Foreign Affairs committee  Without explaining the ecumenical architecture of Africa, I would just say that one of our partners has conducted a workshop in Juba with women from around Africa on UN Security Council Resolution 1325. So there will likely be some follow-up work around that to educate women lead

Foreign Affairs committee  To respond to the question about the success of income-generating micro-finance work in the churches, that's not an area we work in, but I'm sure some of our international partners—maybe in Europe or the U.S. or elsewhere—who support the Sudan Council of Churches do that. Our are

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm not saying the churches are not supporting that; it's not done through KAIROS. We probably have done this in the past, but that's not the focus right now. There are so many needs, and these are very great. So it's not an area we have focused on, but we would certainly support

Foreign Affairs committee  I'll try to answer the first question. The Church—capital C—while it's engaged and everything, can't be overrun with everything. It just doesn't have the capacity to do that. I suppose during the seventies and eighties and maybe into the nineties, there was the women's desk, th

Foreign Affairs committee  One of the things coming out, which we heard very strongly, is to keep the eye on the ball in the north. During the national elections, the southern Sudanese government said there were some 1.5 million people in the north; the National Congress Party said, no, there were only hal

Foreign Affairs committee  When they got to the Naivasha accord in 2005, there was an impasse on this. This was the most that the north could concede, that there would be popular consultations. What that means is not immediately clear. I know that the Sudan Council of Churches thinks that the aspirations

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you so much. Thank you for this opportunity to testify regarding the upcoming referendum in Sudan. This afternoon I'll raise some of the concerns, issues, and appeals made by a Sudanese church delegation that has just completed a tour of the U.S., including visits with