• I am from the Dinka clan in Sudan.
• My life was torn apart by the civil war. My husband, my 3 year old son, and many family members were killed.
• I ended up with my three children and two brothers at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya in 1997. The children were kidnapped and taken to Uganda. I was put in the camp prison until UN representatives came and placed me in the Camp Protection Area.
• More than 12 months later, with a new baby, I was reunited with my children.
• Starting a new life in Wollongong in 2003:
  - Head of a household of 8
  - I could not speak, read or write English until I went to TAFE.
  - Slowly, I built a new life as a community leader.
• Dinka culture
  - family structure, “so many cousins”; families with more than one wife
  - weddings & divorce, parenting

I thank God for protecting me through these things and bringing me to safety in Australia.