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After 20 years apart, Alison John reunites with his sister, Lucia Natugeini. She traveled 12 days by river barge from northern Sudan to reach her home in the soon-to-be independent south. Bonnie Allen/World Vision Report
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Week of January 22, 2011
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This week on the World Vision Report:
In South Sudan, a family reunites after 20 years of separation ... A law in South Africa may harm a cultural heritage ... Workers in a Detroit program, the On the Rise Bakery, bake bread and remake their lives ... The mission and music of Ugandan artist Kinobe and his band Soul Beat Africa ... The discovery of a natural gas field, and the implications for Lebanon ... One man finds a way to sell a charge at an electricity shop in Sierra Leone ... Global Guru: Cigarettes are a status symbol in parts of China ... Meet Babar Ali, a 17-year-old headmaster in India, and his students ... The legacy of Remmy Ongala, an inspirational musician from Tanzania.
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Voters turn out in large numbers in Juba on the first day of polling in south Sudan’s self-determination referendum. Photo/United Nations
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Week of January 15, 2011
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This week on the World Vision Report:
Casting votes for freedom in southern Sudan's referendum ... A social problem brews in southern Sudan while the country awaits freedom ... Radio Boukman helps keep citizens informed in Cite Soleil, Haiti's largest slum ... Ish Mafundikwa tells us about the The Orishas, a Cuban hip-hop band in France ... The Albergue Jesús El Buen Pastor shelter cares for injured migrants in Mexico ... The dreams of a singing Maronite priest named Mansour Labaky become reality in Lebanon ... The Center for Mind Body Medicine uses group therapy and breathing techniques to deal with trauma in Gaza.
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Cell phones are a lifeline in Haiti. Amy Bracken/World Vision Report
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Week of January 8, 2011
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This week on the World Vision Report:
Haitians call home and the homeless with their mobile phones ... Cuban-educated Sudanese return to rebuild their country ... A muppet on Nigeria's version of Sesame Street teaches preschoolers about living with HIV ... Foreigners in Rwanda live, and spend, on a vastly different scale than the locals ... A vendor in Mexico sells images of the Zapatista movement to tourists ... A woman with the band 'Cambodian Space Project' builds a new life with music in Cambodia ... The challenge of convincing the Chinese to eat potatoes ... 'Millions Fed' editor talks about a new technique where farmers need not till their fields ... Dr. Yoram Singer takes care of sick Bedouins in the Israeli desert.
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