Recent events in Kuron

Christmas message 2009 from Bishop Paride Taban	Read the message
5 years overview for Pastoral and development for HTPV	Read the report
Christmas message 2008 from Bishop Paride Taban	Read the message
Appreciation from Government of South Sudan to road plan for Narus - Boma	Read document (Dec. 08)
SOS-message of September 2008 from Bishop Paride Taban	Read the message
Travelling to Juba to attend silver Jubilee of Archbishop Lokudu Loro Bishop Paride Taban Travelling from Kuron to Narus to proceed to Juba to attend the silver Jubilee of Archbishop Paolino Lokudu Loro as Archbishop of Juba. The Bishop with Toposa dancers and representatives from Kuron Peace village started the journey on 25th July and arrived Narus on 27th July and on 29th July they headed to Juba for the occasion. Wiev photos (very large PDF-document!)
Easter (2008) Message from Bishop Taban and Nomination as Eminent Person for Guinea Worm Eradication	Read the documents
Rehabilitation of St. Thomas Primary School Kuron Report prepared by Ira Emmanuel - 24.11.07
Reports from Kuron Primary Health Care Centre Report prepared by Sr. Angela Limiyo and report prepared by Ira Emmanuel - 15.08.07
New hope for improvement of the road Narus - Kuron - Boma The Ministry of Transport and Roads, Government of Southern Sudan has contracted GTZ to construct the road from Narus to Kuron and Boma. Letter from Dr. Luka Biong Deng, Minister of Presidential Affairs. - 11.08.07. Last update: the contract cancelled and all GTZ equipment stalled!!
SOS Message to all friends! Thanking letter from Bishop Paride Taban \| Photos from the airstrip - 20.07.07

Progress in construction of the new school, the hospital and upgrading of the airstrip - 08.06.07 - updated March 2008


The rainy season causes blockage of the road to Kuron
Bishop Taban and Sr. Santa reports from Kuron on 25.April 2007: "We had very heavy rains here. Morokop blocked all the vehicles coming this way and going to Narus. So we are cut off, unless by plane. Bishop came back by plane together with visitors- Swiss Caritas". "From tenth of April till today it is difficult to drive to Kuron from Narus. Our cars are at Narus and also the cars from Nanyangachor. I flew with some visitors from Loki on 22/4/07. We could see long line of lorries stuck in the mud and lake of water on the road. Some lorries have spent over 20 days now on the road. Our two Unimogs are in Kuron having mechanical problems. We used tractors to collect the visitors from the airstrip. I was driving one of the tractors. Work of buildings have slowed down. We hope the roads will be okey this week. It is shining and it is hot and with dust as usual".

A new milestone in the Bishop's Dream has been passed

Read the memo attached
Peace and Sports Training in the Holy Trinity Peace Village Kuron (Sudan)
The on-going training in Kuron Peace Village is a continuation of the training of co-coordinators, sports and peace facilitators and sports leaders drawn from local communities through partner organizations namely: Kuron Peace Village, Pibor Development Association, the Catholic Diocese of Torit (DOT) Youth programme. The training is a prelude to a similar one organized for partner organi-zations from Kenya, Uganda and Sudan namely: Lokochoggio, Oropoi, Kakuma Development organization (LOKADO), DOT Youth programme, and Kotido Peace Initiative (KOPEIN). The training is co-ordinated by Seeds of Peace Africa (SOPA) International, Netherlands Catholic Sports Federation (NKS) and Pax Chrisit Netherlands. In future Kuron Peace Village will become a center for training and reconciliation for pastoralist communities who are engaged in cattle raiding both inside Sudan and neighboring countries. Thank you all for your continued support. Look up a background memo.
Visit by a group of students from Borgund, Norway in February
Read the report written by Ole Reinlund - the leader and teacher of this group

Building of Health Centre in the new village started up in February 2007

There will be 27 beds in two rooms and the opening is expected to be June - July 2007
Staff meeting is a useful communication and strengthening tool for team work (On 9.October in the dining hall)

Machine to Kuron for road upgrading and other projects

Water pumping by use of windmill - October 2006
	The master plan for Lorrisotogo (the new village) See a larger photo by clicking on the photo above
Peace Village online on Internet from June 2006

Use of computers for surfing on Internet and communication on e-mail is now possible over satelite. 5 laptops are available in the Internet Café.

Bishop Taban is now thankfully enjoying his new car on his frequent travels to Kuron.

From handower in Nairobi
on 31st March 2006

Adult Literacy's cooking and baking course in Kuron - March 06
	Sr. Jane Onzia from Arua - Uganda conducted a baking and cooking course for a group of women in March 13th - 17th March 2006.

From Adult Literacy class in Kuron

Teachers are Teresa and Sr. Betty

From the visit of a Norwegian youth group - March 06

A class from Borgund Folk High School in Norway visited Kuron 11th - 13th March.

From Silver Jubilee in February 06
Report from Emeritus Bishop Paride Taban's Silver Jubilee as Bishop will follow very soon. We are publishing some few photos from the celebrations in Kuron.

The the first seminar in Holy Trinity Peace Village in April 05
Emeritus Bishop Paride Taban conducted the first community develoment seminar in Kuron in two sessions. The first session was attended by 23 people from various tribes in Eastern Equatoria: Topasas 11, Murle 3, Madi 5, Acholi 1, Lotuka 1 and Ugandans 2. This seminar was a double session over three weeks for change agents on community development and sensitation. The second part of this seminar took place in November. Some photos from this first seminar here.
The animator Anthony Kilonga from Matchakos
	and some of the topics on their agenda