Elly Mawa sits (far right) with his family looking lean and a picture of health. One has no idea that he is the Archdeacon who in July 2016 led his flock from South Sudan to the safety of Gobor 8 kilometres into Northern Uganda. A feat of biblical proportions? When asked how many they numbered...
Jamie was asked to reflect on the recent trip to Uganda, what inspired him and what stories have remained with him. Jamie wrote in his trip report : “My initial, and lasting impression, was the sight of South Sudanese refugees fighting for any sort of life in their host country of northern Uganda. Seeing that...
The National Committee of Women’s World Day of Prayer, England, Wales and Northern Ireland has just granted CRESS a life changing £5000 towards the provision of reusable sanitary pads and underwear for South Sudanese refugee women and girls. A huge thank you to the committee and we will keep you up to date with how...
Bon Coeur, a charity based in the South of France.They raise funds for good causes one being CRESS. They have created a 2020 charity calendar and CRESS features in January! The pictures are a series of lovely local watercolours by Phyllis Veith, which illustrate the local Beauville architecture well and are colourful addition to any...
Lulu, nurse at the CRESS funded Clinic in Mijale, shared this story with us. Mr. Boboya James, a resident of Korijo IDP – South Sudan (appx 15km away from the CRESS funded Clinic) and a father of Nakato Sibili Poni an eight months old baby girl who was one of a twin told us his...
The new clinic in Mijale has been up and running since the end of August and was officially opened by Caroline and Bishop Joseph Aba during the CRESS 10th Anniversary Trip last month. They were really please to share with us the story of the first baby born there since the Uganda Health Authority announced...
Once again another trip is done and dusted – everyone is home and recovering from the long journeys each day and cultural challenges but enormously encouraged by the continual comments and gratitude of those CRESS is helping. This year was quite a milestone with it being exactly 10 years since I first visited South Sudan...
On Friday, after many goodbyes to the CRESS team in the office, we flew back from Arua to Kajjinski, the first leg of a long journey home for most of us. It was a good flight with no detours: the MAF flights often operate as a taxi service, hopping from airstrip to airstrip picking up...
Visiting a refugee camp is something that I have never done. Today’s agenda was to visit two of the huge camps near here that house South Sudanese refugees, Imvepi and Bidi Bidi. Bidi Bidi alone has nearly half a million refugees. I wasn’t sure what to expect. I suppose I thought there would be row...
Today was a day full of surprises. We set off from the White Castle hotel on time, heading for the Arua teacher training college to see if Caroline could meet with the wonderful principal Gladys to see if they could offer teacher training to some of the CRESS sponsored students. While we had a quick...
