Here are a few links that we think you might be interested in:

http://www.mcc.org This is the website of the Mennonite Central Committee (the organization we are serving with).

http://www.sudan.net A Sudanese website offering information on everything from news, weather, culture, etc.

http://allAfrica.com This website gives news about the entire continent as well as specific countries.

http://www.magicalkenya.com This website features tourism in Kenya. It also has great images and stories about the Kenyan people and ecosystems. 

http://www.reliefweb.int A clearinghouse for the international relief community.  Here you will find reports from the UN, USAID, UNICEF, etc.

http://www.splmtoday.com This is the official website of the former southern rebels and now the southern government

http://biz.yahoo.com/ifc/sd.html Yahoo finance summary of Sudan's economic situation (the summary is slightly outdated as it does not address effects of the 2005 peace agreement that ended the civil war)

http://biz.yahoo.com/ifc/ke.html Yahoo finance summary of Kenya's economic situation including the effects of AIDS on the country

http://sudantribune.com Sudanese news organization (editorials are a little on the pessimistic side).

http://www.stgregoryschurch.org Our home church website.

http://www.tenthousandvillages.com Ten Thousand Villages are fair trade world artisan shops. These shops provide vital, fair income to Third World people by marketing their handicrafts and telling their stories in North America. Ten Thousand Villages are run by MCC in such a way that profits off each sell go to the artisan and to fund future MCC work. "At Ten Thousand Villages, fair trade is a partnership based on dialogue, mutual understanding, respect and direct contact between ourselves and our artisan partners in developing countries. Working with unemployed or underemployed artisans, we help them bring their crafts and cultures to North America, and to support themselves and their families."

http://www.puravidacoffee.com Pura Vida sells fair trade and organic coffee.  Not only do they give there farmers a living wage for their coffee but Pura Vida invests its profits in the health care and education of the at-risk children in coffee growing regions.  Coffee is the #2 commodity traded in the world, behind petroleum, imagine the difference we all could make if we buy this commodity through fair trade agreements!   

http://www.hydromissions.com Hydromissions provides clean water wells to communities around the world and trains these communities in the use of these wells.