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The Saint Vincent De Paul Team
The Staff
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John Ugo Gambolon
Kamal’s deputy
Age: 42
Place of birth: Juba, at the Sudanese/Uganda border.
Ethnic group: Madi.
Catholic
Married, 5 children
Speaks English
Education: PHD in Economics (thesis: The impact of the economic policies on the development of the private sector, particularly in the South)
Joined SVDP in 1999
Before being Kamal’s deputy, he was in charge of the finance in SVDP.
Professional background: worked with the local government in Juba in the early eighties. Promoted to the rank of Inspector of local government.
“My father was married to seven wifes. He was an activist. My brother was the leader of Aniania movement. My father had a lot of sufferings in prison. We had difficulties when we were left alone. I left the South in 89 during the war when the situation was unbearable.
My maternal uncle is the Bishop Paride, now retired. I was doing charity work with Kamal.
I joined SVDP because I was inspired by its work and the suffering of the people. I feel the sufferings of the people, the needy, I used to live in the villages, I know how they suffer. When I had this chance of working to help the poors, I felt very motivated. I am spiritually motivated to do this job. If you want to know God, you know him through the sufferings of the poor.”
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Vincensio Omujok Apikier
Responsible for the Street Children Program + Contact with the authorities
Place of birth: Malakal, in the Upper Nile.
Ethnic group: Shiluk.
Catholic
Married, 5 children
Speaks English
Education: Master in Social Work
Joined SVDP in 1994
Work hand in hand with Kamal and John Ugo.
Has made a training course conducted by NGOs (UN, Save the Children USA)
“After I finished my university degree in Alexandria, Egypt, I heard about SVDP through a friend of mine who was working here. I am in charge of 579 children (80 girls), mostly from 11 to 14. The main problem is when they have to leave us, at 19, according to the law. Every year, we have to send about 100 young people away. We give them 50€ and all sort of advices and support. Some who went in the South have come back recently, because of the lack of work and medical care there” |
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Michael Marco Kwoll
Personal Manager + Head of the Baby Feeding Program + Counsel for micro projects (as selling fish)
Age: 43
Ethnic group: Shiluk.
Catholic
Married, 7 children
Speaks English
Joined SVDP in 1997
Before being appointed Personal Manager, he was a foster parent in Mayo Home for 6 years (33 children !)
Brother of the Bishop of Kosti
“I lost my father the year I was born. I was staying with my mother. I was the youngest in the family. My brothers were going to schools. We were leaving near a church. I use to be choir child. When I finish primary school, I came to Malakal for holiday, and joined the local parish. There was a sister there, who was working in an orphan centre in a hospital. She told me: “You are here for 3 months, do something”. So I helped her. The idea was not to get money, but also to give services.
I came in Khartoum in 1987. I worked in education, in the schools created by the Church.
I used to go to the SVDP Conferences with the father Paul.”
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Paul Mangu Ushalla
Vice-President of SVDP in Sudan. He is one of the bank signatories (with Kamal and the treasurer) for checks + Arbitrary of the internal conflicts within the staff.
Speaks English
Education: Philosophy, Theology.
Joined SVDP in 1999
Professional background: he worked as a catholic priest for 14 years, until 1978, in the South.
“In practice, I have no day to day assignment. But from time to time, I’m asked to act on behalf of the President of SDVP. It is good to be in contact with the African delegation. I sometimes go with Michael and act as a coordinator between the Saint Vincent de Paul Conferences. In September, we went in Medani; in October, in Juba. The Archbishop there already made a central Council. He is very much interested in our work. He gave us the land for our future vocational training centre.
I helped in some ways the different centres. We have a conference in Gebel Awlia, in one of our farm, from which I’m the President.”
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Stanislous Mogga Darios
Vocational Training Program – Director
Kamal’s deputy
Age: 45
Place of birth: Juba.
Catholic
Married, 5 children
Speaks English
Education: Bachelor of Arts and Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo
Joined SVDP in 1989 as a teacher for the children of the Society, then director of one of SVDP farm, and finally, since 1996, coordinator of the Vocational Training Program.
Professional background: worked as a teacher in Secondary Khartoum Old School.
“Very often, we come across ex-children of the Society who have become responsible persons. For example, when I visited Juba with a delegation from the Society, we were fetched in the airport by one of SVDP graduates who works as a manager of the City electric power station. According to me, the Juba project is one of the important one. Our presence there is necessary to contribute to the development of the Southern Sudan. Now my service with the Society has reached 19 years, and up to now I could not spare any money to secure the future of my family... But despite the low salary, I am convinced to carry out this services for the benefit of the whole Sudanese community.” |
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Gabriel Ngang Maduok
Director of our Omdurman centres: 2 centres (Gabarona, Wad el Bashir) of our Vocational Training Program + 7 centres of our Baby Feeding Program + Water Project + Medical Program on Friday
Age: 34
Place of birth: Bahr al Ghazal
Ethnic group: Dinka.
