Sudan Sunrise

09/03/2026

Many thanks for the heroes of SJS awareness who remember Manute's contribution. Everyone should learn about SJS, as your knowledge can save lives!

01/16/2026

The State Department's impending visa pause for 75 countries profoundly impacts DMV families, highlighting the tension between policy and personal hardship.

12/30/2025

How a school can heal a nation! Read about ArchBishop Abraham Nhial's Vision on for the St. Mary's Girls School in Aweil,

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12/18/2025

How a School can Heal a Nation

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12/17/2025

Building of the Reconciliation School-The St. Mary's School in Aweil, South Sudan

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10/16/2025

Today we celebrate Our Dear friend and former project leader Manute Bol on his beloved birthday! Here is a clip of him sharing his dream for his school. The Manute Bol School is a place in which children of all backgrounds, no matter your tribe or religion can come together harmoniously and be provided education.

Help us keep his dream alive by donating to his school in the link above !

05/15/2025

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I lived in Kakuma for eight years. It was safer than the war, but life was still hard. Food was always scarce. Girls’ education was not valued. Yet, there were acts of kindness. A Nuer woman took care of me when I was separated from my family. She shared her food with me, even though she had so li...

06/19/2024

Today is the 14th anniversary of the death of Manute Bol. This was the "Reconciliation Forum" in Washington, DC in 2009, and right after Manute confronted Gorbachev on Russia selling fighter planes to Omer Al-Bashir if Sudan. To the right is former National Security Advisor, the late Bud McFarlane, who gave the first three classrooms to the Manute Bol School in Turalei, South Sudan.

05/30/2024

1991 Pochalla, south Sudan. The Lost Boys had escaped Ethiopia, and now were surrounded by the Sudanese army that wanted to starve them so they would not grow up to be soldiers. Manute wept when he walked through the crowd of malnourished boys. Within a day the UN air dropped food, and not much later they made their way to Kenya to the Kakuma refugee camp. What Lost Boys who are reading this were there when Manute came? Would you agree that he saved your life?

NBA legend Manut Bol at Pochalla airport in 1991