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The importance of the Nile

11th April 2016 - By Dan Graham

The White Nile is wide and slow here in Kosti, with shallow banks that suddenly drop off into deep water. Some sort of water lily type of flower indicates the shallower waters, and this is where the Sea Scouts come to swim, the rickshaw drivers come to clean their rickshaws, and kids come to play. Read More

Rescue Boat training with the Sudanese Civil Defence

25th March 2016 - By Dan Graham

Since our very first course over 9 years ago, we have been working with the Civil Defence to improve safety around the Nile in Sudan.  The first few courses had a few people from the Civil Defence participating, but in a relatively unstructured ad-hoc way, without a clear route for cascading training or a longer-term Read More

The Nile – a view from the air

12th March 2016 - By Dan Graham

During the many trips that I have taken into Sudan, I don’t  remember spending much time looking out of the window.  On this flight, the in-flight entertainment system was not working, and so after reading, I spent a lot of time looking out of the window, and thinking about the work we have to do in Read More

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