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Meet Deacon Chan: Webinar April 16

Meet Deacon Chan: Webinar April 16

Join us for "A Conversation with Deacon Francis Chan" on Tuesday, April 16 at 7 p.m. Eastern on Zoom videoconference, hosted by the Friends in Solidarity Education Committee. A native of South Sudan, Francis Nyawello Chan came to the United ...
South Sudanese poet John Chol Matiop

South Sudanese poet John Chol Matiop

John Chol Matiop, a South Sudanese artist living in Kenya’s Kakuma camp, uses poetry to speak about life as a refugee and against decades of conflict in his country. #WorldPoetryDay ...
Follow along with Sister Mūmbi in South Sudan

Follow along with Sister Mūmbi in South Sudan

Sister Mūmbi Kīgūtha, CPPS, president of Friends in Solidarity, and Mary Ngugi, associate administrative officer, are in South Sudan this month, visiting the Solidarity with South Sudan ministries. Photos and video of their experiences will be shared on social media ...
A message from Sister Mūmbi

A message from Sister Mūmbi

Hello dear friends, Thank you so much for your continued generous support for Friends in Solidarity, the U.S. partner to Solidarity with South Sudan. You may have received many worthy appeals this week on Giving Tuesday, from many notable organizations ...
Help us bring solar power to Riimenze

Help us bring solar power to Riimenze

South Sudan has one of the smallest carbon footprints in the world, but the effects of climate change have been devastating on this struggling country. The Solidarity Agricultural Project in Riimenze models and teaches sustainable farming methods, helping local farmers ...
Can you see yourself in South Sudan?

Can you see yourself in South Sudan?

Solidarity with South Sudan is seeking vowed religious and lay missionaries to serve in its ministries. There is a need for teachers and tutors in education and health care as well as spiritual and pastoral accompaniment, trauma healing, and working ...
Webinar: HOPE Away from Home in South Sudan

Webinar: HOPE Away from Home in South Sudan

The Friends in Solidarity Education Committee and FiS President, Sister Mūmbi Kīgūtha, CPPS, will host "HOPE Away from Home in South Sudan" Thursday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Sister Mūmbi will be talking with Fr. Mike Bassano, ...
'Cows are more precious than girls'

‘Cows are more precious than girls’

My name is Susan Nakuta Lomana from the Buya tribe. I was born in a small village called Naa’pak, Buya land, in the Eastern part of South Sudan. I am the seventh child in our family of 10 siblings. My ...
Santino Thon Bol, 39, is a South Sudanese construction worker who returned to his own country after fleeing Sudan. [Jok Solomun/Reuters] https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2023/5/8/photo-sudan-crisis-forces-south-sudanese-refugees-back-to-troubl | Photo gallery, Al Jazeera

Escape from Sudan: ‘They had weapons. They were killing people, and I don’t know why’

The Times of London, June 24, 2023 In the shade of a sun-beaten tree, on the bank of a dry river bed, five-year-old Rawan Abubakr Ibrahim has fallen into a fitful sleep. Her sister Hamira, 14, sits next to her, ...

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