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Most
of the ACDF members - Lost Boys of Sudan - do not qualify for governmental
funding programs, including financial aid, due to incompetent policy
that says most of them make too much annual income of just between
$13,000 and $15,000, a figure far below average earnings for the
low-income class Americans! Therefore, they earnestly need your
support to help them pay for their treasured college education,
which they value more than anything in their lives. They have a
saying "education is our mother and father" in which they see education
as their only key to better their lives as well as the lives of
their dear left-behind loved ones.
When these young
men left their villages in late 1980s, most of them were young boys
aging from six to eight. The majority have lost their parents and
relatives. This means most have lost community social values and
norms which were taught primarily by parents and the elders of the
community. With this, the ACDF members would like to foster annual
social get togethers in order to have time socializing and sharing
their community morals, principles, values, and ethics in their
mother tongue which is nearly being forgotten. Since many are still
struggling to get adjusted to their host communities in the U.S,
there are some who virtually need more basic information such as
immigration procedures and forms, legal status, and how to apply
and obtain permanent residence and citizenship cards/forms, and
travel documents from the US Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration
Services (BCIS). Such will be the time for them to share all this
information in person. Ultimately, any contributions or donations
to this longed-for special time will surely restore immeasurable
hopes and sense of being bound together as members of one and same
community.
Your contribution,
no matter how little it may be, always makes difference and is always
needed to make a "positive change" in their lives. In all aspects,
they count on to your assistance for them to realize their vision.
Remember your contributions will not only help them obtain their
cherished college education, but will also support the war victims
of their community in their motherland, Southern Sudan.
To
make a donation,
Please,
we encourage you to find the ACDF members in your local community.
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