Team Darfur member, Lopez Lomong, was recently named Darfur Hero of August by Save Darfur. Lomong says he feels a need to speak out about the genocide in Darfur because "a lot of people here don’t know what is going on in Sudan and I need to send a message as an athlete from Sudan." At age 6, Lopez was abducted from a Sudanese church by a militia that was training child soldiers. With the help of some older boys, he escaped through a hole in the fence and ended up in a refugee camp. He remained there for 10 years. Finally, he received a VISA to the US from an organization that sought to relocate 3,500 refugees. He attended Northern Arizona University, where he began pursuing his Olympic dreams. He will compete in the Beijing Olympics in the 1500 Men's Track event. We wish him the best of luck. Lomong knows first hand about the tragedies in Sudan and we are so proud that Save Darfur selected him as a Darfur hero.
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