1.0World Vision Advocacyhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.orgKatie Taylorhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/author/kataylor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="geA8Bs83mb"><a href="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2019/06/19/how-to-pray-for-refugees-around-the-world/uga18-rt-mga-doruka-sejarina/">South Sudan refugee children</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2019/06/19/how-to-pray-for-refugees-around-the-world/uga18-rt-mga-doruka-sejarina/embed/#?secret=geA8Bs83mb" width="600" height="338" title="“South Sudan refugee children” — World Vision Advocacy" data-secret="geA8Bs83mb" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://live-advocacy.d2.worldvision.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/3B8A0317.jpg800533Eight-year old Doruka (yellow t-shirt) and her sister, Sejarina (blue t-shirt), 10 are lively, bright, cheeky, smiling South Sudanese girls who have been living in a refugee settlement in north-west Uganda since September 2017. Due to the conflict in their homeland, they fled with 2 brothers and their grandmother, from their home in Medina, South Sudan, walking for one month to reach the Ugandan border. They survived the journey by being given food by people along the route. Their father was killed (in South Sudan) and their mother’s whereabouts is unknown. One of their brothers went with an aunt to another refugee settlement (Impevi). When they arrived at the border, they were given water and high-energy biscuits, and then transported by bus to the reception centre at Omugo Refugee Settlement. They rested at the reception centre – run by World Vision - for 1 week and were provided with hot meals. They were then allocated a plot of land, with a UNHCR-erected shelter. Each month, World Vision provides food rations (see details below) and they supplement these rations by growing maize and green vegetables that they consume, exchange and sell. Each quarter, World Vision provides non-food items such as school supplies; sandals, clothes and underwear; and sanitary items such as toothbrush, toothpaste and body lotion. The girls are top of their classes at school and popular with students and teachers. After school they participate in activities at a Child Friendly Space (Save the Children) and on Saturdays, Sejarina sings in a choir. The girls love singing and dancing, and playing with their friends. Sejarina is great at reciting poetry and often asked to represent World Vision at advocacy activities.