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Sudan Sunrise Speakers Bureau

It would be our privilege to have the opportunity to visit your church, group, or organization to share the story
and vision of Sudan Sunrise.

The Rev. Canon Thomas M. Prichard

Tom is the founding Executive Director of Sudan Sunrise.  He is a priest in the Episcopal/Anglican church, and prior to his work with Sudan Sunrise he was the mission pastor at Christ Church, Anglican, in Overland Park, KS.  In 2004, he
facilitated the efforts of Sudanese Christians to get aid to their former enemies,
the Muslims of Darfur. 

Tom moved to Kansas in 2003 after having served 20 years with the South
American Missionary Society of the Episcopal Church … Read Tom's Biography

Francis Bok

Francis Bok was enslaved by Arabs raiding his village in 1986.  Francis finally escaped
at age seventeen and persevered through prison and refugee camps for three more years, winning the attention of United Nations officials who granted passage to the
Dinka tribesman to America.

Francis Bok has worked as an associate at the Boston-based American Anti-Slavery Group and is a reconciliation activist with Sudan Sunrise, an organization that works to facilitate reconciliation, solidarity and unity to the people in Sudan…Read Francis' biography.

Joe DiCostanzo

Joe DiCostanzo has a Master’s Degree in Education with an emphasis in Mathematics.  Prior to retirement, he taught Mathematics at the secondary and college levels, and was the Assistant Dean of Mathematics at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, KS. 

While in Sudan Joe taught both the teachers and students basic math skills. 

Learn more about Joe’s trip to Sudan.

The Rev. Daniel Deng Kuot

The Rev. Daniel Deng Kuot, a Sudanese Anglican pastor, has been a key leader from the start in the outreach of Southern Sudanese to Darfurian Muslim refugees.  Daniel is currently working in his home village of Paloi to build a primary school for returning refugee children.  He is also helping with agriculture needs in the area. 

Daniel spends part of the year working in Sudan and the rest of the year pastoring the Sudanese community in Omaha, Nebraska.

Dr. David C. Rine

Dr. David Rine has given his time and talent to help Sudanese and Sudan Sunrise in many areas. David speaks on behalf of Sudan Sunrise at churches, groups and schools, and led teams to South Sudan to the Boma area in 2007, and to New Site and Loki Light Academy in Kenya in 2009.

David supports the Rev. Daniel Kuot in many ways, and leads teams for Daniel’s mission to the people in Boma County and the village of Paloi, both in southeast Sudan. In January 2009 he delivered a laptop computer to Loki Light Academy where Daniel supports Sudanese students, and also delivered shirts made by his wife, Carolynne, to the students.

He also visited New Site in South Sudan, and prepared a report for the Archbishop of Sudan for a potential school project in New Site.