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Three months on foot in a fight against blindness
Curious villagers gather to watch as the plane glides to a stop on the bumpy and muddy airstrip in the remote area of Keew county, southern Sudan.
Among the onlookers is sixty-year-old Nyaruai Matai. Nyaruai peers at the plane in wonder. It is her first time to see a plane. As the passengers disembark, Nyaruai moves forward hesitantly to greet them. Suddenly, her face lights up in recognition as she identifies one of the newcomers.
‘Eh, eh, you have come! You have come!’ she says excitedly as she shakes his hand firmly.
‘Yes. We are back,’ says the newcomer – Francis Ole Sempele. Francis is Christian Mission Aid’s (CMA) eye surgeon in southern Sudan.