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Martino Kunjok Atem
Martino Kunjok Arceluk was born in Mayen Abun in South Sudan. Martino does not know his real age, but he was forced to make up his birth date. His father Kunjok Arceluk fought in the firstSudan civ...view moreMartino Kunjok Arceluk was born in Mayen Abun in South Sudan. Martino does not know his real age, but he was forced to make up his birth date. His father Kunjok Arceluk fought in the firstSudan civil war, 1955-1972, also known as Anya Nya I War.
Martino escaped the war-torn south Sudan to northern Sudan where he worked as a house servant. He then enrolled in elementary evening school in Kosti from 1987-1988. He moved to Omdurman and continued his studies. Martino never thought he would go beyond grade three; all he wanted was to learn how to read and write his name. In 1988-1989 he skipped two grades and joined grade six at Comboni School in Bhari Khartoum-North.
Martino then proceeded to St. Augustines Minor Seminary in Khartoum from 1990-1994. In1995 he joined St. Pauls National Major Seminary and graduated with Diploma of Philosophy. Martino was studying for priesthood but his family convinced him otherwise. He decided to enroll at University of Bahr El Ghazal, and studied education from 1997-1998.
In the same year, war broke out in Wau City disrupting his university studies. He narrowly escaped death and fled to his home area in the southern Sudan, which was under Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement-Army (SPLM-A) 1998.
Towards the end of 1998, he fled Sudan to a Kenyan refugee camp. While there, Martino co-founded women literacy school in 1998-1999. He became a teacher at Napata Secondary School from 1999-2000 and in 2001, received scholarship to University of Regina through World University Services of Canada. He obtained two Bachelor degrees in Arts (2006) and Education (2010).
Martino has taught in both Regina Public School and Regina Catholic School divisions and currently works with youth in the Ministry of Justice, Government of Saskatchewan.view less