July 31, 2018
Open Letter
To: H. E. President Salva Kiir Mayardit,
Former Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny
All South Sudanese Political Parties and Opposition Groups
From: South Sudanese, South Sudanese in the Diaspora and Friends of the South Sudanese People
August 2, 2018 (SSNA) — We commend you for participating in the peace process. We urge you to address the root causes of the fatal conflict that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and displaced millions and only to create an outcome that is more about establishing a bloated expensive government to accommodate political interests and less about establishing effective lean institutions that produce real results for the benefit all people of South Sudan.
The current crisis in South Sudan has killed, displaced and humiliated the citizens of South Sudan; and, those who have survived are held hostage unnecessarily by violence, hunger, disease, illiteracy and lack of opportunity.
Please stop the war, address the root causes of conflict, establish efficient institutions and sound policies, and prioritize the people of South Sudan first. We demand real peace.
On behalf of all South Sudanese
| A. Ting Mayai, Prof., University of Juba, South Sudan |
| Abass Othow Okollo, CHD, Pochalla |
| Abbey Curtis, Never Again Coalition, United States |
| Alakai Joseph Sekwat, Chairman, South Sudan Community in Norway |
| Anna Achel Ambrose |
| Arike Emmanuel, Facilitator, War child war Holland, Uganda |
| Assegid G, Ethiopia |
| Atem Dhieu Garang, President, South Sudanese Australian Community Association ACT Inc. |
| Ayei Citizen of South Sudan |
| Barbara Freese
Bill Andress, Trinity South Sudan Ministry, (USA) |
| Bill Lowrey, Peacemaker, Presbyterian Church (USA) |
| Blake E. Taylor, Jr. |
| Bobbie-frances Mcdonald, USA |
| Carol Smith, Elder, First Presbyterian Church, USA |
| Charles Geri Kwori, Manager CB, Uganda |
| Christine Pagán, Photographer, USA |
| Coalition of Advocates for South Sudan ( CASS) |
| Colin Salter, Rev., WeeFour Publications, England |
| Cory Williams, Co-Founder, Darfur and Beyond, USA |
| Dan Samuel, Wau, South Sudan |
| Daniel Leek, Citizen, Jonglei State, South Sudan |
| David A. Deng, USA |
| DAVID KILGOUR, CANADA |
| David Majok, Canada |
| David Mayen Dengdit, Founder, The Red Flag League, USA |
| Deborah Nash, RN/BSN, USA |
| Debra Dawson, President and CEO, African Soul American Heart (ASAH), USA |
| Deng Gach |
| Don Lester, Board Member, South Sudan Ministry, South Carolina, USA |
| Douglas Greig, Priest Anglican Church of Canada, Canada |
| Dr Minani Callixte, Health Coordinator, AAA |
| Dr. Alynne MacLean, President, Science with a Mission, USA |
| Dr. Jane Kani Edward, President, ESSCA-USA, United States of America |
| Dr. Remember Miamingi, South Sudan Human Rights Observatory |
| Dut Tong, Greater Aweil Community Association U.S. (INC) |
| Dvera Hadden, USA |
| Elias Ocitti, Dr. Alomi Medical Services, Botswana |
| Elisama W Daniel, FOCUS |
| Emmanuel Ajang Solomon, Refugee, Living in Uganda |
| Francis Chagai Bol, Bor Community in Canada |
| Haydar Adam |
| Helen Abyei, AFRECSS |
| Jabriel kuano |
| James Tang, Administrative Assistant for Evangelical Covenant Church and Ethiopia Mission |
| Jennie Chinembiri, Africa and Caribbean Secretary, Church of Scotland, Scotland |
| John Deng |
| KAY Mullins |
| Kuac Madit |
| Kun Gach, USA |
| Kwaje Lasu, United States of America |
| Kwan Malwal, former South Sudanese Community Chairmen/ Maine/USA |
| Laura Ashley, First Presbyterian Church, Clinton, SC, USA |
| Lauren Fortgang, Policy Director, Never Again Coalition, USA |
