Lopez Lomong Reconciliation Church

"I am so pumped that your organization will start helping me to raise the money to build the forgotten church. I always have the dream to help my community with the gift of a church. By hearing this my dream come true." - Lopez Lomong
2008 Olympic flag-bearer for the US team, Lopez Lomong, in a dramatic symbol of reconciliation, will be building a church in his southern Sudan village with the help of Darfurian Muslims. As a member of "Team Darfur," Lopez, the most prominent Sudanese athlete at the Olympic Games, used his visibility to call attention to the ongoing oppression of the people of Darfur.
When Lomong visited his native village of Kimotong, Eastern Equatoria State, Budi County in southern Sudan, he viewed the devastation from the 22-year war in which Darfurians were used by the government against the Southern Sudanese. As a six-year old, Lomong was abducted at gunpoint while attending church.  Now he wants to rebuild that church with the help of Sudan Sunrise and Darfurians. The Kimotong Reconciliation Church will also serve as a community center to provide clean water and food relief. 
Members of the Darfur Students Association at the University of Juba in Juba, the capital of Southern Sudan, have enthusiastically volunteered to help build the church. Now Sudan Sunrise is seeking Americans to partner with Lopez and the Darfurians in this extraordinary symbol of reconciliation among former enemies.
 
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