop in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The gathering was sponsored by the Catholic Church, which sponsors schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-lugi-812.jpg
  • A girl pumps water from a well in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. Hundreds of wells have been drilled in the Nuba Mountains by the Catholic Church, which also sponsors schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-lugi-679.jpg
  • A girl pumps water from a well in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. Hundreds of wells have been drilled in the Nuba Mountains by the Catholic Church, which also sponsors schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-lugi-675.jpg
  • Children walk to fetch water in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. Hundreds of wells have been drilled in the Nuba Mountains by the Catholic Church, which also sponsors schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-lugi-665.jpg
  • Children escort their goats as they walk to fetch water in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. Hundreds of wells have been drilled in the Nuba Mountains by the Catholic Church, which also sponsors schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-lugi-661.jpg
  • A girl carries water in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The church has sponsored wells, schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-lugi-650.jpg
  • Nurse-midwife Miriam Kurmbacha takes the blood pressure of a patient in the Catholic Church-sponsored clinic in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The church has sponsored schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-lugi-634.jpg
  • A student laughs in class in the Catholic Church-sponsored St. Daniel Comboni Primary School in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The church has sponsored schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-lugi-604.jpg
  • A girl pays attention in class in the Catholic Church-sponsored St. Daniel Comboni Primary School in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The church has sponsored schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-lugi-565.jpg
  • A girl reads from the blackboard in class in the Catholic Church-sponsored St. Daniel Comboni Primary School in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The church has sponsored schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-lugi-578.jpg
  • Teacher Sadia Abdurahman talks during class in the Catholic Church-sponsored St. Daniel Comboni Primary School in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The church has sponsored schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-lugi-497.jpg
  • A boy pays attention in class in the Catholic Church-sponsored St. Daniel Comboni Primary School in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The church has sponsored schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-lugi-549.jpg
  • A boy holds a sign for the letter "H" during a class in the Catholic Church-sponsored St. Daniel Comboni Primary School in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The church has sponsored schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-lugi-475.jpg
  • A girl holds a sign for the letter "G" during a class in the Catholic Church-sponsored St. Daniel Comboni Primary School in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The church has sponsored schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
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  • Teacher Edna Tirop holds a sign for the letter "E" during a class in the Catholic Church-sponsored St. Daniel Comboni Primary School in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The church has sponsored schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
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  • Children raise their hands in class in the Catholic school in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The church has sponsored schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
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  • Children in class in the Catholic school in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The church has sponsored schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-lugi-370.jpg
  • A woman walks to fetch water in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-lugi-363.jpg
  • Girls sing and play drums during Catholic Mass in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan.
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  • Children attend Catholic Mass in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-lugi-248.jpg
  • Children wait outside the full chapel during Catholic Mass in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan.
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  • Children sing during Catholic Mass in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan.
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  • Boys play with a rehabilitated bicycle in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan.
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  • A man runs the grinding mill in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The mill is used by families to grind food grains like corn and sorghum.
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  • Father Zacharia Osman is the parish priest in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. Fr. Osman was born in Lugi.
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  • A woman carries water from a well in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan.
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  • A woman carries water from a well in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan.
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  • People gather around a well in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan.
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  • Legs in the prosthetics department of the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area, and has dealt with many amputations of people injured by bombs, artillery, and gunshot wounds.
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  • Jany Mahmed (left) and Lawrence Angatai help Yusef Ali try on a new leg in the prosthetics department of the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area, and has dealt with many amputations of people injured by bombs, artillery, and gunshot wounds. Ali, a soldier, had his leg amputated in October, 2017, after he was shot during combat with government troops.
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  • Toma Konyono interviews Lawrence Angatai in the prosthetics department of the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, Sudan. She is a reporter for the Voice for Peace Radio in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic station broadcasts news and a variety of programming designed to foster reconciliation and peace. Looking on is Yusef Ali, a patient in the department who lost a leg in combat in 2017.
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  • Kubbitta Idriss teaches students in the Catholic Church-run primary school in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. <br />
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Idriss is a graduate of the Solidarity Teacher Training College, a school in Yambio, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
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  • Kubbitta Idriss teaches students in the Catholic Church-run primary school in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. <br />
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Idriss is a graduate of the Solidarity Teacher Training College, a school in Yambio, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
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  • Monica Kujiha teaches students in the Catholic Church-run primary school in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. <br />
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Kujiha is a graduate of the Solidarity Teacher Training College, a school in Yambio, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
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  • Monica Kujiha teaches students in the Catholic Church-run primary school in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. <br />
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Kujiha is a graduate of the Solidarity Teacher Training College, a school in Yambio, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
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  • Monica Kujiha teaches students in the Catholic Church-run primary school in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. <br />
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Kujiha is a graduate of the Solidarity Teacher Training College, a school in Yambio, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
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  • Monica Kujiha teaches students in the Catholic Church-run primary school in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. <br />
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Kujiha is a graduate of the Solidarity Teacher Training College, a school in Yambio, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
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  • Amam Fasflif participates in a Catholic Church-run women's center in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic center helps women earn incomes that increase their status in the family and community.
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  • Awafi Babdu participates in a Catholic Church-run women's center in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic center helps women earn incomes that increase their status in the family and community. Here she poses with her daughter Rawda.
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  • Women proudly display school uniforms they have sewn at the church-run women's center in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic center helps women earn incomes that increase their status in the family and community.
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  • Young cattlekeepers pose among their herd in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. In addition to war, people of the isolated region have had to endure difficult farming conditions, exacerbated by climate change, leading in recent years to widespread hunger and malnutrition.
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  • A man and boy try to revive a cow in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. In addition to war, people of the isolated region have had to endure difficult farming conditions, exacerbated by climate change, leading in recent years to widespread hunger and malnutrition.
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  • Children in class in the Catholic school in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The church has sponsored schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
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  • Jany Mahmed and Lawrence Angatai (right) adjust a new leg in the prosthetics department of the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area, and has dealt with many amputations of people injured by bombs, artillery, and gunshot wounds.
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  • Jany Mahmed and Lawrence Angatai (right) adjust a new leg in the prosthetics department of the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area, and has dealt with many amputations of people injured by bombs, artillery, and gunshot wounds.
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  • Jany Mahmed and Lawrence Angatai (right) adjust a new leg in the prosthetics department of the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area, and has dealt with many amputations of people injured by bombs, artillery, and gunshot wounds.
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  • Eight-year old Kocho Said sits in the prosthetics department of the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area, and has dealt with many amputations of people injured by bombs, artillery, and gunshot wounds. Said lost his leg to cancer the year before and technicians were waiting for swelling in the stump to go down before finally fitting him with a prosthetic leg.
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  • Nurse Nacima Keni examines a patient in the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area.<br />
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Keni is a 2015 graduate of the Catholic Health Training Institute, a school in Wau, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
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  • Nurse Nacima Keni cleans a patient's wound in the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area.<br />
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Keni is a 2015 graduate of the Catholic Health Training Institute, a school in Wau, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
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  • Nurse Nacima Keni examines a patient in the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic hospital is the only referral hospital in the war-torn area.<br />
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Keni is a 2015 graduate of the Catholic Health Training Institute, a school in Wau, South Sudan, sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan.
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