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July 2010

This month' newsletter contains portraits of two more Sudanese women. Both are members of the Rumbek St. Monica's Women's Group with whom MBB recently started to cooperate.

June 2010

MBB announces a new partnership with the Mennonite Desk for Women's Programs in Rumbek and introduces a new staff member at the Santa Clara, CA office.

May 2010

Read about two Sudanese women who Sr Marilyn and her friends met on her recent trip.

April 2010

Sr. Marily and her team are in Sudan this month and use the opportunity to visit a local health clinic at Kuron.

March 2010

It seems that everybody preparing for something this month - Sudan for an election, the first one in a quarter century, Sr. Marilyn Lacey and fellow board member Shirley Tamoria, MD, for a trip to Sudan, and the rest of us here at MBB for a launch of the new web site. Let's hope all goes well!

February 2010

MBB's struggle to improve the lives of girls in South Sudan never stops. However, this month we also look to Haiti where a devastating earthquake has caused huge destruction.

January 2010

The highlight of this newsletter is a profile of two very courageous people - one a young woman and graduate of St. Bakhita, the other a retired Bishop and strong supporter of girl education.Don't miss it!

December 2009

MBB has recently established a formal partnership with New Scholars, Inc. Find out more about the organization and its co-founder, Samuel Garang Akau, in this edition, then read about the life of Stella Night, one of the young students at St Bakhita School. 

November 2009

Read about two new programs MBB kicked off this month, one a Micro-Enterprise program with Sudanese women who are HIV positive or have AIDS, the other a teacher training program aimed at bolstering the professional skills of the faculty at St Bakhita.

October 2009

While the healthcare reform dominates the US news this months, we hear about  current efforts to establish the most basic healthcare infrastructure in Sudan.