Jacob Deng

Jacob Deng: When Jacob Deng was seven years old, Sudans civil war reached his village of Duk Padiet, resulting in the murders of his mother and five brothers, according to CTV. His journey to Canada started 10 years ago when Deng was 21. While visiting the Canadian Embassy in Kenya, he caught the attention of a Canadian diplomat and relocated to Halifax soon after and A Halifax man who grew up in Sudan has kept a promise he made to the children of the war-torn African country. Deng escaped death but grew up alone in refugee camps. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.