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Our Feature of the Week
Suddenly, Sudan and Its Sudd by Fouad Kronfol
Fouad takes us on a journey down memory lane to his visit to Sudan in 1971 and then to his assignment as UNICEF's first Representative in Sudan in 1974. This is a warm and loving memoir of UNICEF's early days in Sudan, as Fouad describes it, "a long but limited relationship", beginning in 1952 with a TB vaccination programme, a Basic Agreement in 1956, and finally establishment of a country office in 1974. Fouad's memoir comes just in time for UNICEF Sudan's celebration of its 70th Anniversary. Who better to tell the story than UNICEF's first Representative? Click here.
Our Columnists This Week
Nuzhat Shahzadi
Artwork of the Week
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Mehr Khan's latest contribution to our galleries
Did you miss one of our earlier chats? You can find the full collection here. Would you like to chat with us - or record you own chat with an old colleague? Let us know.
Photos of the Week
"In Kabul there was so much hope.." by Fatimah Hossaini
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UNICEF Sudan is celebrating its 70th Anniversary this year. The first visit by a UNICEF official took place in June 1952 in response to a request by the government for assistance. As a result of that visit, the Executive Board approved UNICEF's first assistance to Sudan on 10 October 1952 - over three years before the country even won its indepencence.
This week Fouad Kronfol kicks off the XUNICEF celebration of this anniversary with a loving memoir of his assignment as UNICEF's first Representative to Sudan in the 1970's. Hundreds of UNICEF staff and consultants have served in Sudan over the years. If you are among the many alumni of UNICEF Sudan - north or south, please join in marking this year by contributing your memoirs, stories, and photographs of your service in the country. We hope to partner with current staff serving in Sudan and with the UNICEF offices in both Sudan and South Sudan in recalling UNICEF's history there.
Format of the Weekly - as you can see, we are experimenting with some changes in format and layout of the Weekly Digest. We would appreciate knowing your views. You can write to us or leave a comment at the bottom of this page. A few of the changes:
* We want to give priority to the original articles, art and photos contributed by our members, so we are moving these 'upfront', i.e. up higher.
* The 'pilot email' we send out to members each week will now link to our website, rather than only to the Weekly Digest. Our hope is that this will encourage more members to read or at least browse the many articles on the blog, rather than only what appear in the Digest.
* We are dropping the calendar, because we find that few members add to it or read it.
Missing You
Quiz of the Week
This week Sree tests how well we can recall two stories of wars in which our members found themselves.
Reports of the Week
Your Feedback This Week
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One quick comment on the new format––I got lost . . . I prefer a list of contents upfront. A couple of readers wrote to me as they couldn't find my column right away as before. That's when I discovered I had similar issues.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks and warm wishes,
Nuzhat