Hello
my blog readers, it's time for us to raise funds for buying bricks for building
school. We cannot do without you. Your contribution will make a
great change in South Sudanese lives.
I
would like to tell you a short story of the Sudan. The British
recolonized Sudan in 1898. After
the battle of Omdurman in 1898 to 1899, the British government and
Anglo-Egyptian signed a condominium agreement to restore Egyptian authority in
Sudan. At that time, the British had the super authority to approve
any decision concerning Sudan rather than the Egyptians. Although, the
condominium agreement was signed between Britain and Egypt, in controlling
Sudan under Egypt, the British had the responsibility in governing the
territory in place of the Egyptian government.
During the
period of Anglo-Egyptian condominium, the British government wanted to develop
Sudan by using European technology with the Sudanese undeveloped economy,
change their authoritarian institutions, and makes them follow the liberal
English traditions. However, the British stated that the southern
Sudanese provinces were isolated, undeveloped, and had many tribal conflicts in
addition to the slave trade was going on in the South. The British
concluded that the South was not ready for exposure to the modernization.
I will tell British government that South Sudan is ready to be exposure to the
modernization.
As a result,
we Southern remained isolated from the rest of the modern world. Over 50
years of living in the Civil War, discrimination, persecutions, hatred, humiliation, and many others.
According to the UN over 2 million people died in 22 years of civil war.
Many of South Sudanese were born in the War, grew old in the war, and
died in the war. People are just getting out of war wound.
Many South
Sudanese people do not have opportunities to go to school. People of
South Sudan are hungry for Education. As Nelson Mandela portrayed
that "Education
is the most powerful weapon.”
The Word of God said, “My people are destroyed from lack of
knowledge” (Hosea 4:6). South Sudanese need education.
Due to lack of
education, girls were seen as wealth or property in the house. They grew
to get married and family of the girl expect a lot of dowry to be
paid in order to let their daughter go to with her husband. Many young girls died during the childbirth,
because they were not ready to have a baby.
Glory to God for
the new country of the Republic of South Sudan; now its time our people to
study first, and then marriage will come later. You can be part of great
change for the South Sudanese Christian. You can go and encourage, teach,
and pray with them. God bless you.
