Photo Gallery
From Jan. 26-Feb. 9, during the first anniversary of the program, UMCOR presents a series of stories about the work that United Methodists are funding in Sudan. Two stories will be featured each week, and photos in this gallery may be used with credit.
Photos by Paul Jeffrey, Sidney Traynham, Stephen Guy and Linda Beher.
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Photo 1: In the city of Al Daein, blacksmiths forge farming implements that UMCOR is distributing to internally displaced families. Rather than import the tools from somewhere else, UMCOR is supporting the local economy of the South Darfur region by providing employment to local craftspeople.
Credit:Paul Jeffrey/UMCOR
Photo 2: As the rainy season gets under way in South Darfur, UMCOR has helped keep hope in the future alive by providing seeds and agricultural tools to displaced families. Here Adel Dut plants sorghum on land outside the camp
Credit: Paul Jeffrey/UMCOR
Photo 3: At the El Ferdous IDP camp, workers constructed a reception center for new displaced families arriving at the camp. UMCOR hospitality now speeds the integration of new arrivals into the support structures of the camp.
Credit: Paul Jeffrey/UMCOR
Photo 4: Photo: An UMCOR community worker lifts young groundnuts to show how bountiful the crops would be come November's harvest.
Credit: Stephen Guy/UMCOR
Photo 5: At Julha, a women's farm, residents cultivate interplanted crops--soy, millet, okra, and groundnuts.
Credit: Sidney Traynham/UMCOR
Photo 6: On the woodland savanna UMCOR trucks creep over barely visible tracks from village to village, camp to camp.
Credit: Linda Beher/UMCOR
Photo 7: UMCOR has distributed woven mats to families in the El Ferdous camp, including this woman, Adut Malek Wul, and her children. The mats are critically important as the rainy season gets under way, as they help keep children out of the mud and thus improve their chances of staying healthy.
Credit: Paul Jeffrey/UMCOR
Photo 8: Displaced women in the Abu Jabra IDP camp put the finishing touches on a thatched roof of a hut, an event which provokes singing and dancing in celebration.
Credit: Paul Jeffrey/UMCOR
Photo 9: At Abu Jabra, another camp where UMCOR workers have provided seeds and tools, a resident prepares the ground for planting.
Credit: Paul Jeffrey/UMCOR
Photo 10: A woman cooking in front of her hut. The tarp was provided by UMCOR.
Credit: Paul Jeffrey/UMCOR
Photo 11: As the rainy season got under way in South Darfur, UMCOR helped keep hope in the future alive by providing seeds and agricultural tools to displaced families. Here Adel Dut planted sorghum on land outside the camp.
Credit: Paul Jeffrey/UMCOR
Photo 12: Peanuts getting planted outside the Abu Jabra IDP camp by Halima Grang Shole.
Credit: Paul Jeffrey/UMCOR
