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.

 

 IN THE NEWS

Bol Wants to Build School in Native Sudan by AP press writer Margaret Stafford, Aug. 30 2008. 

Click here to learn more about the Manute Bol School Project

Above: Children in Manute Bol's village of Turalei learn under trees. Photo by Sam McCord.

SUDAN SUNRISE INVITES YOU TO CO-PRODUCE A PEACE FILM IN SUDAN. Click here to learn more.
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Click here to read about the Sudan Sunrise film premier at the South Sudan Women's Empowerment Network conference in Juba Aug. 17-21, 2008.

Beyond Darfur, Sudan's Slide Toward Civil War by Andrew S. Natsios. From Foreign Affairs, May/June 2008.

Hear Francis Bok and Tom Prichard on Kansas City's NPR discuss the fragile peace in Sudan (April 17, 2008). 

Read what the Associated Press says about Sudan Sunrise.  Article by AP reporter Margaret Stafford titled "Sudanese Refugees in US Seek to Help Peace Efforts".


Click on the DonorEdge button to view an indepth organization profile about Sudan Sunrise.


Get Involved! Help Raise Funds Online. 
Looking for an alternative to giving or receiving gifts?  Set up a fundraising page at
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Contact us: 

Phone - (913) 599-0800 
Email
info@sudansunrise.org
Mailing address:  8643 Hauser Ct., Ste. 240, Lenexa, KS  66215  USA.