JumpStart Sudan Arizona Chapter:

When Chris "Koor"Garang was only seven years old, his family's home was attacked and set on fire by Arab Muslims.  Chris ran for his life and, until recently, did not know what happened to his family.  In 2001, he arrived in Tucson, Arizona, as another Lost Boy of Sudan.  There he became a U.S. citizen and recently has been studying to become a nurse.  He also ended up being "adopted” by Carol Tierney and her family who supported Chris’ desire to journey to Sudan to search for his family and to offer his nursing services there to help his people. 

In October 2006, Chris traveled to Olathe, Kansas to tell his life story at a JumpStart Sudan fundraiser for the construction of the clinic in Akon, Sudan.  After he met with the JSS board, they decided that Chris would  become the JSS Arizona Representative. 

In 2007, through various speaking engagements and with help from his American family, Chris raised over $11,000 to purchase medicine and, through a church in Tucson, Chris raised another $6,000 to buy mosquito nets.  He traveled to Sudan in May where he reconnected with surviving family members and worked in the clinic. 

In 2008, Chris raised more funds and returned to Akon to work alongside John Akot and Charles Bol putting in long hours where they tended as many as 100 patients a day.