Decades of Civil War and violence have displaced millions of South Sudanese from their homes. These vulnerable populations have been dependent on United Nations agencies for life’s basics such as food, shelter, clean water, medical care and even primary and secondary education. But as the number of people who are displaced has continued to rise globally, many humanitarian agencies have been overwhelmed and are facing tremendous challenges related to budget shortfalls. This has made it harder to meet the urgent needs of the most vulnerable: women, children and the elderly. Literacy, for example, has been affected as thousands of schoolchildren across refugee camps in Kenya, Uganda, as well as those living in internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps have had to discontinue their studies due to lack of education opportunities and all kinds of uncertainties surrounding them.  And because the need is greater, now more than ever, it’s through people of goodwill that the gap will be bridged. Many acts of kindness have sustained generations of refugees across the world until such time when few of the fortunate ones either have found resettlement to other welcoming countries such as the USA, Canada and Australia, or repatriation to their own countries upon return to normalcy, although repatriation has not always been feasible for many, leading to protracted refugee situations, where thousands of refugees have been forced to live in limbo and in makeshift camps for almost their whole lives.

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It’s why three former refugees started Cradle Africa Foundation to act as a charitable platform where people of goodwill across the globe can reach out to the most vulnerable in societies far from them and to change the lives of generations at risk, for the better. As such, generous people can provide lifesaving assistance to those most in need—the disadvantaged children and families at risk for threats of hunger, starvation and food insecurity, as well as provide lasting hope and long-term opportunities to transform lives and communities through education and social enterprises

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HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION

CRADLE Africa Foundation, Inc. is a volunteer-run, U.S.-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives and wellbeing of vulnerable South Sudanese children and families through lifesaving assistance, education and advocacy, as well as integrated community-based solutions and programming. We are a product and a vision of refugees’ struggles and hope to rebuild their war ravaged communities. The organization was incorporated on March 2017.

​Our Story: ​​How the Seeds of Hope were Planted
The organization’s collective vision --a wide perspective born out of many years of hardships, hope, and resilience--was conceived when we became concerned years ago about the protracted situations of the refugees, in particular, the  plight of South Sudan’s vulnerable population in East Africa. While no strangers to human suffering amid refuge, our founders came to the United States in 2001 after having spent an average of 13 years in makeshift camps, as former child refugees, with no homes to return to. The devastation and hope for the Lost Boys and girls has over the years been eloquently captured by many humanitarian agencies since their arrival in America.

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The American Red Cross, for example, has acknowledged the plight of the Lost Boys, describing them as young children who fled their villages in Sudan in the late 1980s to escape slaughter at the hands of Sudanese government troops. According to this incredible humanitarian agency, these young men, without parents or elders to guide them, set out on an extraordinary journey across East African wilderness—a journey that took them to Ethiopia, back to Sudan and to refugee camps in Kenya. In 2000 and 2001, the United States government, through the State Department, agreed to allow 3800 of Lost Boys and Girls to begin new lives in America.

Throughout their journey, thousands of Lost Boys died along the way—they drowned, were eaten by wild animals, shot by military forces or overcome by exhaustion and hunger, dehydration and fatigue. Thousands of others survived to tell the story. It is a story about the courage of these young refugees and the kindness of those who have helped them. However, it also is a story about all refugees who travel through unimaginable conditions and survive against all odds.
​In 2001 when they set foot in America, the former Lost Boys and girls made it a priority to speak out about the horrors of war and the ultimate need for peace. They have since turned their passion and advocacy into speaking out for the least fortunate members of the South Sudanese society.

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