Friday, March 7, 2014
Caroline Rohrer, Marial Bai
One thing that I wondered about was if marial Bai was ever rebuilt. I googled it and found that, according to VerticalResponse, that on July 9th, the republic of South Sudan officially became a nation. As soon as this happened, people in the area began rebuilding the war torn village and have since constructed the Marial Bai Secondary School, which has enrolled over 350 students.
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I also wondered this when Valentino and Dut are climbing up to see the state of Marial Bai a couple days after it was first attacked. Apparently, the Valentino Achak Deng foundation carries out projects to help rebuild the town of Marial Bai. The organization was created in 2007, by the writer of What is the What, Dave Eggers and Valentino Deng, the real-life narrator of the book. The school described above was their first project. According to the foundation's website, Marial Bay Secondary School provides equal opportunities for boys and girls!
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and if you click on the link below, there will be a picture of Valentino infront of the school. I couldn't figure out how to add pictures..
http://petchary.wordpress.com/tag/valention-achak-deng/