{"id":3134,"date":"2012-07-09T16:58:15","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T21:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/?p=3134"},"modified":"2012-07-09T16:58:15","modified_gmt":"2012-07-09T21:58:15","slug":"happy-birthday-to-the-worlds-youngest-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/2012\/07\/happy-birthday-to-the-worlds-youngest-country\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHappy\u201d birthday to the world\u2019s youngest country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3138\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/07\/DSC_2409-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/07\/DSC_2409-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/07\/DSC_2409-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Today is the first anniversary of South Sudan\u2019s independence. It has been a very difficult year for this new country. Here are some links to news stories on this newly formed country:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2012\/07\/09\/us-south-sudan-governed-idUSBRE86806Q20120709\" target=\"_blank\">Reuter\u2019s series on South Sudan\u2019s first year<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/global-development\/interactive\/2012\/jul\/09\/south-sudan-independence-timeline-interactive\" target=\"_blank\">Interactive timeline of the past year\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/global-development\/2012\/jul\/09\/south-sudan-africa-problem-valuable-partner\" target=\"_blank\">Article that highlights the country\u2019s unrest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/07\/07\/world\/africa\/refugee-children-dying-at-alarming-rate-in-south-sudan-aid-groups-say.html?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times article on the still-terrifying conditions for children in South Sudan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unicef.org.uk\/Latest\/News\/south-sudan-one-year-on\/\" target=\"_blank\">UNICEF\u2019s plea for making South Sudan children a priority<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reuters.com\/fullfocus\/2012\/07\/09\/south-sudans-first-year\/#a=11\" target=\"_blank\">40 photos that depict what life is like in South Sudan\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>And some links to the way the ECC is partnering with South Sudan:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/relief\/projects\/cd\/sudan-hope-for-widows\/\" target=\"_blank\">CWR\u2019s Widow project in South Sudan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/relief\/projects\/cd\/sudan-vulnerable-children\/\" target=\"_blank\">CWR\u2019s Vulnerable and Orphaned Children project in South Sudan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/mission\/locations\/africa\/sudan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Covenant World Mission\u2019s work in South Sudan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/covchurch.tv\/covenant-kids-south-sudan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Short video about a typical home in South Sudan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Continue praying for this new country as it begins its second year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=3134&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the first anniversary of South Sudan\u2019s independence. It has been a very difficult year for this new country. Here are some links to news stories on this newly formed country: Reuter\u2019s series on South Sudan\u2019s first year Interactive timeline of the past year\u00a0 Article that highlights the country\u2019s unrest NY Times article on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[279],"tags":[291],"class_list":["post-3134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-development","tag-sudan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u201cHappy\u201d birthday to the world\u2019s youngest country - CWR Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/2012\/07\/happy-birthday-to-the-worlds-youngest-country\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cHappy\u201d birthday to the world\u2019s youngest country - CWR Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today is the first anniversary of South Sudan\u2019s independence. 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