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Ready to go! Destination South Sudan.
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First technical meeting at the Kigali House hotel in Juba, South Sudan.
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Taking a nose-dive. While traveling through the city of Juba, capital of South Sudan, it rained heavily. The driver of our car turned left onto a street and managed to drive into a deep rut cut into the side of the street by the river now flowing down thr
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Oops!
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A relatively happy family in the Tom Ping refugee camp, Juba, South Sudan.
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Ettie Higgins works for UNICEF in Juba, capital of South Sudan. They run the Children's Hospital. Kids from the three waring tribes end up in the same ward. They haven't learned to hate yet!
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The Juba Cholera treatment unit.
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Juba Teaching Hospital has recently been turned into a Cholera Treatment Area by the UN and WHO. Cholera is a nasty way to die but can be fairly easily treated. It's all him stuff but preventable through basic hygiene.
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Where Cholera victims are treated first when they arrive at Juba Teaching Hospital, South Sudan.
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The Children's Ward at Juba Teaching Hospital. Mothers from all three tribes in a safe place for their children.
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The Upper Nile region of South Sudan
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Upper Nile Region, South Sudan
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Arrival at the Hub, accommodation area, at the Malakal refugee camp.
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A Panoramic taken in the refugee camp in Malakal, South Sudan. It hadn't rained in a few hours so the mud was thick and sticky. Another shower and this would be rivers of mud.
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Life in the refugee camp at Malakal in the northern parts of South Sudan is tough enough at the best of times. When the rains come and will stay until September, things get much worse. Roads and the fields where the refugees live turn into muddy rivers an
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Residents from the older refugee camp in Malakal, South Sudan, move their belongings to the new camp. With recent rains the roads are flooded with s thick clay mud.
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It rained!
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My Camera - Bertha, about to film a piece-to-camera just outside the UN House, Refugee Camp, just outside Juba, the capital city of South Sudan.
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The Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane used by the World Food Program to carry out food-drops in areas of South Sudan, which are experiencing the early stages of famine.
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Even in the most demanding of conditions, kids will always want to have fun and smile. When I suggested a "selfie" the just jumped around until the iPhone was ready. The McDonalds logo seemed to be a bit out of place in a huge refugee camp called UN Hous
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Casualties of War - My Wellies have been to many news events in Ireland but they didn't make it back from South Sudan. They are now being worn by someone living in the refugee camp in Malakal.
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The RTE News and Oxfam Ireland team at Malakal Refugee Camp. South Sudan.
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The European Union have a great ally when it comes to their Security system at Juba Airport. This poster was hanging in the Departures area. It is forbidden to take photographs in Juba Airport but I managed to allow security/soldiers to take this!
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The last leg towards home and well ready for a shower, a shave and serious sleep!