WHY YOU SHOULD SEND A GRANDMOTHER TO SOUTH SUDAN by Harper MacNeill

1 South Sudan is the world’s newest nation

2 There are over 8.2 million people in South Sudan

3 Most of them are children

4 South Sudan has 6 million children under the age of 18* *UNICEF statistics 2012

5 And every child needs a grandmother

6 Grandmothers work hard to make life better for their grandkids They can even work with other grandmothers to electrify a village Grandmothers don’t threaten anyone, because they want everyone to work together Click

7 In fact, it is the grandparents who are holding South Sudan together because the government is made up of Dinka and the army is made up of rival Nuer Tribesmen…

8 It is the tribal elders who forbid the bloody inter-tribal fighting that tore South Sudan apart for 50 years

9 Because grandmothers don’t care what tribe you are from

10 My name is Harper McNeill and I am a grandmother who makes films

11 Click My film company is called Laughing Buddha Films Laughing Buddha Films

12 And I show other grandmothers how to make films Achan me Ayomb

13 These films can change the lives of the people of South Sudan I can tailor make teaching videos that can be accessed any time that is convenient

14 This graph shows how many teachers you need vs. how many you have

15 I can help you educate the people of South Sudan

16 I can make “school” available to villages that have neither teachers nor school buildings

17 Please send this grandmother to South Sudan with her camera Click

18 Thank you for your time and consideration Harper A MacNeill

19 Works Cited Map of South Sudan International Bar Association. IBA E-News. 28 September WEB. October Clip Art Clipart. Clipart/ Microsoft Office n.d. WEB. October 2013.

20 Lost Boys Photo- slide 2 Botram, J.A. Flickr- UNHCR. 1 September WEB. 4 October 2013 Children of South Sudan- slide 3 USAID African Bureau. Children of South Sudan. 7 July WEB. 2 October 2013 Boys of South Sudan- slide 4 Morley, Sabina. Welcome to the Republic of South Sudan. 8 July WEB. 1 October 2013.

21 C’est Tout!