Episode 171: The Daring Adventures of Sister Orla
Newt's World
Gingrich 360
4.6 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2020
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Sister Orla Treacy arrived in Rumbek, South Sudan, 14 years ago, on a mission to continue to bring secondary education to girls in South Sudan. In the last 14 years, she has witnessed South Sudan’s independence, a civil war, famine, and all along challenged the Dinka culture’s traditions to have girls formally educated. Sister Orla Treacy is the 2019 recipient of the U.S. State Department’s International Women of Courage award.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Newt. |
| 0:01.0 | Do the virus. |
| 0:02.0 | I'm recording from home. |
| 0:03.5 | So you may notice a difference in audio quality. |
| 0:10.3 | On this episode of Newt's World, we're really going to talk about the daring adventures |
| 0:16.4 | of Sister Orla Tracey, who is our guest and is a great friend of both Callis Denmy, and |
| 0:22.8 | we admire so much what she's done to give you a sense of how different her world is. |
| 0:29.4 | As I welcome Sister Orla, who is actually Brown Cow with a white face. |
| 0:35.3 | She can tell you what my name would be in Dinka, and then we're going to talk about why cows |
| 0:40.4 | are so important and work our way back to what she's doing at the school. |
| 0:53.2 | It's wonderful to have you with us, Sister Brown Cow with a white face. |
| 0:59.6 | Thank you, Bull with a white hair, Ma'Bour. |
| 1:03.0 | If that's okay, I can call you that news at this stage. |
| 1:06.1 | It's lovely to be with you. |
| 1:07.6 | I live in South Sudan, and I work among the Dinka community, and we love our cows and our |
| 1:12.8 | bulls. |
| 1:14.3 | And we name ourselves after the cows and bulls. |
| 1:17.4 | So given your beautiful white hair, if you come to Rambek, we would probably call you |
| 1:21.5 | Ma'Bour. |
| 1:23.5 | If you go further, feel in the Dinka land, you could do Maviour. |
| 1:25.7 | So you're also welcome, Ma'Bour, to South Sudan. |
| 1:28.8 | We'll greet you from South Sudan. |
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