South Sudan 2012
South Sudan 2012
“War disperses families in a way you can’t quite understand unless it happens to your own. Our family was torn apart. The families of our relatives and friends were torn apart. Our whole community was shattered into a million pieces in a million different places.”
© UNHCR/B. Sokol
In July 2012 South Sudan celebrated its first anniversary of independence. Alek’s visit with UNHCR was her first trip home since 2005 and she reported back to CNN.
Travelling brought back difficult memories for Alek Wek, but the supermodel and former refugee was comforted by stories of resilience