Petunia in Paradise: May 2009

Petunia in Paradise Dictionary

APLWHA: Association of People Living With HIV and AIDS
Boda Boda: Flimsy, cheap motorcycle taxis driven by 10 year olds
CAR: Central African Republic
CPA: Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed in 2005 between North Sudan and Southern Sudan outlining terms of power sharing etc, ending the 21-year war.
DRC: Democratic Republic of Congo
the Hash: Short for Hash House Harriers. Group that meets on Saturdays to run or walk on a pre-set trail. And then drink beer and sing silly songs and drink more beer.
ICC: International Criminal Court. Based in The Hague, Netherlands, it indicts people and tries them for things like war crimes.
Jebel: Mountain on the outskirts of Juba
Juba: Capital of Southern Sudan (where I live)
Khawaja: White Person. As in "what is a khawaja like you doing in Sudan?"
LRA: Lord's Resistance Army. Armed guerrilla group from Northern Uganda. Present in Southern Sudan and generally harrass and cause harm to the population.
Matatu: Minivan used as a bus
MoH: Government of Southern Sudan Ministry of Health
NGO: Non-governmental Organization. Generally not for profits. I work for one of these.
R&R: Rest and Relaxation. For every seven weeks spent in Southern Sudan, I have one week off in Nairobi (or wherever I choose to go from there)
Simba: My boyfriend
SPLA: Sudan People's Liberation Army. The rebel group during the war that fought the north. Now they run the South.
SSAC: Southern Sudan AIDS Commission
UNMIS: United Nations Mission In Sudan
VCT: Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing

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