South Sudan smiling boy
Photo: Miguel Samper for Mercy Corps
blog February 1, 2008 2:28PM

Short Notes from Today

Dan Sadowsky
Dan Sadowsky
Website, Content and Services Team Manager
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As I interviewed Tereza Deng, who organizes a local women's group, at her home in Juol Jok this morning, Miguel observed the a.m. routine at the family compound. He captured this image of one of her daughters cleaning dishes:


Photo: Miguel Samper for Mercy Corps

Later, Tereza escorted us to her office. It's one of the "tukuls" in the distance, a traditional Sudanese hut made from poles, mud and dried grass. This shot illustrates a typical landscape in Abyei area:


Photo: Miguel Samper for Mercy Corps

I drew a crowd in Ajakuac in the afternoon, talking with a returnee farmer who'd received one of 26 pedal-powered water pumps we distributed earlier in the day. The bricks drying behind us were made by participants in our cash-for-work program, which — according to the village's dean of shopkeepers — has boosted business in the market:


Photo: Miguel Samper for Mercy Corps
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