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Quoted: Hopes and dreams in South Sudan


September 20, 2011
By The IRC

IRC staff members in Juba, South Sudan, talk about their hopes for their children and their newly independent country (l-r): Cecilia Achiro with baby Patricia Achiro, Rose Auma and Lonna Steven with baby Richard Mubarak.

Photo: Sophia Jones-Mwangi/IRC
“I’m very pleased about our independence.  My future hopes and dreams are that I want my children to be educated. I’d like them to have a plot of land -- and one day I hope that Patricia will even become the President as well as get married!" 
-  Cecelia Achiro, holding her baby daughter Patricia. As South Sudan prepared to celebrate its independence from Sudan this summer, Cecelia and other International Rescue Committee staff members working in Juba --  the new capital -- shared their hopes for a peaceful beginning for the fledgling nation and a promising future for their children.
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