Do Justice Campaign: Arogo's Story

"I don't see the change the world is talking about."

- AROGO

Like many Sudanese, Arogo doesn't know his birthday. He was born sometime in 1996, years into the first genocide the Bashir regime committed in the Nuba Mountains.

Arogo never went to high school. The war took many of his family members. The regime stole his childhood. He's never fully recovered.

Arogo has been living in Yida Refugee Camp since the second war began in 2011. His home was torched by the Popular Defense Forces, one of the regime's jihadist paramilitary outfits that still prowls around the region. He can't return to rebuild.

But Arogo isn't concerned about himself. Everywhere he looks, he sees his story being repeated: no real peace agreement. No real change. And thousands of children unable to get an education.

Life in Sudan's oppressed periphery regions is very different than life in Khartoum. From the Nuba Mountains to Darfur, the most vulnerable Sudanese are in danger by regime forces who have not disbanded. Many can't return home.

This is barely reported on. This isn't right. This isn't justice.

As Arogo points out, Yida Refugee Camp is one of these places. The education crisis in Yida took a turn for the worse in 2019. Several teachers were forced to leave because their salaries disappeared. They aren't coming back. If more teachers leave, this crisis will turn into a catastrophe. Period.

We launched this campaign because we can fix this together. If we all pitch in what we can each month, we can turn this crisis around. Arogo can know that the next generation, who he is so deeply concerned for, can move their people towards a brighter future.