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Support for Leper community in South Sudan
Agok, Southern Sudan, is home to a community of people with leprosy living in a leper's village isolated from the rest of the communities around them. These people have lived in extremely difficult circumstances with very minimal assistance from the government and other organizations. At the end of 2010, Dorcas Aid International started a project to help the 314 adults and children living in this leper's village. In December 2010, Dorcas distributed 1.13 metric tons of food supplies and 1,439 assorted household goods to 239 leper's families. This included sugar, cooking oil, salt, rice, bar soap, mosquito nets, blankets, plastic mats, buckets, cups, and plates. The project will continue in 2011 and will consist not only of the provision of basic necessities, but also educational support for the children in this village and lobbying for government care for this community. When the first truck with aid goods arrived, the leper community expressed their joy and had lined up to receive the Dorcas team. Mary Anguecg and Augustino Abas commented "Dorcas Aid has been sent by God to save us; our prayers have finally yielded something."
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| Monday, 24 January 2011 |
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