Captured Progress
Southern Sudan, June 2008
“Captured Progress: Images of Peace, Change and Progress,” is a photography project that aims to capture the process of change in Southern Sudan since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in January 2005. It was launched as a joint initiative by the Joint Donor Office in Juba, that is supported by the Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, British, Canadian and Danish Governments, as well as the Ministry of Culture of Southern Sudan.
Six Southern Sudanese photographers participated in the project and attended a series of workshops run by Steve Morrison and myself. The aim of these workshops was to ensure that reliable photography records are being conserved for future generations. This set of images made up the body of an exhibition that was opened on June 29th, 2008 in Juba.
- A group of school children stand outside the Chapel in Ngangala village Southern Sudan waiting for the arrival of the parish priest on 26th December 2007.
APOLLONIA MATHIA - People celebrate the third Anniversary of the SPLM in Muniki, Southern Sudan on 26th March, 2008.
CHRISTOPHER WANI MORJA - Women in Lirya, Southern Sudan, wait to receive the official visit of The Speaker of the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly James Wani Iga, and the Commissioner of Central Equatoria State, Albert Pitya, in the first official visit to their region since the end of the civil war on 27th February 2008.
APOLLONIA MATHIA - A man sits in his shop that is selling Christmas Decorations in Custom Market, Juba Southern Sudan on 2nd December, 2007.
GEOFFERY AYIGA - Edward Oboma sits on a bench that he has just built from bamboo, in Custom Market, Juba Southern Sudan on 5th December, 2007.
GEOFFERY AYIGA - People run for safety as barrels of petrol explode in a market square in Juba, Southern Sudan, on 31st May, 2007.
ISAAC BILLY - Leno Ito prepares meat for breakfast in her restaurant in Custom Market, Juba, Southern Sudan on 5th December, 2007.
GEOFFERY AYIGA - Men work on the construction of a new road in Juba, Southern Sudan on 18 December 2007.
ISAAC BILLY - A herd of cows are directed through a main road in Juba, Southern Sudan on 20th February, 2008.
GEOFFREY AYIGA - Women who work for UNMIS dance at the celebration held for UN peacekeepers Day in Juba, South Sudan, on 29th May, 2008.
DANIEL COMBONI - Mohammed stands in his grocery shop in Atlabara, Juba Southern Sudan on 1st June, 2008.
GEOFFERY AYIGA - A woman watches her sick child, while the nursing staff are on strike, in Juba Teaching Hospital, Juba, Southern Sudan, on the 31st May, 2008.
APOLLONIA MATHIA - Two men ride on a motorbike drive down a newly tarmaced road in Juba, Southern Sudan on 7th April, 2008.
CHRISTOPHER WANI MORJAN - Young children hunt through a rubbish dump for food at a dumping site twelve miles outside of Juba, Southern Sudan on 11th February, 2008. DANIEL COMBONI
- Suzy Wilson, mother of of eight children breaks stones to increase her family's income after her husband lost his job in Juba, Southern Sudan on the 19th March, 2007.
ISAAC BILLY - A crane and construction workers stand on the site of the new Juba Airport in Juba Southern Sudan, on 9th April 2008.
CHRISTOPHER WANI MORJAN - A young boy who is suffering from a severe leg infection that will not heal sits outside the children's ward of Juba teaching hospital in Juba, Southern Sudan, on 19th December 2007.
DANIEL COMBONI - A patient suffering from an abscess in one side of his mouth, is bandaged in Juba teaching hospital, Juba, Southern Sudan, on 2nd December, 2007.
DANIEL COMBONI - Morris Mali, who is suffering from cerebral malaria, leans out of the window of his ward in Juba Teaching Hospital, Juba, Southern Sudan, on 1st December, 2007.
APOLLONIA MATHIA - A girl cradles her brother who is suffering from chronic malaria in the Outpatients unit of Juba Teaching Hospital, Southern Sudan, on 2nd December, 2007.
DANIEL COMBONI - The Archbishop Paolino Lukudu Loro, head of the Archdiocese of Juba, ordains two deacons as priests at St. Theresa's Cathedral in Juba, Southern Sudan, on 30th September, 2007.
APOLLONIA MATHIA - Street children hold photograph of the late Dr John Garang during a celebration of World Children's Day at Juba Football Stadium, Juba, Southern Sudan, on 20th, October, 2007.
DANIEL COMBONI - People wait in the newly built outpatients unit of Juba teaching Hospital in Juba Southern Sudan on 29th February, 2008.
CHRISTOPHER WANI MORJAN - Salva Kiir Mayardit, the Vice President of the Sudan and President of South Sudan leads a crowd of people over the newly opened Mundri Bridge on 27th May, 2008.
ISAAC BILLY - A woman sits smoking a pipe in Custom Market, Juba, Southern Sudan on 16th December, 2007.
