Southern Sudan Photos

The photos below were taken as part of our Utah URI team's exploratory trip to Sudan 2005

View of village and market from plane Werkok market Baidit market Boy tending goats Women and girls pumping water Girls grinding grain An automated grain mill saves hours and would allow more girls to go to school Many children stay in the cattle camp rather than attend school There is a lot of peer and family pressure to stay in the cattle camp werkok primary school children singing Large mud brick building at Mathiang Primary School Many schools have mud hut classrooms Kapaat Students sing to greet us Children in a Primary 4 classroom in Kapaat Primary School Children sit on dirt mounds in a Yomchiir Primary School classroom Children sit on dirt mounds in many classrooms Children sit where a classroom used to be before it was destroyed by wind Mud hut classrooms are dark Werkok Primary School where Primary 1 meets under a tree Few girls attend school Only girl in Kapaat Primary School grade 5 the walls of the schools are crumbling walls of the schools crumble and fall on the students Students use sticks to learn counting Most classrooms are equipped with only a chalk board First grade at Yomchiir Primary School Kids at Bidit Primary School receive May Peace Prevail in Sudan T-shirts kids carrying water Sudan Children