Lino Madut Angok
Lino is 25 years old and comes from Twic county, and a village called Mading. His journey to Sud Academy is a long and treacherous one that started in 1994 when he was captured by the Arab militia in his village and sold as a slave to an elderly woman in northern Sudan. His life as a slave for 4 years included regular beatings in the morning, and frequent starvation to force him to do work. When there was food, it was often mixed with dirt and stones. His duty was to look after cattle and goats, and he often went into the bush by himself with the animals. Here, he met some Nubian Sudanese (black northerners) boys and they inquired about his life as a slave. They told him of an church based organization called Redemption that could help him escape. Fearing for his life if he was caught escaping, he stalled for a couple weeks until finally letting them approach his owner. She threatened to kill them all if he left, but a couple days later while in the bush, he met with the Nubian boys and ran away in 1998. He eventually made it to Kakuma refugee camp in 1999, and lived there until 2006. When repatriation was occurring after the peace agreement in Sudan, Lino said he was too afraid to return to a country where he has no home, no parents, and the possibility of being captured and tortured again. He enrolled at Sud Academy in 2006, where he hopes to become a teacher one day. He loves politics and computers, and wishes to remain in Kenya for the long term. He is very appreciative of attending Sud the past couple years, and promises to pass with good grades at his new school thanks to his donors! God will bless their kindness.
Lino is 25 years old and comes from Twic county, and a village called Mading. His journey to Sud Academy is a long and treacherous one that started in 1994 when he was captured by the Arab militia in his village and sold as a slave to an elderly woman in northern Sudan. His life as a slave for 4 years included regular beatings in the morning, and frequent starvation to force him to do work. When there was food, it was often mixed with dirt and stones. His duty was to look after cattle and goats, and he often went into the bush by himself with the animals. Here, he met some Nubian Sudanese (black northerners) boys and they inquired about his life as a slave. They told him of an church based organization called Redemption that could help him escape. Fearing for his life if he was caught escaping, he stalled for a couple weeks until finally letting them approach his owner. She threatened to kill them all if he left, but a couple days later while in the bush, he met with the Nubian boys and ran away in 1998. He eventually made it to Kakuma refugee camp in 1999, and lived there until 2006. When repatriation was occurring after the peace agreement in Sudan, Lino said he was too afraid to return to a country where he has no home, no parents, and the possibility of being captured and tortured again. He enrolled at Sud Academy in 2006, where he hopes to become a teacher one day. He loves politics and computers, and wishes to remain in Kenya for the long term. He is very appreciative of attending Sud the past couple years, and promises to pass with good grades at his new school thanks to his donors! God will bless their kindness.
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