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"Her arm was burned so bad she couldn't bend it.'
Codi Peterson talks about an experience he had with a woman in South Sudan who had to be carried in a wheelbarrow because of her polio. Her family did not have access to clean water and had to walk hours every day just to bring home dirty, contaminated water.
They have such a high water table, but don’t have the tools to reach it
Volunteer Isaac Peterson talks about his recent trip to South Sudan and the impacts of not having clean water. Over 59% of people in South Sudan don't have access to clean water.
Goat Delivery Maper Jier Village
Luka just delivered 65 goats to the village of Maper Jier Village! Check out the photos below
“If you don’t feed people… you feed conflict”
Mass flooding in South Sudan in 2020 further exacerbated destitute conditions caused by the civil recent war that had just barely reached a cease fire in 2019, reaching the largest levels of food insecurity since the countries independence in 2011. Check out Earth File’s coverage of the hunger crisis in South Sudan below!
Farmer Interview: Awein Akol Akol
But when the project comes up here they got relieved and gain hope in life and for all these developments I appreciate GEMS for the project and if not this GEMS we cannot survive last year 2020.
Farmer Interview: Aguil Tong Kuany
Now that we’ve finished the first harvest of our 25-acre flood-resistant farm in Majok Goi we wanted to interview a few of the farmers to understand their experience over the last year. Read the transcript (translated from Dinka to English) of our project director Luka Garang’s interview with Aguil Tong Kuany below.
205 Goats Delivered to Malek Palual and War Agany Villages
Luka just finished delivering another 205 goats to the villages of Malek Palaual and War Agany in Aweil, South Sudan. Similar to last weeks delivery, these goats come at a very precarious period of the hunger gap between harvests.
205 Goats Delivered to Malual Akot Village
Over 200 goats were delivered to the village of Malual Akot in Aweil, South Sudan. These goats come at a very precarious period of the hunger gap between harvests.
Goats Delivered to Marol Diluit
Luka just delivered another 200 goats to the village of Marol Diluit, in Aweil East County. As you can see in the pictures we still need to work with Luka and the group on practicing social distancing.
200 Families With New Goats
We are so incredibly blessed to have Luka Garang on our team. He identifies the most vulnerable people in every county and helps coordinate the delivery of your goats.
300 Goats & Farm Update
Hey Everyone, Just wanted to give everyone a quick update. Our Majok Goi project is going great. We can’t believe how well the workers are progressing. The ground is incredibly hard, but our people are very tough.
200 Goats in Jaac
Luka has been on a roll these past couple months! He has been able to deliver over 800 goats with 200 going to Jaac, Aweil North County.
Last Minute Christmas Delivery
We were in a rush to get everyone a goat for Christmas and Luka pulled it off. We delivered over 800 goats during November and December!
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