Egg-hawking teenage girl donates SSP 133,000 to youth group
Nyadhiare Majang, a nine-year-old business girl, has donated SSP133, 000 to South Sudanese Youth Group. The group is lobbying for the lifting of the US sanctions against Benjamin Bol.
The campaign is known as the “Free Benjamin Bol Campaign.”
Majang sells boiled eggs on the streets of Juba to support herself and the family after being displaced following the 2016 conflict in the Managateen IDP camp.
The young entrepreneur received financial support from well-wishers.
After several media reports put her in the limelight due to her struggles with disability status, a group of well-wishers held a fundraising event on February 17, 2022, to support her egg hawking business.
Giel Deng, the Majang’s manager, said after getting some financial support from well-wishers last week, the young girl and her family chose to donate a portion of the money to the “Free Benjamin Bol Campaign.”
“The young girl’s decision to give that part of the money to the “Free Benjamin Bol Campaign is because she has been inspired by what Bol has been doing in the country, and she just feels sympathy for him that if she puts the money into the campaign, there will be more South Sudanese to join the campaign,” Mr Deng said.
“Even after getting support, she continues selling boiled eggs on the streets. The reason why she offered the money to the Free Bol campaign is to expand the team to have more youth that can speak like them.”
Meanwhile, Akuol Natalia, the Assistant Director for South Sudanese Youth Group Against Sanctions on Benjamin Bol confirmed the donation and said the group is happy to have such a generous South Sudanese.
Natalia said although the group received the money happily they have concerned that Majang needs more help in order to go back to school to study and achieve her dreams.
“She donated to us because she was touched by what we are doing but she is still very young. She needs people’s support in order for her to get back to school. Education is very vital for human success,” she added.
Check-B groups chair said during her fundraising last week that the business community in UNMISS stood with her and came out in large numbers to support her business expansion.
“She was tipped off by fellow entrepreneurs who attended the event. She is a young girl with a big heart, community needs to stand united to solve South Sudan’s problems.”
He said Benjamin Bol, has worked tirelessly to strengthen the national infrastructure through his construction and engineering company, ABMC, which is currently developing the major highways in South Sudan.
“We shall all stand united against injustices that are affecting the business community in South Sudan and more so, to stand united against sanctions on Benjamin Bol,” the group’s chairperson said.
Last week, Majang told to reporters that her dream is to have a poultry farm so that she can distribute eggs throughout South Sudan, creating hundreds of jobs in the process.
