Williams meets Sudanese refugee children
-02/03/06

On the traditional day of fasting for millions of Christians around the world, the Archbishop of Canterbury, took time to meet people in southern Sudan who depend on the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to keep hunger at bay and help rebuild their lives after decades of civil war.Rowan Williams, was greeted by hundreds of children and women as he visited refugee centres in southern Sudan on Ash Wednesday.The Archbishop also travelled by work boat along the White Nile to meet victims of Sudan’s 21-year civil war who still live in camps for internally displaced people more than a year after the signing of a peace agreement to end the war.

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