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MCC is helping southern Sudan recover from years of war and providing aid in Sudan's Darfur region.
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Blankets Bring ComfortJuly 2007 War has killed hundreds of thousands of people in Sudan's Darfur region and driven about 2.5 million from their homes. More than 80,000 survivors have received blankets donated to MCC in Canada and the United States. Recipients tell their stories and express their thanks. 
Photo: Charlotte Brudenell, ACT-Caritas
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Ayak: "You have done good for us, we send our regards to you who sent us the blankets."Ayak and her family left their home in South Sudan twenty years ago when she was just eight years old. "I was little like my daughter here when we left our original home, but I want to return back there. I hope to be able to work and cultivate there. I am afraid to go and cultivate here; I could be shot at by the people who have camels". Ayak has moved from camp to camp and came to Bilel last year due to fighting inside the camp where she was living. "The fighting occurred on two occasions, after the second time we left. I had some money from making local things and we paid for a lorry to transport us here. The blankets we received are useful as we had to leave many items behind, we just came with a jerry can, cooking set and two blankets, and there are eight of us in my family."
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