Good Shepherd Leadership Training Program (GSLTP) is an Anglican (Christian) ministry based in East Africa committed to training Sudanese church and community leaders. The ministry was started in 2003 by John Daau, a Sudanese priest of the Episcopal Church of Sudan and former “Lost Boy” of Sudan. In addition to Christian leadership development, the New Sudan Christian newspaper aims to keep the world informed about the current situation in Sudan. GSLTP is operated primarily out of displaced people camps in northern Kenya and Sudan.

Statement of faith

We believe in the Trinity, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. We believe that God the Father is the Maker of heaven and earth. We believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, that He died for the sins of the world, and that He resurrected from the dead, and He will come again to judge the living and the dead, and to take the righteous to His everlasting Kingdom. We also believe that the Holy Bible is the inspired word of God. We uphold the Anglican Church traditions and the holy sacraments such as baptism, Holy Communion and ordinations of bishops and clergy.

Purpose & Mission

GSLTP aims to provide broad biblically-based training, information and skills that will educate, equip and develop the Sudanese Christian leaders in order to enable them perform effectively, sufficiently and improve their service delivery for the expansion of God's kingdom in Sudan and beyond.

Strategy

The program will achieve these goals through professional quality training forums in response to the needs of Christian leadership development among Sudanese communities. With sufficient funding and support, trainings will be offered every month of the year ranging from one to three weeks in duration. GSLTP aims to develop teaching material and course content through current and future partnerships with other like-minded training institutions, organizations and churches.

Kakuma

The inception of Kakuma as a refugee camp came to the attention of the world in 1992 when the Sudanese young adults and minors (known as the "Lost Boys") were forced out of their country by the regime as a part of the civil war that continues to rage between the North and the South

In 1992, the U.N. and the Government of Kenya joined hands to help the asylum seekers from Sudan.  The same mutual understanding between the U.N. and the Government of Kenya had brought other nationalities in Africa to Kakuma as refugees under the same mandate of the UNHCR including Somalis Congolese, Rwandans, Ugandans, Burundians, and Eritreans.

Moreover, Kakuma is located in the northern part of this country in the Turkana District.  The area is semi-arid and it receives little rain during the seasons.  Likewise, it is very hot and dusty and some times the temperature exceeds 40 degrees Celsius.  The population of the camp is approximately ninety thousand (90,000).

This mass community is a multi-national and multi-religious society.  The people are living as dependents on the UNHCR and WFP plus other NGOs and agencies of the UN.  People in the Kakuma Refugee Camp have desperate needs as conditions are not adequate in the camp.  People do not have access to adequate levels of food, shelter, transportation, basic security, education, or training.  The people of Kakuma greatly appreciate the few training opportunities that do exist, as these are very vital to the refuges.  This is especially true for the church and community leaders.

The camp has two dominant religions, Christianity and Islam.  The population of the Christians is greater that that of the Muslims.  The Christian community receives help from a wide variety of different Christian denominations.  However, church leaders are lacking training in church administration, conflict management and resolution, active peace and reconciliation, participatory leadership in the church, evangelism and other important areas.