| Leland H. Williams, Citizen, United States of America |
| Linda Lester, Board Member Trinity South Sudan Ministry in SC, USA |
| MADA Women DEVELOPMENT (SS) |
| Makokies |
| Martha Nyanath Micahel, Executive Director at Bonglac Foundation for Research and Social Transformation (BOFRAST) in South Sudan |
| Mayak Deng Aruei |
| Michael Apollo, private citizen of South Sudan |
| Michael Wal, Melbourne Australia |
| Mike Jwak |
| Mr. David Mabor Chadar |
| Mr. Lino duku Keribe, Civil Service, Australia |
| Mr. Santino Nyama, Canada |
| Paul Brown, Co-moderator – Sudanese Presbyterian Fellowship of Portland Maine USA, Elder – Presbyterian Church (USA) |
| Paul Mator Manyok, South Sudan Presidential Candidate |
| Priest |
| Rebecca Tinsley, writer on the Sudans, & Founder, Waging Peace, UK |
| Reuben Garang, President, Coalition of Advocates for South Sudan, Canada |
| Rev Ogatu Ojulu, EECMY-EGBS President |
| Rev Terry McMullan, Presbyterian Church in Ireland |
| Rev Uel Marrs, Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Global Mission Secretary |
| Rev. Den A Kuek |
| Rev. Douglas Mitchell |
| Rev. Dr. Austin Watson, United Methodist Church, United States of America |
| Rev. Dr. J. Ben Sloan, Moderator, Trinity Presbytery South Sudan Commission |
| Rev. E. Martin Allen, Anglican Church of Canada, Manitoba, Canada |
| Rev. Gwen McAllister, Rector of St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, Canada |
| Rev. Heidi McGinness International Human Rights Activist USA |
| Rev. James Tang, Administrative Assistant for South Sudan and Ethiopia Mission of the Evangelical Covenant Church |
| Rev. John Rell |
| Rev. Micheal Deng De Monychol, Christian Missionaries Assembly International, Kampala |
| Rev. Thomas Manyol Riek, Executive Director, Peace in Action and Social Service (PASS), South Sudan |
| Rev. Wichieng Tang Wetnyangran |
| Rev. Wm. Hutton, Priest, Diocese of Rupertsland, Canada |
| Richard J. Jones, Board Member, American Friends of the Episcopal Church of the Sudans (AFRECS) |
| Richard Parkins, Executive Director, American Friends of the Episcopal Church in South Sudan, USA
Richard Sribnick, MD, Darfur Action Group of South Carolina, USA |
| Saiema Jasso Blanchard, Saxe Gotha Presbyterian Church, United States of America |
| Sandra Tankard, Canada |
| Solomon Aluong John |
| SOUTH Sudan |
| South Sudan Peace Forum, Mama Mary Kamba |
| South Sudan Youths Vociferation |
| Sudan Unlimited, Esther Sprague, Founder and Director, USA |
| Suzanne Jambo, STEPS, Chairperson, South Sudan |
| T. C. Houghtaling, San Mateo PC, Florida, U.S.A. |
| The Rev Charles Valenti-Hein |
| The Rev. Canon Robert Lobung – South Sudanese Diaspora Network for Reconciliation and Peace (USA) |
| The Rev. Canon R. L. Webster, Anglican Church of Canada, Canada |
| The Rev’d Tim Sale, Winnipeg, Canada |
| The Very Rev. Paul N. Johnson, Anglican Church of Canada |
| Thirik Lang Mijak, Founder of the South Sudan Advocacy in Diaspora, USA. |
| Thomas Deng |
| Thomas Michael Petersen, Member, First Presbyterian Church, Fond du Lac, WI, USA |
| Tito Anthony, Executive Director, Centre for Peace and Justice (CPJ), South Sudan |
| Virgil Bodeen, Member, Darfur Interfaith Network, U.S.A. |
| William Tuoy-Giel, Executive Director, The Nile Institute for Peace and Development, Minnesota USA |
| Yom Deng Bul, The Children’s Rights Activist & Executive Director of Achut Foundation (A.F), A Child Rights & Nonprofit Organization from South Sudan |
| Zacharia Pons Bandas, Researcher and Social Analyst, Sudan |
For more information contact [email protected]