Abdelgabr Adam is President of the

Darfur Human Rights Organization of

the U.S.A. 

Adam's daughters are American

born.His cousin, Motasim, is president

of Darfur Peoples Association of New

York  They cannot go back to see their

mothers, siblings, cousins, etc.

The Arab government in Khartoum

would certainly kill them for his work

for Human Rights. Arabs make up 20%

of the population of the Sudan, with

80% being indigenous black Africans.

"We made a choice to walk

today. In the Sudan, people are

forced to flee, they have no

choice. When we finish our

walk, we know we will eat well,

where we'll sleep, tomorrow

we'll have fresh clothes. For the

displaced peoples in the Sudan,

nothing is certain."

Dr. Ibrahim Imam Mahmoud,

Philadelphia-based president of

Sudan Liberation Movement,

political arm of the Sudan

Liberation Army.

Manute, a former NBA player and

Dinka tribesman, lobbied Congress

and met with the Pentagon in the

90's telling them that his people

were being decimated by the Arab

Muslims from the North and would

disappear if the US did not help. He

said they got nothing.

...So Manute reached into his own

pockets in the millions to help

support the starving refugees who

had witnessed their homes and

families destroyed.

His finances depleted, he

continues to do what he can by

using his celebrity to bring

attention to this cause.

"I work as a lifeguard. When I

see someone struggling in the

water, I don't wait. We can't

wait to prevent the tragedy in

my country. We must act

now."

"I support a peacekeeping force from outside of Africa," he says. "Even if African

troops are equipped enough, they still need peacekeepers from outside to watch

them. We believe African Union troops are helping, but for one thing, they are

weak; for another, they are not enough; and for a third, some of them have been

corrupted by the Sudanese government."

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