Christian Solidarity International (CSI) has returned 300 former slaves to their home in South Sudan, bringing to 1,500 the total number of people it helped free from slavery in Sudan in 2020. Project manager Franco Majok said that following the retrieval action on December 19 to 20, 150 people were brought home to Aweil North… Read more »
Category: Slave Stories
Thank you Mark Girguis
Today the Free for 1000 campaign crossed the finish line in its goal of being able to free 1000 slaves in Sudan. Mark Girguis has worked tirelessly to achieve this goal. Without his work 100s of people would still be in bondage yearning to be free. Mark’s campaign was able to free slaves such as… Read more »
“I thank the people from the USA who helped me get back to South Sudan”
Three hundred men and women who were held in slavery in Sudan have returned home to South Sudan in the latest retrieval operation organized by CSI. Project manager Franco Majok oversaw the liberation of slaves that took place on August 15 and 16. The former slaves, who had all endured years of forced labor and… Read more »
Hunger in South Sudan: CSI provides food aid
In South Sudan, a drought has left many families in desperate need of food. CSI was able to prevent widescale hunger by providing sorghum to thousands of people in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal State in August. The rainy season should have started in April or May but this year the rains did not come until July…. Read more »
400 Slaves Liberated!
The slave liberation took place on June 17th and 18th, CSI was able to free 400 slaves from Northern Sudan. After being liberated each freed slave received: 1 goat 1 survival kit, including groundnuts and a hoe 50 kg of sorghum (usually we distribute 2 kg/person; owing to the hunger crisis, the amount was raised… Read more »