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Never walk away from someone who deserves help;
your hand is God's hand for that person.
Proverbs 3:27

Thank you for your Christmas giving!

We thank all friends and supporters who gave generously to Life for Sudan during the 2009 Christmas season. We will use your donations wisely to provide for:

partial tuition support for Sudanese young men and women advancing their educations in Kenya and Uganda
helping Sudanese already in the United States apply for citizenship, and
the support of several primary schools in the Bor area of South Sudan.

Peter's Upcoming Trip to South Sudan

Life for Sudan Vice President, Peter Nhiany, will travel to South Sudan the second week of April through the second week of June. He will return to the Magal village area to reassess their primary schools and their specific future needs and help with school activities, including the reconstruction of buildings. Peter plans to purchase educational supplies for these schools while he travels through Uganda on his way into South Sudan.

During his travels, Peter plans to spend time with Jok Kuol Mayom and Gabriel Gai Deng. Life for Sudan was able to support these two young men with their higher education pursuits this past year. Peter plans to interview Jok on his educational goals and his views of the future for other youths in South Sudan. Upon Peter's return to the United States, we will feature some of the interview with Jok on this website.

The plight of South Sudan continues as evidenced by the grim statistics presented below as collected by Oxfam, the UN and the BBC.

South vs North

Of course, during this trip, Peter will spend time with his family in South Sudan and Uganda.

We are seeking donations to help defray the cost of the Life for Sudan activities that Peter will be undertaking during his April to June travels and to purchase supplies for primary schools. Please send donations to Life for Sudan or through the secure Network for Good website. We would greatly appreciate your support.

What motivates you or led to your choice to work in Sudan? "An Ethiopian refugee who had spent time in Sudan once said that if you put 100 of the world's nicest people in a room, 99 of them would be Sudanese. I couldn't agree more." - Anonymous Aid Worker in Sudan as cited in an interview posted on the electronic newsletter, The Art of Non-Conformity, by Chris Guillebeau, January 11, 2010. To read this entire interview, click here.

Peter Nhiany, Vice President, Life for Sudan, gives an important message.

Video 1 ↔ Video 2

Life for Sudan now listed on GuideStar and Network for Good ...

Life for Sudan is registered with GuideStar an organization that posts information, including financial reporting, on non-profits. Posting is voluntary but, as much as possible, Life for Sudan wishes to be an open and transparent non-profit. Visit the GuideStar website at: www.GuideStar.org.

Life for Sudan is also registered with the organization Network for Good. The Network for Good site allows donors to search for charities and other non-profits and safely make donations to the charity of their choice directly online. Visit Network for Good at: www.NetworkForGood.org.

Recently, Life for Sudan also registered with GoodSearch and GoodShop. GoodSearch is a full-service search engine with an unique social mission. Powered by Yahoo!, it allows the user to name the charity of their choice and a percentage of the site's advertising revenue will be donated to that charity at no cost to the user. GoodShop is a new online marketplace that donates a percentage of your purchases to the charity of your choice. You can choose from hundreds of popular merchants and the experience of shopping through GoodShop is exactly the same as going to the retailer's website directly. Visit them at: www.GoodSearch.com and www.GoodShop.com.

We encourage our supporters to visit and make good use of these websites.

Thank you,

Dennis Sasseville, President, Life for Sudan