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Interview with Fr. Joseph Lomoli

Interview with Fr. Joseph Lomoli

Father Joseph Lomoli, a Catholic priest from the Archdiocese of Juba, is currently doing a licentiate in Leadership and Management at the Gregorian University in Rome. This is his experience with Solidarity with South Sudan: in his words we can ...
Message from Sister Mūmbi

Message from Sister Mūmbi

Dear Friends and Partners of Friends in Solidarity, I’ve received calls, texts, emails over the past couple of weeks checking in as news of the conflict in Sudan filters out. Even though I have reassured everyone of the Solidarity with ...
The Hope I Saw in South Sudan

The Hope I Saw in South Sudan

Join us Tuesday, May 16, at 7 p.m. Eastern for a virtual conversation with Sister Mūmbi Kīgūtha, CPPS, president of Friends in Solidarity. Sister Mūmbi will share photos and stories from her visit to the Solidarity with South Sudan ministries ...
Welcome Mūmbi!

Welcome Mūmbi!

Dear Friends of Solidarity, It is a pleasure for me to introduce to you Sister Mūmbi Kīgūtha, CPPS (Sisters of the Precious Blood from Dayton, Ohio), the new executive director and president of Friends in Solidarity, the U.S. partner of ...
From the gas station to the classroom

From the gas station to the classroom

Emmanuel Patrick’s father was a teacher, and as a young boy he dreamed of one day becoming a teacher himself. Yet school wasn’t always easy, and he needed income for his family, so when Emmanuel graduated from secondary school in ...
Behind the Lens: Webinar with Paul Jeffrey

Behind the Lens: Webinar with Paul Jeffrey

Join us for a conversation with Paul Jeffrey, "Behind the Lens: South Sudan from a Photojournalist's Perspective," on Tuesday, March 28 at 3 p.m. Eastern | 2 p.m. Central | noon Pacific. Paul is a writer and photographer who describes ...
Kuay Gattot: From child soldier to tutor

Kuay Gattot: From child soldier to tutor

My name is Kuay Gattot. I was born and raised in Mayom county, Bentiu, South Sudan. I am a son of a herder, popularly known as cattle keeper. I grew up looking after different domestic animals ­goats, sheep and cows ...
Sister Mumbi in South Sudan

Sister Mumbi in South Sudan

As fate would have it, my arrival in Juba coincided with the arrival of Pope Francis in South Sudan for his first ever visit to the country, accompanied by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and the Moderator of the ...
Solidarity graduate models 'nobility' of teaching

Solidarity graduate models ‘nobility’ of teaching

Ngaluku Lukulu Chocho is a graduate of Solidarity Teacher Training College, and received a scholarship from Solidarity with South Sudan to attend Tangaza University in Nairobi, Kenya. He describes his difficult but successful journey to become a teacher. It is ...

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