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Photos of Simon's trip with LWF (Lutheran World Federation)

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A slight detour when the tarmac comes to end and there is tree in the way   The bridge linking Uganda with South Sudan Collection centre at Nimule, South Sudan   Overnight rooms at collection centre   Registration block at collection centre Refugees just arriving at the Collection Centre Shelters for refugee at transit centre   Community shelter for refugees at Transit Centre Kitchen at Transit Centre Water point at Transit Centre Aerial view of Nzumazi Transit Centre Women receiving sanitary supplies at the distribution point Some of the children at the centre Meeting camp leaders at settlement camp Any complaints then put them in the box on the wall :) Settlement Camp Supplemental planting in Settlement camp Pigeon breeding programme to provide addition food.  Does a pigeon taste like chicken?   One of the Settlement homes...

The path of a refugee

Gulu, Nimule and Adjumani trip in FRM Last week I had the opportunity to ride along with LWF (Lutheran World Federation) and a group of various LWF country directors and their CEO and second in command from Geneva. The idea was to trace the steps of a Sudanese refugee entering Uganda and in the process look at the various work that LWF is involved in. Our trip started at Kajjansi, the MAF Uganda base where I flew us all in MAF’s Cessna 208 5X-FRM up to Gulu. The program director of Mozambique had nearly cancelled the trip when she heard that part of the trip included a flight on a “small” airplane. She was very impressed on landing in Gulu that she had actually enjoyed the flight. We were soon on a nice tarmac road heading northwards towards Nimule. A little over halfway there a large tree lay across the road and from there we slowly wound our way on terrible dirt tracks right next to the tarmac which is in the process of being completed. Mostly   all goods trucks driving...