WHO WE ARE
Fr. Hilary Boma Omol Foundation (FHBOF) is a South Sudanese national humanitarian organisation. It was established in 2021 and registered in 2022.
The foundation was named after a Catholic Priest, Late Fr. Hilary Boma Omol. It was to honour his life and activities which he positively impacted on many South Sudanese. Beside his religious mission, he was engaged in education, rehabilitation of IDPs and peace building among communities specially between Christians and Muslims. He also stood firm in defence of human right, a move that made him to be jailed many times by the by-then Fundamental Islamic Government of Sudan in the nineties.
Brief biography of Rev. Fr. Hilary Boma Omol
Rev. Fr. Hilary Boma. Omol was a Pari, son of James Omol and Catherine Adwang. He was born at Boma, Upper Nile State (South Sudan) on 26.12.1941.
He started his elementary education at Lipul (Lafon) Mission. After this he went to Okaru Minor Seminary (1953-57). He later on joined Philosophy at Tore River 1958-60. He joined the Comboni Fathers and had his novitiate at Florence, Italy and Theology at Venegono Superiore (VA), Italy.
He was ordained a religious priest for the Comboni Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Milan on 28 July 1966. After this he was sent to Uganda at Kangole, later at Pakele in charge of the Sudanese Minor Seminary.
In 1968 he was appointed Vice Rector in charge of the Minor Seminary at Lacor, Uganda.
After working in Pakele Minor Seminary, in 1972 he went to Italy again for a course and back to Nzara, (South Sudan) in 1974. In 1976 he was elected Deputy Superior of Comboni Missionaries in the Sudan and at the end of the year he went to Juba.
In 1979, he was transferred to El Obeid Diocese and appointed Vicar General. In Feb 1982, he was put in charge of Darfur Region. In 1988 he was transferred to Khartoum Cathedral and later became the Parish Priest. In the meantime he had left the Comboni Missionaries and was incardinated to Archdiocese of Khartoum. In 1992 he was appointed Vicar for the Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Khartoum.
He was later involved in dialogue with Islam on request of the Archbishop of Khartoum Archdiocese. In August 1998, he was imprisoned for several months, accused of plotting against the Khartoum government. After his release, in December 1999, he was sent to Germany for treatment due to the physical and psychological trauma of the torture he had in the prison. He remained in Germany till 2010 and later on went to Sondrio, Italy where he died on 23.07.2018. His body was laid to rest in Rejaf (Juba County, South Sudan).
Rev. Fr. Hilary Loswot Boma Omol was an exemplary priest, brave, truthful and a defender of the voiceless in Sudan especially in Khartoum. He was a hardworking priest who stood for the rights of the Christians and other ethnic minorities who were persecuted by the Arabs in the Sudan. There is a wide coverage of his detention and the struggles for justice on google web search.
Small changes with big difference
Our vision is to empower the communities by providing them with the appropriate know-how. This involves technical, agricultural and health vocational training. The technical aspect is on civil housing construction, food production, primary health care workers.
This is with the convincement that poverty can only be eliminated by giving the right tools (education) to the local communities.
OUR TEAM
We execute our vision with the right team, and it is composed of six hard working individuals. All have experiences in different fields. There are two medical doctors, a biologist, two experience teachers and one expert in NGO management.
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