Project Detail:
Duk Lost Boys Clinic
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 After years of oppression and attacks by the Khartoum regime, the people of Duk Payuel Sudan still needed to walk 75 miles to see a doctor and children continued dying of curable diseases.
Thanks to the generosity of supporters around the world, a clinic was built and on April 30th a doctor arrived.
The Clinic is being built by the American Care for Sudan Foundation which was founded by John Dau and is located in the village he was forced to flee during the Sudanese Civil War. Dau is one of the "Lost Boys of Sudan" whose own struggle to survive the civil war in Sudan is documented in the film God Grew Tired of Us.
While the clinic has been completed, we need to hire additional medical staff and send supplies; will you please help us raise the money to make this possible?
The yearly operating budget of $431,800 is needed to hire additional staff, purchase vaccinations and medicine and meet operating costs, such as generator fuel. The medicine alone costs about $12,000 each month, so we need your help even more in operating this clinic. Please make a generous donation or create your fundraising page today and encourage your friends to match your gift.
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Please make it payable to "Direct Change"
Mail to: Direct Change, PO Box 391731, Cambridge, MA 02139. Please note "Duk Lost Boys Clinic" with your donation if you would like the donation to be designated for this project.
Direct Change is a 501(c)3 organization. Your donations are fully tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law. |
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Background on the Lost Boys and Southern Sudan
In the late 1980’s, over 25,000 children (now known as the “Lost Boys of Sudan”) fled a civil war and began a journey that led them first to Ethiopia and then several years later to a refugee camp in Kenya. In 2001, a group of almost 4,000 were brought to the United States leaving behind thousands.
While peace has arrived in southern Sudan, the collapse of the social infrastructure during the long civil war has left most of the region with virtually no health services.
Likewise, the lack of schools and teachers in the region has kept an estimated 80% of school age children out of school.
