"We thought it was going to be fighting, fighting until all of us died," recalls Mary, a widow and mother of five who lost her husband and other family members during the Second Sudanese Civil War that ended 11 years ago this week.
When Mary shared her story with Women for Women International (WfWI) in mid-2012, she told us how peace had given her new hope for the future in South Sudan.
"Now we realize we have a life, so my first hope is that I'm going to live longer," she said. "My second hope is that people will not fight again."
Mary's dreams of peace did not come true. A year and a half later, violence broke out in South Sudan again, and today the country continues to struggle with a conflict that has forced more than 2.3 million people to flee."
Read article by Jennifer Windsor from The Huffington Post.
When Mary shared her story with Women for Women International (WfWI) in mid-2012, she told us how peace had given her new hope for the future in South Sudan.
"Now we realize we have a life, so my first hope is that I'm going to live longer," she said. "My second hope is that people will not fight again."
Mary's dreams of peace did not come true. A year and a half later, violence broke out in South Sudan again, and today the country continues to struggle with a conflict that has forced more than 2.3 million people to flee."
Read article by Jennifer Windsor from The Huffington Post.
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