This message was given by one of the organizers of The Peace Cup, a football competition finally won by the team from the South of town after penalties. The happily cheering crowds running into the field after the match was a joyful experience definitely not reminding any one of any tribalism. He desribed the Saturday experiences as a display of Malakal at peace and love and invited those who wanted to participate in he development of Malakal to join in.
After the sports events the artist Vivian Nyanchan and her band was giving a concert. We are very tired from fighting and war and we have been waiting for peace for a long time and now peace has come, was her message.
Late warm African evenings in peaceful coexistence, fotball and concerts at the stadium was the Malakal experience during this week end. A team of Egyptian engineers building a technical school and a hospital in Jongilei here together with Fatin and Trond "under the tree" at South Sudan Hotel in Malakal.The last two weeks Fatin and Trond has been in Malakal after a flight by Sudan Airways not easily forgotten. Malakal is the town where the new college of technical vocational teacher education at Upper Nile University is to be located. Saturday Johan arrived by WFP. The preparations for the start of the NUCOOP-TVET Bachelor's Program no doubt requires hands on.
Earlier this year the people of Malakal has experienced some incidents among others a clash between some militia and the SPLA. Malakal now appears to be peaceful and calm. While shopping at the market we met some American and Australian UNMIS police officers working with capacity building. They confirmed the impression given by the UN security reports and told that they had received no information about any security risks in Malakal.
2 comments:
Dear Trond,
Thank you for keeping us posted. It is good to learn that people in Malakal are yearning and also preaching peace.It is also good to learn that your tireless effort are begining to yield results. Well done! We'll all celebrate when finally the programmes start in Malakal.
My friend, I'm happy to hear news of a more peaceful tone to Malakal in these recent days. I hope that it shall stay that way, inshallah.
It's important to remember that education and our attitudes to those we come in contact with are all part of a bigger peace effort!
Travel safely and thanks for your message.
Allah barakfi!
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