Impact

Tag: South Sudan

  • South Sudan Reflection

    Author: Grant McDonald, in-country Project Manager, South Sudan    My long journey back across the Atlantic to South Sudan began with a flight from Toronto’s Pearson Airport to a connecting flight in Washington D.C. I was met by a friendly American customs agent inquiring about my reason for entering the U.S. of A. It was a

  • It all started with a fifteen-minute connection in Addis…

    Author: Rachel Pulfer, Executive Director, Journalists for Human Rights   It all started with a fifteen-minute connection in Addis. Flying Ethiopian Airways via Addis to Johannesburg with JHR trainer-turned-Brookfield Project Officer Philippa Croome in early November, I wasn’t sure we were going to make it. We had fifteen minutes to catch the flight to Johannesburg,

  • Night for Rights: When you give, you are investing in millions of innocent people

    “When you give, you are not investing in 50 journalists. You are investing in millions of innocent people in South Sudan,” David de Dau, JHR’s program manager in South Sudan, said to 2015 Night for Rights attendees. Standing at the back of the room as a gala volunteer, watching all the guests listening to David

  • Putting human rights on the feature page in South Sudan

    Parach Mach, a young reporter with The Juba Telegraph newspaper, decided to take a bold step. Using skills he learned from JHR trainers, Parach decided to investigate the ongoing impact of South Sudan’s civil war on children.