School activities resume as displaced return to Gunyoro in Eastern Equatoria

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Previously displaced children have returned home to Gunyoro. Schooling has resumed, albeit under challenging circumstances.

18 Mar 2020

School activities resume as displaced return to Gunyoro in Eastern Equatoria

Okello James

More than 190 children returning to Gunyoro village near Torit in Eastern Equatoria have resumed school activities, albeit under difficult circumstances.

“During the 2016 crisis, this school closed because our people were scattered. They ran into the mountains, to neighbouring villages, or to Torit for their safety,” Eugenio Eryong, headteacher at what remains of Gunyoro primary school, tells a visiting