Sustain: Uganda
Our Mission: To foster education in the still rebuilding region of southern Sudan. Sustain Foundation is raising funds for the younger siblings of the Lost Boys of Sudan to attend schools in neighboring Uganda so they may receive an education and not have to work in the fields of southern Sudan. These young men and women will contribute to the rebuilding of southern Sudan.
Our History: The Lost Boys of Sudan are more than 27,000 boys who were displaced and/or orphaned during the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005, about 2 million killed). Approximately 27,000 boys and young women fled the civil war to a refugee camp in Ethiopia named Pinyudo. After several years, the Ethiopian government fell, and the boys were, again, forced to flee on foot. Collectively, mostly without food, shoes, shirts, they walked at gunpoint from Ethiopia to a refugee camp in Kenya called Kakuma. Only about 10,000 made it. They faced starvation, infection, disease, large animal predators (many were lost to lions), and some simply gave up on life and chose to die. Those who made it waited to see if they would ever be granted refugee status by another country.
Our Story: In late 2008, Kelly Hogan, a UNC biology lecturer, and Dr. Brian P. Hogan, a professor of Chemistry at UNC, met Emmanuel Chan, a Lost Boy who came to UNC to get his degree. Emmanuel shared his story and he and Brian developed a program in coordinator with Sustain Foundation to raise money in order to send the younger siblings of the Lost Boys to attend schols in neighboring Uganda. Emmanuel has shared his story throughout the local area and continues to help raise awareness and funds for his brothers in Africa.
Accomplishments: Sustain Foundation had fundraised money for the Lost Boys in Uganda. Emmanuel Chan became the first of the Lost Boys to graduate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a Biology degree. On September 27, Emmanuel was featured on NPR. He has also been featured in many news articles, including Carolina Arts & Sciences Magazine, The Daily Tar Heel, and more.
Future Goals: Sustain Foundation is striving to collaborate with the Millennium School in Uganda, founded by Duke University, where the organization would like to send more Lost Boys. In 2010, there will be a vote in Sudan to see if this will be deemed a new region. If this goes through, the region will need teachers and a government to run it. Sustain Foundation’s goal will be to educate Lost Boys so they can be part of rebuilding southern Sudan. Sustain Foundation is planning a trip to the region in order to increase relationships within and knowledge about the region.
Our History: The Lost Boys of Sudan are more than 27,000 boys who were displaced and/or orphaned during the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005, about 2 million killed). Approximately 27,000 boys and young women fled the civil war to a refugee camp in Ethiopia named Pinyudo. After several years, the Ethiopian government fell, and the boys were, again, forced to flee on foot. Collectively, mostly without food, shoes, shirts, they walked at gunpoint from Ethiopia to a refugee camp in Kenya called Kakuma. Only about 10,000 made it. They faced starvation, infection, disease, large animal predators (many were lost to lions), and some simply gave up on life and chose to die. Those who made it waited to see if they would ever be granted refugee status by another country.
Our Story: In late 2008, Kelly Hogan, a UNC biology lecturer, and Dr. Brian P. Hogan, a professor of Chemistry at UNC, met Emmanuel Chan, a Lost Boy who came to UNC to get his degree. Emmanuel shared his story and he and Brian developed a program in coordinator with Sustain Foundation to raise money in order to send the younger siblings of the Lost Boys to attend schols in neighboring Uganda. Emmanuel has shared his story throughout the local area and continues to help raise awareness and funds for his brothers in Africa.
Accomplishments: Sustain Foundation had fundraised money for the Lost Boys in Uganda. Emmanuel Chan became the first of the Lost Boys to graduate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a Biology degree. On September 27, Emmanuel was featured on NPR. He has also been featured in many news articles, including Carolina Arts & Sciences Magazine, The Daily Tar Heel, and more.
Future Goals: Sustain Foundation is striving to collaborate with the Millennium School in Uganda, founded by Duke University, where the organization would like to send more Lost Boys. In 2010, there will be a vote in Sudan to see if this will be deemed a new region. If this goes through, the region will need teachers and a government to run it. Sustain Foundation’s goal will be to educate Lost Boys so they can be part of rebuilding southern Sudan. Sustain Foundation is planning a trip to the region in order to increase relationships within and knowledge about the region.