Former 'Lost Boy' from Sudan Daniel Ukang still working for his home country and walking in hope

Report from CBS8.com San Diego, USA

Published Monday 07 August 2023 - here is a full copy with video:

Former 'Lost Boy' from Sudan still working for his home country

A 'Lost Boy' from Sudan who walked a thousand miles to freedom is hoping you can walk in a $5K fundraiser to help his homeland. 

In this Zevely Zone,  I went to El Cajon to share a story of survival. 

Daniel Ukang is one of the Lost Boys of Sudan who fled when the Civil War broke out in 1987 in Southern Sudan. At seven years old, he left his family and survived the harsh life of the war. Watch video.

CBS8 News report: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/los...

Source: YouTube https://youtu.be/vZQJ6vMwUkc 

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BOOK: Hinterlands of Hope: A Lost Boy’s Journey from the southern Sudan War Zones 

From Amazon book review - about the Author

Daniel Yamun Ukang was born in December of 1980 in Western Bahr-el-Ghazal, South Sudan. He and his family lived in the small village of Yabul-lu, between Raja and Eau, in South Sudan’s western region.

Daniel Yamun Ukang, of the South Sudan Luo tribe, immigrated to San Diego, California in 2001 as a refugee from the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya where he lived for more than a decade with sixteen thousand other Lost Boys. He is the president of the California Sudanese Lost Boys and Girls Foundation, a non-profit organization that fosters community-based assistance to the San Diego Lost Boys and provides school supplies to Awoda Primary School in South Sudan. Daniel enjoys playing soccer, listening to gospel music, and spending time with his family. He lives in San Diego with his wife, Mary, and their four children.  --This text refers to the paperback edition.

View original and sample text at Amazon online: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hinterlands-Hope-Journey-southern-Sudan-ebook/dp/B08DP41CVF/ref=sr_1_1

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