Founded in June 2006 and incorporated in 2007, the AID & CARE, Inc. is a dream becomes true and a vision of refugees’ struggles and hope to give back to their communities.  The organization’s collective vision --a wide perspective born out of many years of hardships, and resilience which was conceived when former lost boy-Dominic Diing dreamed at Niagara University when he left with two months to graduate from  the college. When he dreamed about the future of the vulnerable group of orphans, widows and vulnerable women who, each day, face uncertainties about what life would be like as millions of former displacers including more than 1 million orphans and millions un-partnered women and their children return to their empty homes after 21 years in makeshift camps. The devastation and hope for the Sudanese Lost Boys has been eloquently captured by many humanitarian agencies. Please visit walkformemoriesandprayers.com for more information about the lost boys and dreams

The American Red Cross has acknowledged the plight the Lost Boys, describing them as young children who fled their villages in Sudan in the 1980s to escape slaughter at the hands of Islamist government troops in Darfur that has been ravaged by genocide today. These young men, without parents or elders to guide them, set out on an extraordinary journey across Africa wilderness—a journey that took them to Ethiopia, back to Sudan and to refugee camps in Kenya. In 2000 and 2001, the United States government agreed to allow more than 5,000 of them to begin new lives in America. 


Throughout their journey, thousands of Lost Boys died along the way—they drowned, were eaten by wild animals, shot by military forces or overcome by hunger, dehydration and fatigue. Thousands of others survived to tell the story. It is a story about the courage of these young refugees and the kindness of those who have helped them. However, it also is a story about all refugees who travel through unimaginable conditions and survive against all odds.


The Lost Boys believe that many acts of compassion together with the resilience they have distilled from solid years of hardship will guide them as they spend the rest of their lives touching those deepest nerves of humanity. This has been their passion since they set foot in America in 2001 and 2002 when they began speaking out about the horrors of war and the ultimate need for peace.

They are connecting the pain of losing some of their parents and relatives in the war with the passion of giving voice to those who can’t help themselves; helping the vulnerable ones discover potential as South Sudan takes on a renewed sense of hope; and a larger-than-life concept of a nation transitioning from a past wrenched by war to a path full of the recognition of human dignity. With the undying and enduring generosity of friends around the globe, the Lost Boys will begin to inspire as South Sudanese embark on equally participating in the development of their nation.