Deb Dawson traveling to Duk Payuel

Deb Dawson, ASAH Founding President and current treasurer, is heading to Duk Payuel on Nov. 7th. She will be in the village for a few weeks, collecting stories, taking photos, and re-establishing ASAH's connections with the village. Watch for updates here.

Small but successful project in Bor, southern Sudan

The Davis Peace Award allowed an undergraduate from Clarkson, and a Sudanese refugee in the US, to renovate a school room in Bor county over the summer of 2009. The report alludes to the high cost of doing work in southern Sudan, but it does not give dollar figures.

Presentation Video

I am presenting about ASAH today and plan to show this video before I show our documentary.

Presentation Map

I am talking about and showing African Soul, American Heart today, and want to share this map with the audience.


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New South Sudan Video

Matt Dillon filmed and directed this short piece about the current crisis in southern Sudan.

ASAH coming to Wahpeton

The Wahpeton Daily News did a nice job covering Joseph's visit this Wednesday, April 22. The reporter did a great job of talking to our host, Sybil Priebe, about why ASAh is relevant to Wahpeton and their college, North Dakota State College of Science.

The "uneasy peace" gets all the press.

NPR ran a long story this morning about some North-South fighting in Malakal, a border town. The fighting was in February, which be an illustration of how slow the news moves coming out of Sudan.

When Joseph presents, we often get this question--will the peace hold? A good, legitimate question. I just wish the press would also cover the work of all the NGOs and southern Sudanese trying to build peace, trying to build an infrastructure that would stabilize the country enough so that its people wouldn't feel like going to war is their only or best option.