Reunite Sudanese "Lost Boy" Family
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When I watched the story of The Lost Boys on 60 Minutes all those years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-R5YNZxj2E, I never knew it would reach all the way to little Nebraska City, Nebraska. But their story is Majak's story. Majak, now a United States citizen, has come a long way from war-torn South Sudan, both literally and figuratively. He no longer runs for his life. He has settled in Nebraska where he is raising a daughter and a son. But he has a wife and young daughter who remain some 9,000 miles away at Pugnido Refugee Camp in Ethiopia https://blogs.state.gov/stories/2013/11/04/ethiopia-monitoring-progress-pugnido-refugee-camp. In fact, his youngest child has known no other home.
Majak longs to reunite his family by bringing his wife, Achuei, and their daughter, Aliir, to this country to join himself and the two older children, Akeer and Nyuon -- while the kids hope soon to hug and play with their little sister. The application for not one but two visas has been lengthy and expensive. But at last they are in the final stages before they receive their visas and soon will be able to make the long, long journey toward being a family again.
We do not know exactly how long it will take, but currently Achuei and Aliir have been have been staying in an apartment in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, so as not to have to make the hot, dusty, day-long bus trip back to the refugee camp unnecessarily. It has been very costly for them to stay at Addis Ababa, at a time when every penny is being saved for the costs of plane fare for two, food for the trip, and warm clothing once they arrive in Nebraska.
Life in Addis Ababa has not been easy for the family during this waiting period. In addition to the extra living expenses, young Aliir has found herself crying at night, missing her home at the refugee camp, as it is the only home she has ever known.
Majak is one of the hardest working people I know. He works long hours, seven days a week, at a job many would refuse to do, and he does without many material possessions -- things that anyone else would call basic necessities. Yet Majak remains steadfast in his determination to bring his family together at long last.
You can help. Please help reunite the family of one of our newest U.S. citizens. Help Majak and his family be "Lost" no more.
Majak longs to reunite his family by bringing his wife, Achuei, and their daughter, Aliir, to this country to join himself and the two older children, Akeer and Nyuon -- while the kids hope soon to hug and play with their little sister. The application for not one but two visas has been lengthy and expensive. But at last they are in the final stages before they receive their visas and soon will be able to make the long, long journey toward being a family again.
We do not know exactly how long it will take, but currently Achuei and Aliir have been have been staying in an apartment in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, so as not to have to make the hot, dusty, day-long bus trip back to the refugee camp unnecessarily. It has been very costly for them to stay at Addis Ababa, at a time when every penny is being saved for the costs of plane fare for two, food for the trip, and warm clothing once they arrive in Nebraska.
Life in Addis Ababa has not been easy for the family during this waiting period. In addition to the extra living expenses, young Aliir has found herself crying at night, missing her home at the refugee camp, as it is the only home she has ever known.
Majak is one of the hardest working people I know. He works long hours, seven days a week, at a job many would refuse to do, and he does without many material possessions -- things that anyone else would call basic necessities. Yet Majak remains steadfast in his determination to bring his family together at long last.
You can help. Please help reunite the family of one of our newest U.S. citizens. Help Majak and his family be "Lost" no more.
Organizer
Carol Thurman
Organizer
Nebraska City, NE