South Sudan

Designer and Emily Carr professor Christian Blyt (left) and design students Saanvi Bhat (centre) and Tai Vo (right) test out a final prototype interactive object for children living with trauma, created by Saanvi and Tai with classmate Joey Kim. Their design allows kids to piece together six pentagons in different formations and then place colourful blocks in holes drilled into the base. (Perrin Grauer/Emily Carr University)

B.C. design students invent objects for kids living with trauma in Sudan

Creations to make their way from Emily Carr classroom to South Sudan refugee camp

 

A health worker assesses malnourished South Sudanese children at a clinic in a transit center in Renk, South Sudan Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Tens of thousands of South Sudanese are flocking home from neighboring Sudan, which erupted in violence last month. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Thousands of exhausted South Sudanese head home, fleeing brutal conflict

Some 50,000 people have crossed into the border town of Renk

 

James Magok Achuli, a refugee now studying international relations at UBCO while running on the varsity cross-country team. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Running toward education: A former child soldier’s path to UBC Okanagan student athlete

James Achuli’s journey from refugee and child soldier to university student and cross country athlete