Efter en stykke tids pause, er det vist tid at opdatere jer her på bloggen. Jeg har foradt Akobo, men er nu tilbage igen. Vores Ernærrings program er nu hændet over til Red Barnet. Den sidste måned har stået på lidt tid på kontoret i Juba, en ferie 2 ugersferie med fødselsdag i Holland, Københavner besøg, bryllup i England, en uge i sommerhus i Gedesby og et endags visit i Rostock.
Grill hygge på planen ved sommerhuset / BBQ'ing at the summerhouse
Jeg indrømmer gerne at jeg var en smule træt da jeg kom tilbage til Sudan, men har haft en fantastisk ferie.
Efter ferien har jeg været på en 5 dages “joint assessment” til Kajo-Kegi i den sydlige del af sydsudan. En gruppe mennesker, der i 1970‘erne flyttede til grænseområdet mellem Sudan og Uganda, er nu blevet smidt ud af deres hjem, husene er brændt ned og deres landbrugsredskaber og øvrige ejendele taget fra dem. Uganda hævder at jorden er deres, og vil lave et skov reservat. Så menneskerne søger nu tilbage til deres fædrene jord, for at slå sig ned, og starte forfra. Min opgave var at vurdere sundheds og ernærings forholdene bland disse folk. Vi kørte i bil, og vejene er mildest talt i en forfærdelig tilstand. Der var tidspunkter hvor jeg tvivlede på at vores landcruisere overhovedet ville kunne forcere vejene, men det lykkedes. Og det var skønt at se landet fra vejen. Der findes faktisk smukke grønne områder i Sudan!
Det er også blevet til en tur til Northern Bari for at verificere Internt fordrevne (flygtninge i eget land) så at vi senere kan uddele “non food Items” til dem. Det er i sig selv lidt af en process, da Sudaneserne selvfølgelig ikke er dummere end resten af os, og selvfølge prøver at blive registreret mere end en gang...
Og nu er jeg så tilbage i Akobo, hvor 5000 mennesker på flugt fra lokale stamme opgør har slået sig ned.(og 9000 flere forventes at følge dem denne uge) Det er meningen at jeg skal besøge det område de bor i, tale med dem, se hvad der er af behov for at holde dem sunde, men det har vist sig svært at komme til dem, tildels fordi de er taget til Akobo by for at få mad, og tildels for de det regner (og så stopper alt...) -men i skal nok høre mere herom senere
English: After not writing for a while, I think it is time to update my blog. I have left Akobo, so that I could return! The nutrition program has been handed over to save the children. The last month has been spend with some time in the office in Juba, followed by a 2 weeks break including a birthday party in the Netherlands, Copenhagen visits, Wedding in England, a week in the family summer house in Gedesby and a one day trip to Rostock.
I admit that I was quite tired when returning to Sudan, but had a wonderful holiday.
Og dronningen hilste selvfølgelig på når jeg nu var på hjemme visit...
And naturally the Queen came by (it is her boat) as I was on a homevisit...
After the Holiday I have done a 5 days joint assessment with the UN to Kajo-Kegi in the southern part of South Sudan. A group of people, who in the 1970’s moved to the border area of Sudan and Uganda due to the civil war, has now been kicked out of their houses, that has been burned down, and their farming tools and other personal items taken from them. Uganda claims that they were on Ugandan soil, and it is now being turned into a forest reserve. So the people are now forced to move back to their ancestral land, to start life all over again. My job was to assess the health and nutrition needs amoung these people. We were driving in cars, and the roads was in so poor condition, that I had moment where I was doubting that our land-cruisers would be able to make the trip (it toke 2 1/2 hours to drive 20km) but we succeeded. And it was wonderful to see the country from the roads, believe it or not, there is actually beatiful green areas in Sudan!
I have also been on a trip to Northern Bari, to verify Internaly displaced People (IDP’S), so that we later can distribute non food items to them. It is a challenge in it self, as the sudaneese is not more stupid than the rest of us, and naturally tries to get on the list more than once...
And now I am back in Akobo, where 5000 people who are fleeing inter tribal clashes have settled north of town.(and 9000 more are expected within thhis next week) I was intended to be visiting the sights where they have settled, talk to them, see what help is needed to keep them healthy, but it has turned out that it is difficult to get there and meet them. Apparently they are all gone to Akobo to get food (but I do not see them here???) and it has been raining so they will have taken refuge in the host community, so we sill not find them (rain stops everything from happening here) -but you will hear more of this later, I promise.
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