Read Emmanuel Jal’s story as a child soldier in Sudan and hear what happens when you live what the poem on this site asks everyone to do.
When 10,000 children where being recruted to fight a war in Sudan, Emma McCune came to Africa as a young aid worker who worked with street children. When the war started she risked her life to rescue 250 child soldiers. She looked into the eyes of fearsome monsters created by the war and saw the eyes of frightened children. One of those children was a young Emmanuel Jal who became inspired by the stories of Gandhi, MLK and Mandela while getting the education that Emma made possible when she adopted him.
Today he is a founder of Gua-Africa which means Peace. It currently serves the educational needs of children at risk in Kenya and Sudan. http://www.gua-africa.org
None of this would have happened if Emma didn’t develop a passion for loving ’Other people’s children’. She was one of those people who could couldn’t just watch the tragic story on the TV. She had to learn more and put those lessons into action with her life.
Emma McCune took the great risk to live what the words in my poem asks the listener to do. She found the courage to go to Africa and began adopting child soldiers like Emmanuel and created a home for them. She recognized the courage that it took for a child like Jal to survive and found a new purpose for that courage.
What would the world be like if every child growing up in the world aspired to be an Emma McCune? It sure made an impression on Emmanuel. Now he continues in her foot steps with his music.
“It will be exactly 1 year to the date on December 2nd since Jal started his challenging fast; the artist is eating one meal a day in an attempt to raise funds for Gua Africa, or more specifically for the charity’s school building project in Leer, South Sudan.”
Now growing in stature as a man, Emmanual demonstrates for all of us a far greater purpose and use for his courage.
Emmanuel Jal - War Child turned Rapper from Africa Gathering on Vimeo.
Famous Kenyan Rapper Emmanuel Jal came to talk and Rap at Africa Gathering in London. He told part of his amazing life story, which you can see in this video
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