This Christmas, as we celebrate the light of Christ entering the world, we’re reminded that hope still shines even in the hardest places. In Sudan and South Sudan, your compassion helps vulnerable children find protection, healing, and a future filled with possibility. Through Lift Up the Vulnerable’s indigenous-led network, stories of safety, education, and transformation are unfolding every day.

Ruth’s journey from vulnerability in the war-torn Nuba Mountains to becoming a teacher in LUV’s anti-trafficking network shows the transformative power of protection, education, and empowerment. Her story reflects how hope can break cycles of early marriage, poverty, and exploitation — and how one life changed can spark change for generations.

Lucas’s story shows how education transforms lives in the world’s most dangerous places. Once orphaned by war in South Sudan, Lucas found safety, hope, and a future through Lift Up the Vulnerable’s protection and education programs.

This Thanksgiving, we’re celebrating the lasting impact of LUV’s supporters whose generosity is helping vulnerable children in Sudan and South Sudan become teachers, leaders, and changemakers. Read powerful words of gratitude from alumni whose lives have been transformed by your compassion.

Lucia’s life began in hardship after losing both parents to war and hunger in Sudan. Abused and neglected, she faced a future of fear and survival. But through Lift Up the Vulnerable’s anti-trafficking network, Lucia found safety, education, and hope — transforming her life from despair to possibility through God’s redeeming love.

In the hardest places, hope shines the brightest. For twenty years, Lift Up the Vulnerable has protected children and women in Sudan and South Sudan from exploitation — equipping them with education, mentorship, and faith-based leadership. This season, your generosity can shine twice as bright through a $250,000 matching grant, transforming despair into hope and empowering the next generation to carry Christ’s light forward.