Ever heard of the town of Mundri? I hadn't until two months ago. It turned out that Mundri is a town in war struck Southern Sudan, with about 10,000 inhabitants and located in what is considered as one of the poorest regions in the world.
At this time of the year, it's very dry and hot in Mundri, and there's hardly anything to eat. Oddly enough, there should be an internet connection, which gives us the opportunity to report 'live' from the field.
What is happening in this forgotten area? How do people survive? Is the influence of decades of war still noticeable? To what extent are the local people working on reaching the Millennium Development Goals, set up by the UN? Do people in the west really matter about the poorest of the poor? These are questions we're going to confront ourselves with. Mundri matters, does it?
In a couple of days, me and Klaas, two Dutch tournalists, will pack our stuff and travel via Uganda and Juba to our destination, where we will stay for about two weeks. We plan to take one of those good ol' pedal bikes (after all we're Dutch) and to cycle around in Mundri searching for signs of light in a desolate landscape.
