Alice Jurugo Drajea

Alice Jurugo Drajea is superior general of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Juba, South Sudan. She previously served as her congregation's provincial superior. She holds a graduate degree in educational leadership and management from Trinity College in Dublin. She taught in secondary school in Uganda, founded an early childhood development teacher training institute in Moyo, Uganda, and administered the Sudanese Refugees' Scholarship Fund in the Diocese of Torit, where she worked closely with the UNHCR education programs. She also served as assistant education secretary in her home diocese of Arua, Uganda.

 

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A cattle keeper holds an assault rifle in Mogok, South Sudan, Sept. 1, 2021.(CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)

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