Team Darfur Runner: Dominic Luka

Dominic Luka is a senior at Norfolk State University where he has excelled in Track and Field. One of the "Lost Boys" Dominic is now the reigning cross-country and 1,500-meter champion in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Dominic has also excelled in the javelin. Dominic is majoring in management information systems and will graduate next December.

We asked Dominic why he joined Team Darfur and this is what he had to say:

It has now been 5 years since the Genocide in Darfur and there is no change happening there. We need a change in Darfur. The reason why I joined Team Darfur was to put my effort and support to help put an end to the Genocide in Darfur. I was always disturbed by the Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir for denying the Darfur Genocide.  Reading everyday on the news at www.sudan.net, "The United Nation says up to 300,000 people have died and more than 2.2 million fled their homes since the conflict erupted in February 2003. But the Sudanese Government says only 10,000 have been killed."

I thank God for helping me come to the great land of opportunity. I was once like those who are suffering in Darfur. But God help me through and brought me here. I'm pray that one day one time God will do the same miracle to the people of Darfur. He will show them the way and the bright light to a better future.