Catholic
Married, 5 children
Speaks a bit English
Arrived in 1988 in Khartoum
Used to be involved in the Parrishes of the Catholic Church.
According to Kamal, “Gabriel is the man on emergencies... When I have a visitors, I call him: “Tomorrow I have visitors, you are in charge”, and he perfectly knows how to arrange things in his own way. He is also a man of contact. He brought to the church and to us a lot of land. He has got a relative who is very rich. Sometime, he helps us. I also ask him sometimes to give an eye on the old Gebel Awlia farm...” |
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Dr. Esam Siddig Ahmed
Medical Program - Looks after the 200 children of our homes and the children in prison in Omdurman + In charge of Massalma, our permanent clinic in Omdurman.
Age: 48
Place of birth: Akbara (3 hours from Khartoum).
Muslim
Married, 2 children
Speaks English and Romanian
Education: scholarship from Sudan government to go study medicine in Romania.
Professional background: Khartoum University Houseman, then Akbara Hospital as a medical officer. Then sent by the government in England for 6 months training (“children food”). Then teachers in Pediatrics at University of Yemen, and Director of Hospital in Sanaa. Stayed there 18 years. Responsible of the Swiss Red Crescent for 4 years (during the war In Yemen in 1992, in charge of a one-million $ budget).
Worked also for 6 months in Paris with his elder brother, Dr Ali (see “Satellites”).
Joined SVDP in 2003
“I am a friend of Kamal’s family. When I was a child, his father used to give me sweets !” |
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Wol Akoj Majok
Responsible of the farms of Gebel Awlia (the one where 220 teens are living, and Dar Juan Matha).
Age: 46
Place of birth: Bahr el Gazhar
Ethnic group: Dinka
Catholic
Married, 4 children
Arrived in Khartoum in 1980.
Joined SVDP in 1991
He is well-known by the authorities in Gebel Awlia.
“I am living with my family near the farm...” |
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Alwin Joseph Ocur
Personal Management - Michael’s assistant, responsible of the payrolls of 220 people.
Age: 43
Place of birth: Malakal, Upper Nile.
Ethnic group: Shiluk.
Catholic
Married, 3 children
Joined SVDP in 1990
He was working first in the “rakubas” program of the Church as a logistic officer.
Had a bad car accident, a problem in the head, he faints sometimes.
“This year, we had to fire 17 people. According to the law, we had to pay them a 6 months salary indemnity. On the top of that, they very often sue us.” |
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Dr. Alex Bollix
Resident doctor at the new Combony Health Centre, in Haj Youssif.
Age: 42
Place of birth: Juba.
Ethnic group: Bari
Catholic
Speaks English
Education: Studied medicine in Romania until 2004.
“This centre had been run by the government for 25 years. Since the beginning of 2008, at the Cardinal’s request, it is run by SVDP. We are at the service of the populations of the Haj Youssif area, east of Khartoum. In two years, the Church will take it over.” |
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Simon Loro George
Medical Program – Coordinator and medical assistant, in charge for the mobile clinics + purchases the medicines to the government department and distributes them to our centres + whenever there is a medical need, goes to the farms.
Age: 49
Place of birth: Juba, at the Sudanese/Uganda border.
Ethnic group: Bari
Catholic
Married, 7 children
Speaks English, and understand a bit of French.
Joined SVDP in 1997
Education: Medical assistance, in Khartoum.
Professional background: worked in Médecins Sans Frontières for 9 years in Khartoum.
“Every day, I go to the schools of the Archdiocese and treat 50 to 70 pupils.” |
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Diing Kuj Diing
Head office - Ozanam Centre Director (Computer training centre : 10 PC, 2 courses per day, three months sessions) + Enters all the figures in the office computers.
Place of birth: Awil
Ethnic group: Dinka
Catholic
Speaks English
Arrived in Khartoum in 1985
Ex-beneficiary of the Street Children Program (in 1986)
Education: Graduated in Information Technology from Computer Man College.
Kamal says: “Our computer certificates are recognized by the government, Diing got the approval... He will soon go to Spain to represent SVDP in a youth congress.” |
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Emmanuel Isaac Milla
Vocational Training – Director’s assistant in Haj Youssif
Place of birth: Equatoria.
Ethnic group: Fugalo (Bari).
Catholic
Arrived in Khartoum in 1985
Joined SVDP in 1994
Sent by SVDP in Cairo to improve his training.
