South Sudan at Heart

Give a girl child the rights to education By: Abraham Daljang Maker. Kampala Uganda Sudan has been torn apart by constant civil wars for many decades. As the country is recovering from its war hangover, there are several things that need to be put into consideration urgently. One of these things is the rights to take a girl child to school. Although an old Roman proverb says that “Rome was not built in a day,” the issue of girl child learning is very sensitive, it needs a critical observation and prompts action before it gets out of hands. Education for women has been neglected in the country especially in the South Since the time of Adam and Eve. Women are very influential and educating them can bring development in the nation. Like any other person; a woman has potential and can do anything that man does, the world’s powerful women like Angela Merkel of Germany. Hilary Clinton and Ellen Johnson of Liberia should be taken as role models by our fathers; I can imagine what it fee...

South Sudan government should prioritize the environmental conservation.  By: Abraham Daljang Maker, Kampala Uganda Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as water, air and soil. It is the destruction of ecosystem and extinction of wildlife.   There are many bad practices that should be discouraged if we need to live in a happy environment.   It is our collective role to educate the masses about the dangers of the environmental mismanagement. The media is a platform on which all these should be aired out in order to create full awareness. There are many forms of degrading environment and one of them is bush burning.   Bush burning is a practice done by pastoral communities in search for pasture to feed the animals.   Many people especially the common men in many countries in Africa who rear animals and others who farm the land know nothing about the greatest dangers of bush burning. The...

Pray in a way that is convenient to you. Abraham Daljang Maker, Kampala Uganda The mode of prayers I have so far seen since 2003 the year I set my foot on Ugandan soil are still fresh in my brain. Although I was born in a village, I had a chance of being baptized in a small town called Akot which could be just a small trading center in advanced world. My mother Rebecca took me for baptism at the age of five. She asked me to choose my Christian name and I said that. “Abraham is my name.” I had no idea of what the name mean until 1999 when I read it in the Old Testament.   Episcopal church of Sudan ECS is where my mother used to pray till 2007 when I learned that she is one of mother unions in Anglican Church. Being a Christian, I used to pray in Anglican of Uganda since it’s the main church and which is a bit related to ECS.   My colleague called me one day to go and attend three days conference in Arua youth center. That was in April 2003 if I can still remember it...