People of a narrow mind fails to see that there is people who will give up all the luxury in the world to help other people. Allthough we are many, in a crowd of all it feels few. And the most of the Khawayas coming here makes a carrier of the missery here. Are they another necessary group of narrow minded like the many cynical buisnessmen in the world? If I am offered a carrier in this line of work, what can I do to represent only a pure intiative to really help the needy?
I am near the end of our first three months in Sudan and Port Sudan City. And I am going home for christmas. I have been frustrated, stopped, misunderstood, infected, amazed, horrified, sleepless, late, ashamed, proud, confused, informed, greeted, welcomed, attacked by cat and insects, sweating, training, lecturing, uninformed and witnessing just to name a few words to describe our lives here. I have been cultural adapting and many feelings comes from that. But some of the things I read about and see here cannot simply be cultural adapted to. There are conditions and situations a world cannot live with. They are as bad as the worse of the stories from the world wars. Maybe two million people have died here in this conflict over the years. And people continue to suffer. Here everything is buisness. And I mean EVERYTHING. Your daughter, your son, drinkable water, healthcare, foodrations, the travel to a refugeecamp, the information on refugeecamps, the luxury of refugeecamp life, basic food, straws to sleep on and so it goes on. Everything is sold and slavery still very much exist.
I have heard thoughts like: "What are these "Khawayas" (foreigners) doing here? Why do they want to be here when they can be in London or any western country? They must be unsuccessful in their country to come here." "No wonder", is my respons to that. Sudan is no place for a picnic. And it is absolutely not a place one travels to experience fun and adventure. Sudan is a place where you meet you. All you see and are able to learn will contribute to the massive change to your life this country will do. Not changes by various memories but changes of values worth fighting for. Values worth living, working and fighting for in life. That goes for all of us here. Locals and Khawayas.
