displacement

South Sudan: Mayol: the 15-Year-old entrepreneur July 5, 2011

Mayol Dau is 15 years old and is an entrepreneur in Aweng, Twic County. Twic County is a remote area of South Sudan that has no paved roads and very little infrastructure, but that has not slowed down the business instincts of this teenage boy.

Sudan: Feet of Achol Ngong Chan and two of her children July 5, 2011

Achol, her husband and their five children had to walk two days before reaching this displacement camp.

Sudan: Achol Ngong Chan and her children July 5, 2011

Achol Ngong Chan and a few of her children, outside their makeshift shelter in a displacement camp near Agok, Sudan.

South Sudan: Achol: Struggling to survive July 5, 2011

In late May, the Sudanese Army invaded the contested border area of Abyei with tanks and heavy weapons. More than 110,000 residents had to flee their homes in Abyei to escape the violent fighting.

Sudan: Alfonse Pawil at a Mercy Corps Civil Society Resource Center July 5, 2011

After years spent displaced during Sudan's long civil war, 20-year-old Alfonse Pawil is now enrolled in a Mercy Corps-sponsored computer training course in Turalei, his hometown.

South Sudan: Alfonse: Never giving up on an education July 5, 2011

Alfonse Pawil, 20 years old, spent most of his life in a war zone. He was born in Turalei, South Sudan in the midst of the two-decade long bloody civil war that devastated his homeland.

Sudan: An uncertain future for Nyan-man Ajiing and her children July 5, 2011

"I’m a returnee from Khartoum and now a displaced person from Abyei," 30-year-old Nyan-man Ajiing explained.

Japan: For survivors like Sumiko, more than a bus ride June 30, 2011