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The Journey
Day one
Day two
Day three
Day four
Day five
Day six
Day seven
Day eight
Day nine
Day ten
Day eleven
Day twelve
Day thirteen

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Day 1: Mombasa, Kenya
Dock workers unload 8,000... A dock worker unloads bags... Driver Francis Kuria will drive... A policeman directs traffic... A full moon rises over the Trans-Africa...
Construction workers build a new... Workers load bags of sorghum... A woman weaves palm fronds... Francis Kuria heads to Nairobi...
Day 2: On the road to Sudan
A Masai herder... Driver Francis Kukia... A roadside curio shop... Agnes Kwanglia reads a bible... Christine Owabosha, a seamstress...
Moses Arap Mososei offers a chicken... A hippo,surrounded by flamingoes... A bicycle provides family... Children gather firewood...
Day 3: Great Rift Valley Sports Camp
Lukas Rotich and Ben Koech ... Members of a team... Team members take a rest... On a farm near Eldoret, Kenya... Charcoal vendors...
Day 4: Crumbling roads tell tale
Trucks wait to enter Uganda... Driver Francis Kuria passes through... Stuck at the border...
Day 5: Truckers bring business, HIV
A vendor tries to sell goods... Hawa Batamuliza owns the Leisure Pub... Zene Adongo works to educate women about HIV... A sick man in Malaba... Children in Malaba... Grade school children... James prepares lunch...
Day 6: Stuck in a bureaucratic sea
A banana vendor walking between trucks... Local guide James Bakambe... David Koech, who works for the firm... Truck drivers take a break...
Day 7: War-ravaged Uganda
Driver Francis Kuria parks... Alfred Okwonga,21, spends time with his mother... Young men, who were victims of the Lord's Resistance Army... Children who had been held captive... Michael Okello eats lunch...
Day 8: Trek hits dirt road in Uganda
During a heavy rain... A Hartebeest grazes ... A woman weeds her field... Along the dirt road... Francis Kuria's truck...
Day 9: Kobok, hub of relief
Driver Francis Kuria and his son... James Njoroge, 21... Driver Francis Kuria waves... After his nine-day...
Francis Kuria and his son relax... Workers refill the gas tank... Workers unload sorghum...
Day 10: Food aid enters rebel-held area
Mothers wait with their children at the Bakita Health Service... Driver Ater Awan... Near the Ugandan border, children play on a tank ... Driver Ater Awan heads towards Yei, Sudan ... Gas is rolled up a hill ... Dr. Michael Frezghi, the only doctor on call ...
Day 11: Civilians keep a watchful eye
Villager Ben Walla... Driver Ater Awan, 29 ... Sudanese herders ... Jackson Malis holds his niece...
A village on the way... Driver Ater Awan nears Tali... Displaced people in a camp... Elementary school students...
Day 12: Recipients are relieved
A young boy receives his portion... The truck arrives at its final destination in Tali, Sudan. Elio Apuki and Ayan Ayun... Charles Taban returns to his... Turn boys prepare a bridge crossing...
Residents walk past a bomb crater... A resident of Tali waits... Women prepare sorghum...
Day 13: Some food reaches civilians
Monica Gajuk, 19, prepares balila... In Tali, Sudan, Betty Mammy...



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