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2009-06-03T23:43:27Z

My new program with UNHCR afforded us two new motorcycles to use between camps and for data collection. We have enjoyed them so far and hope to use them well for the work.

2009-07-08T21:27:25Z

Matt Cottrell
My new program with UNHCR afforded us two new motorcycles to use between camps and for data collection. We have enjoyed them so far and hope to use them well for the work.

Here's myself and Joey. Joey is has a family of four boys and wife in Lira as they work with Path Ministries' orphanage. I gave my motorcycle to Joey last fall and we are good friends- he' ...

2009-06-03T22:39:12Z

Matt Cottrell
Here's myself and Joey. Joey is has a family of four boys and wife in Lira as they work with Path Ministries' orphanage. I gave my motorcycle to Joey last fall and we are good friends- he' ...

The vocational training that trained 8 young vulnerable women in Aler IDP camp how to sew, finished in June of this year. We gave them each a Singer sewing machine as well as some items to ...

2009-06-09T06:22:17Z

Matt Cottrell
The vocational training that trained 8 young vulnerable women in Aler IDP camp how to sew, finished in June of this year. We gave them each a Singer sewing machine as well as some items to ...

Adam Payton is finished in Lira and is moving on to bigger things- are these two getting emotional?

2009-02-22T01:53:28Z

Matt Cottrell
Adam Payton is finished in Lira and is moving on to bigger things- are these two getting emotional?

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2009-06-04T07:21:31Z

Matt Cottrell
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Believe it or not, this photo is of a Rashaida girl, native of Eritrea and close relatives to the Beja tribe whom we worked with in Sudan. This girl, whose name I don't know, lives on the b ...

2009-07-07T00:50:04Z

Matt Cottrell
Believe it or not, this photo is of a Rashaida girl, native of Eritrea and close relatives to the Beja tribe whom we worked with in Sudan. This girl, whose name I don't know, lives on the b ...

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2009-02-21T12:23:57Z

Matt Cottrell
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2009-07-22T15:38:43Z

Matt Cottrell

HIV Kills Aler Camp SEP 2005

2009-02-21T17:16:07Z

Matt Cottrell
HIV Kills Aler Camp SEP 2005

WEB - Cathy praying

2009-07-20T22:28:29Z

Matt Cottrell
WEB - Cathy praying

Chris Toews came to Lira in March of 04 with his brother Mark to start up the programs and didn't leave until 14 months later. You can't help but love this picture of Chris- notice especial ...

2009-06-04T06:22:14Z

Matt Cottrell
Chris Toews came to Lira in March of 04 with his brother Mark to start up the programs and didn't leave until 14 months later. You can't help but love this picture of Chris- notice especial ...

A picture bound to be famous one day (if it is not already, I wouldn't know, I'm still in the bush) after Paytos, our departing intern, bought us all matching tank tops to pose in one mornin ...

2009-06-04T07:32:45Z

Matt Cottrell
A picture bound to be famous one day (if it is not already, I wouldn't know, I'm still in the bush) after Paytos, our departing intern, bought us all matching tank tops to pose in one mornin ...

This photo was taken by Daniel Propst as he was traveling to visit different schools he was constructing in the Fall of 2004. The elephant grass regularly grows to 10 feet during the rains ...

2009-06-04T08:01:35Z

Matt Cottrell
This photo was taken by Daniel Propst as he was traveling to visit different schools he was constructing in the Fall of 2004. The elephant grass regularly grows to 10 feet during the rains ...

The look of this man betrays his likely involvment is shady dealings while trying to recieve as much food as possible from any means possible. A common ploy was to wrap their heads up in al ...

2009-06-03T22:28:42Z

Matt Cottrell
The look of this man betrays his likely involvment is shady dealings while trying to recieve as much food as possible from any means possible. A common ploy was to wrap their heads up in al ...

The next six pictures show the typical beneficiaries of our food distributions to the Beja. Although women are preferred worldwide as the head of households, the Beja men recieved for the h ...

2009-06-03T22:15:41Z

Matt Cottrell
The next six pictures show the typical beneficiaries of our food distributions to the Beja. Although women are preferred worldwide as the head of households, the Beja men recieved for the h ...

Here is a scene from a food distribution, with the Telkook mountain in the background. We would always try to keep it as orderly and controlled as possible, otherwise, it would be an absolu ...

2009-02-22T02:09:27Z

Matt Cottrell
Here is a scene from a food distribution, with the Telkook mountain in the background. We would always try to keep it as orderly and controlled as possible, otherwise, it would be an absolu ...

This is all you usually see of the women around the border of Sudan and Eritrea. The girls begin covering their heads with the colorful cloth around the age of 12, and stay close to their ...

2009-02-22T02:04:06Z

Matt Cottrell
This is all you usually see of the women around the border of Sudan and Eritrea. The girls begin covering their heads with the colorful cloth around the age of 12, and stay close to their ...