“I like the job, because I feel myself as a member. Whenever we have difficulties, we use to share them with the office, and we try to find solutions.
People who graduate from our training program either become independent workers (they go to market and find everyday jobs), or they get employed in organizations. We have set up a Follow-up Committee to keep in touch with our graduates.
The first challenge is to teach people who are often illiterate. Then there is the control of the budget, knowing that inflation is high, that the government has just increased the VAT from 10 to 15%, and that the materials used in certain training are expensive, like wood in carpentry, or tools and liquid in refrigeration...
Another problem is the transport of these materials, as we only have one vehicle for our 6 centres.
Then, due to lack of means, we cannot meet the criteria for the recognition of our certificates by the Government. Finally, our centre in Mayo has been severely damaged by floods. As it is not a permanent structure (unlike our other centres), it could happen again. Not to mention the fence that we have to build around the centre, for fear of eviction by the authorities...” |
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Charles Fedeli Keni
Head office - Supervisor of the Vocational Training Program in Haj Youssif.
Age: 27
Place of birth: Khartoum.
Ethnic group: Madi.
Catholic
Married, 2 children
Joined SVDP in 1994 (at 14)
“I love the work with the community... But I wish there were more means and more advancement possibilities in the job” |
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Chol Achweing Deng
Ozanam Center (computer vocational training) – Teacher 3 afternoons per week + Ding’s assistant in all the information and technology office work + Responsible of the e-mails (in Arabic and English).
Age: 30
Place of birth: Abié.
Ethnic group: Dinka.
Catholic
Not married.
Speaks English
Arrived in Khartoum in 1982
Ex-beneficiary of our Street Children Program (in 1986).
Education: University degree in statistics
“I had the chance to return to my place of birth and have visited my family there.” |
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Donato Deng Lual
Gebel Awlia farm - Director
Age: 35
Place of birth: Bahr El Ghazal.
Ethnic group: Dinka.
Catholic
Married, 4 children
Arrived in Khartoum in 1988.
Education: senior secondary school.
Joined SVDP in 1999
Professional background: worked as a teacher in a school.
“We are 4 adults to look after the 220 teenagers living in the farm. These children do not have families, they lacked love. Our relation with them, as educators, is not always easy. We are in a process of forming children committee of 60, with a chief, in order to make them feel more responsible of themselves. We also have some people who come and spend one day with them, to practice sports for example...” |
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Simon William Kwach
Haj Youssif Farm - Director
Age: 26 years
Joined SVDP in 2004.
“We have 179 teenagers living in this farm. 43 have got their secondary certificates and will leave.
We still have this problem with the 40m-large/10m-deep rubbish pit dug by the government. They are not going to dig more, but they bring water and pour it on the rubbish.
Now we’ve got flies. And when they put it on fire, kids got allergies.”
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Emile Mokarez Albert
President of the Omdurman SVDP Council - Responsible of the all activities in Omdurman. Volunteer.
“I joined the first Conference of SVDP in Omdurman in 1973. Now we have 25 conferences. I started to work with Kamal in 1995. I managed to make good contacts with the Islamic prison director. We have built a chapel in a woman prison.” |
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Albert Emile Mokarez
Until now, in charge with his father of SVDP Omdurman. Is going to be appointed in the Khartoum office to supervise the programs in Omdurman (Baby feeding and prisons) + to assist the accountant (especially for the relations with the banks).
Married
From Syrian descent.
Education: University in Finance, Accounting
“I have contacted the Swiss Embassy to get thousands of kilos of milk powder. I also contacted the Saint Vincent de Paul Society in France to get food from the World Food Program.” |
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Johnson Oman Yor
Logistic Department – Responsible for the car fleet + the food purchase and distribution of the Street Children Program + the children transportation + Vincensio’s assistant in social work.
Age: 48
Place of birth: Malakal, in the Upper Nile.
Ethnic group: Shiluk.
Catholic
Married, 4 children
Speaks a bit English
Education: Master in Social Work
Joined SVDP in 1999
Was director of the Buri Farm in the beginning
Professional background: senior secondary school teacher in public schools and chairman of the parish, in Rank.
“We have 24 vehicles, some of which are 20 years old. We work with 2 permanent mechanics here. For the heavy work, we send the car out.” |
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El Dow Mohammed El Dow
Street Children Program - Responsible for the fresh food supplying: he buys the meat, the fish, the vegetables and the fruits for 600 people, and brings it to the homes and farms + Responsible for the Handicap Program (bicycles maintenance, clutches)
Muslim.
Married, 8 children.
