Sport to promote peace in South Sudan Rumbek

By Manyang Mayom

Fe 26, 2007 (RUMBEK) — In order to promote peace and stability in the Lakes Sates, the state authorities have inaugurated Sunday the sport tournament in Rumbek. The opening ceremony was attended by Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sport Lakes State” Adak Costa Mapuor.

Minister Mapur said that this year is the year of sport and development in Lakes State as whole the Southern Sudan in general. She stressed on the role that sport can play in promoting community spirit and bridging across ethnic or communal divides.

In Rumbek today, youths and traditional leaders are wearing sport shoes, while many of youth are wearing Sport youth clothes. According to Mercy-crop representative, peace is for all the Sudanese people and to remove the culture of war into culture of peace is just only through sport image in Southern Sudan.

Lakes State Acting director general and director of Youth and Sport Madong William Mading says “we are concerned for our young generation who where born during the war and adopt the cultures of war, but we must to be very serious to remove wrong images of war and educated them again to develop as future generation of New Sudan”.

Madong appointed out that Sport is for life and for development if our children agree with us” I hope there must be changes through sport to peace and blessing of our country Sudan.

(ST)