Monica* was 14 when her family fled South Sudan.
For ten years, they built a life in neighboring Sudan – until last April. The sudden conflict set them on a dangerous journey back to South Sudan, when armed men ambushed their vehicle.
“A soldier almost took me as a wife,” Monica, now 25, remembers, “forcing my family to give him all our phones and belongings to set me free.”
Her grandmother tragically passed along the way, but there was no time to grieve. While Monica’s mother arranged a burial, her children trudged on.
Four days later, they reunited at the crossing point in Renk — safe, but shaken up.
Every day, 1,000 Sudanese people travel the same perilous path. Tell Congress to send lifesaving support!