Millennium generation; South Sudan glimpse of hope
By:Justin Maker
I had the privilege to attend an event in Washington DC organized by Lual Deng and luol Deng foundation where group of South Sudanese youth born between the 1980s and 2000s " millennium generation" met to share their experiences. These youth came across all walks of life advocates, students, and activists bond by common good, in other words each one of them is doing something good for his local community.
These youth came from 64 tribes of South Sudan and they did not care about which tribe they belong to but as South Sudanese with common interest searching for peace and unity.
Superstar Luol Deng the lead of the program presented a mixed baggage of entertainment and sad realities facing our people at home whether being at the UNMISS camps or in the city.He presented the face of the country as is and of course he made both camps uncomfortable, government and the SPLM IO for not taking their side . Myself as a government supporter and fair minded gentleman I thought it was fair enough.
I was impressed by the panelists at the discussion specially Koang Duolany www.m.ketv.com/news/mentoring-program-fosters-growth-for-south-sudanese-kids, and Jok Dau of South Sudan Youth Congress http://mentoring-program-fosters-growth-for-south-sudanese www.dutjokyouthfoundation.org, and South Sudan women United led by Margaret Ben . Margaret introduced a peace, reconciliation and forgiveness book by Desmon Tutu a renonounce bishop of South Africa. The book focusses on healing and forgiveness and I strongly recommend it to all peace loving South Sudanese to read. Few veterans from various were also involved. The moral lesson from this event was that " though we all come from different tribes our common interest unite us and we are more united, strong in diversity and our divisions are from old school, these divisions are minor and not rooted in fabric of millennium generation. We must be hopeful because 72% of South Sudan population are youth and mostly millennium.
By:Justin Maker
I had the privilege to attend an event in Washington DC organized by Lual Deng and luol Deng foundation where group of South Sudanese youth born between the 1980s and 2000s " millennium generation" met to share their experiences. These youth came across all walks of life advocates, students, and activists bond by common good, in other words each one of them is doing something good for his local community.
These youth came from 64 tribes of South Sudan and they did not care about which tribe they belong to but as South Sudanese with common interest searching for peace and unity.
Superstar Luol Deng the lead of the program presented a mixed baggage of entertainment and sad realities facing our people at home whether being at the UNMISS camps or in the city.He presented the face of the country as is and of course he made both camps uncomfortable, government and the SPLM IO for not taking their side . Myself as a government supporter and fair minded gentleman I thought it was fair enough.
I was impressed by the panelists at the discussion specially Koang Duolany www.m.ketv.com/news/mentoring-program-fosters-growth-for-south-sudanese-kids, and Jok Dau of South Sudan Youth Congress http://mentoring-program-fosters-growth-for-south-sudanese www.dutjokyouthfoundation.org, and South Sudan women United led by Margaret Ben . Margaret introduced a peace, reconciliation and forgiveness book by Desmon Tutu a renonounce bishop of South Africa. The book focusses on healing and forgiveness and I strongly recommend it to all peace loving South Sudanese to read. Few veterans from various were also involved. The moral lesson from this event was that " though we all come from different tribes our common interest unite us and we are more united, strong in diversity and our divisions are from old school, these divisions are minor and not rooted in fabric of millennium generation. We must be hopeful because 72% of South Sudan population are youth and mostly millennium.
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