Registration for children going to school is taking place in Juba and there has been a continuous stream of hopeful students knocking on our door seeking assistance in paying the school fees that average around SSP 1200, or $40 (Australian), for the year well out of reach of many families in their current, desperate circumstances. Subsidising individual children is not part of our mandate but a private donor has given us some money for the purpose of assisting young people in our neighbourhood to go to school. The greatly increased number of people pleading for assistance is quite disturbing. The stark fact is that many children will not be able to return to school this year.
At times, it is hard to know how to respond but two things are clear: the people are better off because we are here with them but we certainly can't meet every need. I ask myself what would Jesus do? Did he have to turn innocent, needy people away? I do know we can't work miracles!
I believe peace is coming but at great personal cost to many. The foundations for a just peace are flimsy indeed.
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