Seed of South Sudan by Majok Marier

Author:Majok Marier
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2014-05-14T04:00:00+00:00

About a year after we’d arrived, we four left our jobs at the DeKalb Farmers Market. Mama Gini was a big help when I was looking for work and planning to go to school. She helped me find a job fair for part-time jobs, and I worked a little while for Regal Cinemas. Mapour found another job with Walmart. Tingke went with Makuol to work at a meat-packaging company in Newnan. I later got a job with Grand Hyatt working in banquet services.

One of the volunteers who was working with us found out about the Job Corps program. Makuol and I went for the training that they offered. It was in Washington, D.C.; I attended from May 2002 until the end of 2003, and I was able to complete high school and to get diplomas in plumbing and in data entry. Makuol was able to complete high school and to get a diploma as a nursing assistant. One of the good things about Job Corps was that we could get some training, and then we could stay at the Job Corps Center and eat our meals there and work during the day while stopping out of the Job Corps programs for a while. That way we could work and use the skills we were learning and not lose our place at the school. Then we could finish high school and graduate.

Once we returned to Atlanta, Ann Mahoney knew we were looking for jobs, and she offered to help. It was through Ann that I met my current employer, M. Cary and Daughters Plumbing Company, where I’m a plumber. Makuol tried to get a job in a clinic or hospital, but he was unsuccessful. So he left for Iowa, and he is working in nursing there even today. One of the things that I am grateful for in my employer is, first, I am able to work in the field for which I was educated, and second, my employer allows me to travel overseas for an extended visit when I am able to save money to travel so that I can be with my family. As long as I am back on the job when I say I will return, they allow this leave of absence.

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