JUSTIN JADA - Father Oliver Nyara stands in front of St.Joseph the Worker Parish Church that was destroyed during the war, and is about to be renovated, in Lirya, 45 km outside Juba Southern Sudan, on 24th December 2007.
APOLLONIA MATHIA - People celebrate the ordination of two priests outside the juba Cathedral Church, with the colorful traditional dances and music at sunset in Juba, Southern Sudan, on the 30th September, 2007.
APOLLONIA MATHIA - Citizens from Juba sit a tent constructed in Freedom Square, Juba, Southern Sudan before the opening ceremony of the Census to be held throughout Southern Sudan, on 27th October, 2007.
CHRISTOPHER WANI MORJAN - A young boy sits in front of an SPLA soldier at a celebration to mark the opening of Mundri Bridge in Western Equatoria State, Southern Sudan on 25 May, 2008.
ISAAC BILLY - A car runs over a motorcycle at the Mobil Junction in Juba, Southern Sudan on 31st October, 2007.
CHRISTOPHER WANI MORJAN - A woman walks down a newly constructed road in Juba, Southern Sudan on 24 January 2008.
CHRISTOPHER WANI MORJAN - School children stand outside their new primary school that has been built for them with funds from the Episcopal Church, in Munuki, Juba, Southern Sudan on 31 October, 2007.
CHRISTOPHER WANI MORJAN - A family member holds up a photograph of Officer Abut who was killed in Yambio while on duty, at his funeral in Juba, Southern Sudan on 6th November, 2007.
CHRISTOPHER WANI MORJAN - Traditional dancers perform outside of All Saint's Cathedral after the enthronement of the new Archbishop William Deng Bul who is the fourth elected Archbishop of the Sudan Council of Churches, in Juba, Southern Sudan, on the 19th April, 2008.
ISAAC BILLY - Two men carry meat in a traditional manner in the town of Mundri, Southern Sudan on 1st October, 2007.
ISAAC BILLY - Young Ambororo girls build a traditional shelter at the side of river Ayii near village Bari on the outskirt of Mundri in Western Equatoria State in Southern Sudan on 10 January 2007. The Ambororo people are pastoralists who move regularly with their herd of 72,000 cows, crossing rivers and other natural barriers as they have done for thousands of years.
ISAAC BILLY - Ambororo tribesmen guide their cattle while crossing river Ayii near village Bari on the outskirt of Mundri in Western Equatoria State in Southern Sudan on 10 January 2007. The Ambororo people are pastoralists who move regularly with their herd of 72,000 cows, crossing rivers and other natural barriers as they have done for thousands of years.
ISAAC BILLY - Ambororo tribesmen guide their cattle while crossing river Ayii near village Bari on the outskirt of Mundri in Western Equatoria State in Southern Sudan on 10 January 2007. The Ambororo people are pastoralists who move regularly with their herd of 72,000 cows, crossing rivers and other natural barriers as they have done for thousands of years.
ISAAC BILLY - Ambororo tribesmen guide their cattle while crossing river Ayii near village Bari on the outskirt of Mundri in Western Equatoria State in Southern Sudan on 10 January 2007. The Ambororo people are pastoralists who move regularly with their herd of 72,000 cows, crossing rivers and other natural barriers as they have done for thousands of years.
ISAAC BILLY - Ambororo tribesmen guide their cattle while crossing river Ayii near village Bari on the outskirt of Mundri in Western Equatoria State in Southern Sudan on 10 January 2007. The Ambororo people are pastoralists who move regularly with their herd of 72,000 cows, crossing rivers and other natural barriers as they have done for thousands of years.
ISAAC BILLY - Bangladeshi peace-keepers, who are part of the UN band, watch a football match being held as part of the celebrations for UN Peacekeeping Day in Juba, Southern Sudan, on 29th May, 2008.
DANIEL COMBONI - Lokoya women celebrate their return to their village after 20 years of civil war in a traditional dance on top of a mountain in Ngangala near Juba, Southern Sudan on 2nd February, 2008.
APOLLONIA MATHIA - The Speaker the South Sudan Legislative Assembly James Wani Iga, and the Commissioner of Central Equatoria State, Albert Pitya, visit Lirya Village near Juba South Sudan on the first formal government visit since the creation of Southern Sudan, on 26th February 2008.
APOLLONIA MATHIA - A man holds his nose while walking through a demolished area of Custom Market, in Juba Southern Sudan on 9th May, 2008. Parts of Custom Market are being demolished because people have built shops on them without authorisation, and Juba University, who owns the land is wanting to build a teaching hospital there.
DANIEL COMBONI - His Excellency Salva Kiir Mayardit cuts the ribbon to open the newly renovated Cultural Centre in Juba, Southern Sudan, watched on by the governor of Central Equatoria State, Clement Wani Konga, on 22 May, 2008.
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