Image 1 of 1
240513_PPF_SUDAN2_BobMiller_000047190005.jpg
HEIBAN, SOUTH KORDOFAN – MAY 13, 2024: Hassan Kundakuku attends a trauma healing workshop hosted by community and faith leaders in the Nuba Mountains.
As the War In Sudan reverberates outward from Khartoum, leaders from the country’s remote Nuba Mountains are behaving heroically – facilitating the evacuation and resettlement of thousands of displaced Sudanese at great risk to themselves. But as the war continues, half of the country now faces acute hunger, further straining the resettlement of 12 million displaced Sudanese – a staggering one fifth of the country.
Extended Caption:
On the day the war broke out, Kundakuku was visiting Khartoum for medical treatment. “I was on the gurney, and when the doctor received a phone call, he just walked out. He left me there naked on the table. I waited for about 10 minutes until someone walked in and told me what was happening.” Outside, fighting had begun in the streets of Khartoum. “We’ve had war in the Nuba Mountains before,” Kundakuku said, “but I did not think there could be such a war in Khartoum. It was not a normal war. The things we saw with our eyes. We had never seen bodies in the street.” On May 23, 2023, Kundakuku took part in a mass evacuation effort, traveling with 830 people on eight buses to the relative safety of the Nuba Mountains. “Here, everyone has experienced trauma,” he told me. “This teaches us that we should rely on God. Peace will come about. We do not know when, but it will come.”
As the War In Sudan reverberates outward from Khartoum, leaders from the country’s remote Nuba Mountains are behaving heroically – facilitating the evacuation and resettlement of thousands of displaced Sudanese at great risk to themselves. But as the war continues, half of the country now faces acute hunger, further straining the resettlement of 12 million displaced Sudanese – a staggering one fifth of the country.
Extended Caption:
On the day the war broke out, Kundakuku was visiting Khartoum for medical treatment. “I was on the gurney, and when the doctor received a phone call, he just walked out. He left me there naked on the table. I waited for about 10 minutes until someone walked in and told me what was happening.” Outside, fighting had begun in the streets of Khartoum. “We’ve had war in the Nuba Mountains before,” Kundakuku said, “but I did not think there could be such a war in Khartoum. It was not a normal war. The things we saw with our eyes. We had never seen bodies in the street.” On May 23, 2023, Kundakuku took part in a mass evacuation effort, traveling with 830 people on eight buses to the relative safety of the Nuba Mountains. “Here, everyone has experienced trauma,” he told me. “This teaches us that we should rely on God. Peace will come about. We do not know when, but it will come.”
- Copyright
- © Bob Miller 2024
- Image Size
- 5818x4746 / 30.4MB
- archive.bobmiller.works
- Contained in galleries