“He was working with my brother in law”, says Kamal. “He is a very honest man.” |
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Lual Atak Dowang
Gabriel’s assistant, in Gabarona
Age: 39
Place of birth: Awil.
Ethnic group: Dinka.
Catholic
Married, 4 children
Arrived in Khartoum in 1986.
“In 1989, my family also came in Khartoum. However they soon left for Nairobi. I remained here with my uncle, and I had to work during my studies to pay the scholarship of my 6 brothers. I had to stop my education quite early. I got involved in the parish work. I knew SVDP through the Church. I worked as a volunteer in SVDP until 2001.” |
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Taratizio Emmanuelle Aligo
Vocational training (Gebel Awlia) - General Side Supervisor (under Donato)
Age: 38
Place of birth: Khartoum (the family is from Yei, in the South).
Ethnic group: Kahwa (Bari)
Catholic
Married, 2 children
Education: St Joseph Technical School in welding.
Used to be responsible for the stationary of the “rakubas”.
“If there is any maintenance to do in the office, I do it.” |
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Francis Hakim Eugino
Foster father of a Maygoma girls home (12 girls) + Medical assistant, responsible for all the children in the area of Haj Youssif
Age: 61
Place of birth: Malakal
Ethnic group: Shiluk
Catholic
Married, 7 children
Joined SVDP in 1990
“We have a boy whose leg has been seriously injured in a car crash. He was depressed, wanted to commit suicide and refused to be properly treated. We have sent him to a village marabout. He is still staying there, and his leg is getting better.” |
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Francis Bol Ayang
Foster father in the Haj Youssif home for 25 girls + Responsible for the school education of the street children (going to government or Church schools): registration, stationary, uniform, link in case of problem...
Age: 44
Ethnic group: Shiluk
Catholic
Married, 7 children
Joined SVDP in 1989
Used to be foster father in a home for boys. |
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Akok Kwoll Bol
Water Program – Director’s assistant
Age: 39
Place of birth: Awil (Northern Bahr el Ghazal).
Ethnic group: Dinka.
Catholic
Arrived in Khartoum in 1983
Joined SVDP in 1987
Professional background: teacher in the schools of the Church.
“I am looking after the fleet of the cars going everyday from our tank in Omdurman to the 20 schools of the Archdiocese. We also sell some water to the donkey driven carts. We had a serious conflict with the government who wanted to take our well...”
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Kolnyin Kherubino
Information and Technology assistant in Ozanam Center
Age: 23
Place of birth: Bahr El Ghazal
Ethnic group: Dinka
Joined SVDP in 2007 |
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Ali El Tom Mangja
Mechanic of our fleet (25 vehicles).
Age: 42
Place of birth: Nuba mountains.
Joined SVDP in 2001.
“I was working in a garage. Kamal asked me to come and work for him.
Every year, I have to renew the licence of the cars, after having checked them. Some of them are 30 years old! Some of them are functioning only three days a week. We need to have 4 new vehicles.”
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Lucia Paul Akuei
Responsible of the tailoring training program
Age: 42
Place of birth: Meridi, Western Equatoria.
Ethnic group: Baaka.
Speaks English
Got a certificate from our tailoring training program in 1987
Joined SVDP in 2002
“I have 3 groups (54 persons). We bought 20 sewing machines last year. The Society needed 300 bed sheets for the street children, they gave the clothes, we did the dying. We also teach them to do a kind of spaghettis that the women can sell on the market.” |
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Ahmed Abdalla Moniem
Driver.
Muslim.
Joined SVDP in 2007.
“I am touring with the supervisor around the centres, driving around 200 km per day. I drive a Land Cruiser from 1989 that consumes a lot (nearly 30 diesel oil liters/100 km). I can also ride trucks.”
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Ibrahim Hammad Osman
Mechanic
Married, 4 children
Muslim.
Used to work for the Catholic Church as a mechanic |
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Dr. Adlla Shashati
Ladies Prison Program (Omdurman) – Every Sunday, visits, as a voluntary doctor, the pregnant and sick women in the prison + Member of our Board of Directors.
Syrian
Voluntary in the Catholic Church |
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Peter Anguei Deng
Supervisor of our Friday clinic in Haj Youssif.
Age: 28
Place of birth: Awil, Bahr El Ghazal.
Ethnic group: Dinka.
Catholic
Arrived in Khartoum in 1986, at 4.
“I am one of the beneficiaries of the Street Children Program. I work voluntarily for SVDP to pay my contribution. Lately, I took the people from the Minister of Health to visit our centres. Otherwise, I work as a professional adviser for other organizations. One of the problems we meet: there are not enough cars to work properly. I have a project of an Indian scooters renting business. I will share the profits 50/50 with SVDP.” |
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