Beginning of 4hrs drive...

Bumpy and muddy road all the way

Flooded area on both sides

This is not a small lake

A boy was passing "temporary river" to go to his school

After some hours rain....

At our office in Warrap state.
Actually, it is much more tougher to walk in this muddy ground than you imagine.

Sesami??

What is this?

Dried Okura in ash...
I was told that if you put ash on Okura when you dry, it can be dried well.

New knowledge for me!

Another shelter visit

In holes

Is it cooler?

Original house

Before we assist shelter construction, one lady was living in such condition.
OK, it is better than those who doesn't have walls but the height of this structure is 1.5m without proper air ventilation. The plastic sheets for roofing has many holes.

But this was better than some other people who sleeps in worse condition.

Children at Mayem Gumel

In South Sudan, many households cook inside. But this damage  family's health...
I advised our staff to share the info with community people who cook inside.

FYI: Indoor air pollution in developing countries: a major environmental and public health challenge

Shelter visit

Verified the completion of her shelter construction.

Foods for recovery!

We tested "foods for recovery" initiative with very small scale and he was the 1st beneficiary who received foods ration.
Basically, we encourage the most vulnerable community to finalize their own shelter construction. And if they finish before the agreed deadline, they will receive food ration.
This will help extremely vulnerable families(for example, if they don't have capacity to do it by themselves such as elderly, mentally/physically disabled, the extremely poor) to hire some helpers to finalize their shelter construction with this foods.

Shelter Maintenance Training in Kwajok

I flew back to Warrap state on last Friday and conducted a training on shelter maintenance for our staff, partner NGO staff and local government staff.
Thanks to the active participation from the participants, the training was very productive.

Today's Way Station (as of 16.Aug.2012)

In progress, last week.

I have been on mission again in Warrap from last Friday.

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I found these small very red insects near the airstrip in Kuajok. What was this?

Yummy chicken in Wau

We tasted very yummy chicken in Wau for lunch!

Alel Chok, Wau, Northern Bahl el Ghazal state

 We visited one of our beneficiaries of our shelter project last year.

Our shelter in 2011 and the owner
- she nicely decorated shelter and her own garden

Bed and cooking space

Another bed and cooking oven

self-made cooking stove

Ant-hill soil used for plastering

Market in Tonj

Market area in Tonj

Restaurant in the town - I ate beans & rice

Youth group for block production

Youth group - produce blocks for our shelter project

Even woman help to dig soil for block production

Giving technical advice for youth

Block production in front of the Nile where we have access to water and appropriate soil

Tonj, Warrap State

This time, my main visit was in Tonj, Warrap State.

Children playing under a tree

Our shelter project in Tonj

Recently finished shelter

Inside of shelter - example (1)

Inside of shelter - example (2)

Kids in Mayen Gumel

Kuajok, Warrap state

Sushi lunch

Temaki zushi lucnh

"ika no nimono" was awesome!

Mission in Kwajok & Wau

Just back in Juba!

Today's Way Station (as of 3.Aug.2012)

Working on the second foundation

Visibility was increased with JP stickers

Now, wooden structure is underway!

Shelter in Gudele

An old lady received our shelter assistance

She has nice mini garden in front!

found a classic camera on the ground...

Some more photos from Transit site

I show some more photos from returnees' transit site in Juba.

Toilet (left back) and water point (right front)

Female sign on the toilet structure

Male sign on the toilet structure

Toilet - you can see how different from the one we use in our own countries!