Solidarity with South Sudan
Teaching a dream come true for Innocent
Innocent Abdalla is a 2016 graduate of Solidarity Teacher Training College (STTC). After graduation, Innocent taught at St. Mary’s School in Yambio for six months and then at a school in Tambura town, where he was the only qualified teacher. When he was young, Innocent says he used to admire his father, who teaches Arabic,…
Message from Sister Joan
I am sending you a special message with an urgent request for prayers for the people of South Sudan. The government and opposition, who have been fighting since the end of 2013, have been engaged in implementing a peace agreement which is to result in a Transitional Government of National Unity, to be installed on…
Nurses, midwives offer healing, hope
Above photo: Clinical rotation at CHTI. Photo by Nyokabi Kahura Students at Solidarity’s Catholic Health Training Institute (CHTI) in Wau are being well prepared for a future in health care. “Evaluations from employers offer high praise for these graduates who are committed and competent, and thus, highly sought after as health care professionals,” said Sister…
Building community in Riimenze
Brother Christian Mbam Ndubisi, FMS, works at the camp for internally displaced persons in Riimenze, South Sudan. The camp of close to 7,000 people formed in January 2017 around the parish church in the wake of a violent attack on the village by armed forces. “We afford the people a much needed presence. The IDPs…
STTC graduates 19 new teachers
Solidarity Teacher Training College celebrated the graduation of 19 students in August. STTC recently received high praise from the director general of the Ministry of Education in South Sudan, who remarked on the integrity of the school’s final exam process and knowledge of the students. “Teachers are role models and peace builders — they are…
Friends in Solidarity at LCWR Assembly
Sister Joan Mumaw, IHM, executive director of Friends in Solidarity, attended the recent assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious in Scottsdale, Arizona. Sister Joan represented Friends in Solidarity as an exhibitor at the assembly. Sister Patricia Murray, IBVM, the first executive director of Solidarity with South Sudan, gave the keynote address at the…