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SUDAN SUNRISE is a movement of Americans, Sudanese and others devoted to furthering the efforts of Southern Sudanese Christians to aid and stand in solidarity with Darfurian Muslims, and to facilitating reconciliation among all Sudanese. In addition, Sudan Sunrise facilitates the efforts of Southern Sudanese in South Sudan in education, health, community development and church planting. We invite you to join a movement that could change the world.
 
Above Left: Children in Boma; Right: Children in Gourion.
Our objectives for 2008 are:
- To facilitate an urgent grassroots call for peace and reconciliation in Sudan;
- To facilitate bold actions in reconciliation, principally through the construction of two schools in Southern Sudan; and,
- Continue construction and development of a mission center in Boma County in Southeast Sudan, to bring vital services to the marginalized people.
Above Photo: Street scene of women in Darfur refugee camp, Eastern
Chad, Sept. '07. Photo by Amanda Jane.
Education and Reconciliation
Three generations of Southern Sudanese didn't have an opportunity for proper education. The educational system in Southern Sudan was destroyed by over two decades of civil war, with 85 percent of the population illiterate. With the largest displaced population in the world and little infrastructure in place, the most valuable gift we can give to the people of South Sudan may be education.
Learn more here:
Manute Bol Turalei School Project
Francis Bok Gourion School Project
Education Needs in Boma, The Rev. Daniel Kuot
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Behind the photo at the top of this page is an extraordinary story of a movement that could change the world. The smiles and peace signs are a spontaneous burst of joy from two Sudanese groups who were formerly bitter enemies. "We thought you were infidels," said a leader of a Darfurian refugee camp to the Southern Sudanese Christians, "but now we see that you are our brothers. Please forgive us for what we did to you."
"We always saw the Darfurians as our enemies. Now I see that they are beloved ones. I must do all I can to help them in their hour of need," said Peter Adum Deng, a Sudanese Christian pastor.
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