BMISS Featured on The Conversation.com
WATCH: How Rochester is changing lives 7,000 miles away
BMISS featured in Brighton Connections publication
Sebastian recognized by RPCN
Mathon featured in Citigroup newsletter
Erica Bryant's Article
Erica Bryant recently published an article about BMISS in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Here's an excerpt:
Halfway across the world, Angelina Awien Malek walks three miles on her knees to get to a school that Rochester helped build. Polio crippled her legs, but not her resolve. So she starts out at 6 a.m. and arrives at 9:30 every school day.
Sebastian Maroundit showed me her picture, part of a slideshow from his recent trip home to South Sudan. After being chased from his village there as a child he joined a generation of "lost boys" who were displaced by a brutal war between northern and southern Sudan. He spent his childhood in refugee camps and eventually settled in Rochester.
Continue reading the full article in the D&C's paid archive.
Four-Part Series on Need to Know, from Hélène Biandudi Hofer
WXXI: Need to Know
Here's a video of Hélène Biandudi on Need to Know, discussing South Sudan, Rochester, and the minority employment gap.
Web Essay: The Promise of South Sudan
Be sure to read this web essay by Bonnie Lloyd in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Great job, Bonnie!!
Newsletter Volume 3
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WXXI News accompanies us to South Sudan
Local media have been very supportive of our efforts in Rochester, and that support continues this week as a team (reporter Hélène Biandudi and videographer Matthew Adams) from WXXI travels with Sebastian Maroundit and Bonnie Lloyd to visit Mayen-Abun.
Hélène has been posting articles on the WXXI website, and over the coming weeks the video will be used to produce documentaries and feature stories for Need to Know Rochester, Homework Hotline and Assignment: the World.
A School is Built in South Sudan
Erica Bryant's recent artice in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle provides a great recap of our history and achievements. Thanks, Erica!
Feature from a local Rotary newsletter
We are honored to have been featured in the newsletter of the Avon, New York Rotary. Many thanks to them for their support of our work!
Newsletter for November 2012
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Lost Boys of Sudan find hope, success
Here's a great update by Mark Hare in a recent article for the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle!
In the local media...
Sebastian, Mathon and others recently completed a trip to Mayen-Abun, where they celebrated the groundbreaking for the school and initiated construction for the first four classrooms. Upon their return, Rochester media covered the exciting news.
The Democrat and Chronicle published a guest essay by Bonnie Lloyd. A group of supporters were at the airport to welcome the team home, and YNN was there to tell the story.
Our latest newsletter
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Article by Lizzie Hendrick (Rivertowns Patch)
Here's a wonderful article about a visit Sebastian and Mathon made to a local school. We appreciate the support!