we’ve spent the last week in the city of bor. desolate two years ago, the city is now one of the economic centers of southern sudan as the refugees return. everywhere we look, we see remnants of a displaced people - people who have survived a civil war but have been stripped of all of their possessions in the process. there is no waste for there is nothing to discard. there are no luxuries for the essentials are rarely provided. there is no permanence for everyone awaits what will happen next. but there is hope. there is a hope that the sudanese people will rise again out of the rubble and reclaim their culture. there is a hope that those displaced will return to empower their people to create a future for the next generation. and there is a hope that the past 50 years were not endured in vain but fueled a fire for freedom. in some ways, i feel completely out of touch with reality in this place so far away from the world i know. yet in other ways, i feel as if i’ve never known life to be more real.

we’ve updated our website so check out http://rebuildsudan.wordpress.org for more info on our trip!

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