The office of the Board of directors for Bor Community Development Association Inc., in USA is formally inviting all candidates interested in running for the chairperson’s position in the next year’s election to declare their candidacies. A potential candidate will need to declare his/her intention to run for the office by the following deadlines: By October 31, 2018, a candidate must send an electronic message to the board to confirm his/her candidacy for the position of the chairperson … [Read more...]
Environmental and Public Health Catastrophe in the South Sudan Oilfields: Oil, Wealth, and Health
Bior K. Bior “If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it.”~ Dr. Peter Singer Introduction Like the history of the country itself, the history of oil exploration in South Sudan is littered with contradictions. The first international oil giant to venture into the Sudan in search of oil was an American oil company called Chevron in 1974, just barely two years after the … [Read more...]
WHY UN MISSIONS FAIL IN AFRICA?
BY MANYOK CHOL DAVID The United Nations formed in 1945, aimed at promoting global peace and security. Rising interests and different ideologies have led to the emergence of different conflicts. This has called for great UN roles in restoring stability in conflict areas. History has shown that the UN has succeeded in restoring peace in some conflict zones while failing in others. In the 1990s, the civil war in the Balkan led to the formation of UNMIBH (2000-2002). The mission provided millions … [Read more...]
I’ll Never Forget the Late Uncle Majak Nhial: A teacher and caretaker of Jesh Al Ahmer (Red Army) who had changed life of many South Sudanese
During the Easter on the 30th of March 2018 we have learned the pass on of the great teacher and caretaker Uncle Majak Nhial, he had been a teacher since 1960s and a father of Jesh Al Ahmer (Red Army) since 1980s in Ethiopia, South Sudan and Kenya. Uncle Majak Nhial (RIP) was known as a grandfather in teaching industry by most teachers that were our teachers in Ethiopia. Although I am not a teacher by profession today, most of my school mates are teachers who are currently teaching and producing … [Read more...]
BORCDA: Heartful thanks to Bor Community in the US for attending the 2018 Annual Conference in Dallas, Texas.
On behalf of Bor County Development Association (BORCDA), we hope that you found the 2018 Annual Conference informative and worthwhile in Dallas, Texas last May. The primary goal of such conference is always to bring together our community members and sectional leaders here in the United States and Diaspora in general as well as friends and our community partners under one roof to discuss the issues facing our community or communities and to develop possible strategies as to how the Diaspora can … [Read more...]
Subject: Thank you letter to all our supporters for successful fundraiser occasion
Dear relatives and friends, With great pleasure and giggling cheerfulness, we cordially greet you once again with your families around the world. On behave of Koch Community members and its leadership in USA; we would like to precise our thankfulness to those who turnout and amalgamated together with their enthusiastic support to make our fundraiser proceed successfully. Koch Community desire to express her gratitude for your help in supporting our projects to build church, clinic and primary … [Read more...]
The Death and Biography of Majur Nhial Makol
General Majur Nhial Makol has died in Bor on and the news was confirmed to SBS Dinka by the family. General Majur Nhial served in various positions since the 1970s in the regional Government and the SPLA. Lt. General Majur Nhial Makol is survived by his wives, children, and grandchildren. General Majur Nhial life and story of working in South Sudan is told in this interview with SBS Dinka in May 2017. Be aware that this audio was recorded almost a year ago. By Ajak Deng Chiengkou, Presented … [Read more...]
Adol Community in the United States Fundraiser Event.
Nyiel Dot Duoi, Chairman of Adol Fundraising day: July 8/2018 Dear Members, friends, and entire Bor Community across the globe. On my behalf and on behalf of Adol Community in the United States, as a friend, I invite you to attend our annual fundraising in a great city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota in July 7-8/ 2018. Our theme of the fundraising is aid to build health clinic and sustain our already build school in Panpandiar. We have already build school on our own and now we need your help to … [Read more...]
Update: Bor Community – USA Annual Conference on Memorial Weekend 2018 in Dallas, Texas
Dear Fellow Citizens, As Memorial Holiday is closing in, the community leadership is pleased to make an update over the annual conference that will kick off on May 26 and 27, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. One of the quick items to share with you as members of the community is that, the treasury committee will go LIVE on Facebook very soon in which it will be presented by the committee chairperson, Alier Wel Deng together with his team. The team will present the purpose of the presentation. Besides, … [Read more...]
The Generation Too Deprived to Reason for Their Own Good: The case of the “Seed of Nation, Terap, Jesh el Hamer of the [South] Sudan”
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“Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.” Theodore Roosevelt Please, chillax and enjoy the ride and don’t forget to leave your comments at end of this piece, after reading it thoroughly; not only by scanning through it, Thanks. The objective of the article is to wake up my fellow Seeds of the Nation to think critically about the salvation of South Sudan’s innocent children and mothers who are displaced from their homes and are now living in displaced camps inside … [Read more...]
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