{"id":1339,"date":"2012-02-08T08:24:10","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T14:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/?p=1339"},"modified":"2012-02-08T08:24:10","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T14:24:10","slug":"south-sudan-helping-people-heal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/south-sudan-helping-people-heal\/","title":{"rendered":"South Sudan: Helping People Heal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Violence continues to plague the new country of South Sudan as tribal cattle raids have become more frequent and intensified. As the situation unfolds, the Lutheran World Federation is building on its strong presence country to bring aid to those in need. One of the many services is looking towards ways to build sustainable and lasting peace for the people of the region. Towards this end they are working with the Church of Sweden to bring in workers to provide psychosocial support for traumatized individuals. <\/p>\n<p>It is a great example of how international organizations are finding greater opportunities to work together through umbrella organizations like the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the Action by Churches Together (ACT) Alliance. The ELCA is a proud member of both.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more of how these two are working together and to learn how and what their peace-building and psychosocial services are, read the LWF newsletter: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lwf-assembly2003.org\/lwf-interspire\/display.php?M=3374&amp;C=1b6a60e999bbbeec827b76dd109a4366&amp;S=610&amp;L=22&amp;N=640\">Helping People Heal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To better grasp the full extent of the LWF&#8217;s work in South Sudan see their webpage: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lutheranworld.org\/lwf\/index.php\/tag\/southern-sudan\">South Sudan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\n<em>Gifts to ELCA International Disaster Response allow the church to respond globally in times of need. <a href=\"https:\/\/community.elca.org\/sslpage.aspx?pid=455\">Donate now.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Violence continues to plague the new country of South Sudan as tribal cattle raids have become more frequent and intensified. As the situation unfolds, the Lutheran World Federation is building on its strong presence country to bring aid to those in need. One of the many services is looking towards ways to build sustainable and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9165],"tags":[5373],"class_list":["post-1339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intl-region-africa","tag-south-sudan"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>South Sudan: Helping People Heal - Lutheran Disaster Response<\/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.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/south-sudan-helping-people-heal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"South Sudan: Helping People Heal - Lutheran Disaster Response\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Violence continues to plague the new country of South Sudan as tribal cattle raids have become more frequent and intensified. As the situation unfolds, the Lutheran World Federation is building on its strong presence country to bring aid to those in need. One of the many services is looking towards ways to build sustainable and [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/south-sudan-helping-people-heal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lutheran Disaster Response\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-02-08T14:24:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matthew Ley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matthew Ley\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/south-sudan-helping-people-heal\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/south-sudan-helping-people-heal\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Matthew Ley\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d34a6e1ec5418a211c6f0a6cb8a8f8fc\"},\"headline\":\"South Sudan: Helping People Heal\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-02-08T14:24:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/south-sudan-helping-people-heal\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":198,\"keywords\":[\"South Sudan\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Africa\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/south-sudan-helping-people-heal\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/south-sudan-helping-people-heal\\\/\",\"name\":\"South Sudan: Helping People Heal - Lutheran Disaster Response\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-02-08T14:24:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d34a6e1ec5418a211c6f0a6cb8a8f8fc\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/south-sudan-helping-people-heal\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/south-sudan-helping-people-heal\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/south-sudan-helping-people-heal\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"South Sudan: Helping People Heal\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lutheran Disaster Response\",\"description\":\"Lutheran Disaster Response shares hope, healing and renewal with people before, during and after disasters.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d34a6e1ec5418a211c6f0a6cb8a8f8fc\",\"name\":\"Matthew Ley\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/75c3546f9df229f01a745a4fd641682c2955d0ddb623fff1561215edb72e2398?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/75c3546f9df229f01a745a4fd641682c2955d0ddb623fff1561215edb72e2398?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/75c3546f9df229f01a745a4fd641682c2955d0ddb623fff1561215edb72e2398?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Matthew Ley\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/author\\\/matt\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"South Sudan: Helping People Heal - Lutheran Disaster Response","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/south-sudan-helping-people-heal\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"South Sudan: Helping People Heal - Lutheran Disaster Response","og_description":"Violence continues to plague the new country of South Sudan as tribal cattle raids have become more frequent and intensified. As the situation unfolds, the Lutheran World Federation is building on its strong presence country to bring aid to those in need. One of the many services is looking towards ways to build sustainable and [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/south-sudan-helping-people-heal\/","og_site_name":"Lutheran Disaster Response","article_published_time":"2012-02-08T14:24:10+00:00","author":"Matthew Ley","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Matthew Ley","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/south-sudan-helping-people-heal\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/south-sudan-helping-people-heal\/"},"author":{"name":"Matthew Ley","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/#\/schema\/person\/d34a6e1ec5418a211c6f0a6cb8a8f8fc"},"headline":"South Sudan: Helping People Heal","datePublished":"2012-02-08T14:24:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/south-sudan-helping-people-heal\/"},"wordCount":198,"keywords":["South Sudan"],"articleSection":["Africa"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/south-sudan-helping-people-heal\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/south-sudan-helping-people-heal\/","name":"South Sudan: Helping People Heal - Lutheran Disaster Response","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-02-08T14:24:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/#\/schema\/person\/d34a6e1ec5418a211c6f0a6cb8a8f8fc"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/south-sudan-helping-people-heal\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/south-sudan-helping-people-heal\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/south-sudan-helping-people-heal\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"South Sudan: Helping People Heal"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/","name":"Lutheran Disaster Response","description":"Lutheran Disaster Response shares hope, healing and renewal with people before, during and after disasters.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/#\/schema\/person\/d34a6e1ec5418a211c6f0a6cb8a8f8fc","name":"Matthew Ley","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/75c3546f9df229f01a745a4fd641682c2955d0ddb623fff1561215edb72e2398?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/75c3546f9df229f01a745a4fd641682c2955d0ddb623fff1561215edb72e2398?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/75c3546f9df229f01a745a4fd641682c2955d0ddb623fff1561215edb72e2398?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Matthew Ley"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/author\/matt\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/149"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1339"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1345,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339\/revisions\/1345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}