[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 28, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E653]
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                         HONORING MR. JOHN DAU

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                          HON. JAMES T. WALSH

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 27, 2007

  Mr. WALSH of New York. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of Mr. 
John Dau of Syracuse, New York.
  Mr. Dau has dedicated his life to helping others in his native 
country of Sudan to get a chance at a better life. He has done amazing 
humanitarian work for his fellow Sudanese people, including raising 
money for the building of a clinic in his home village and raising 
awareness about the plight of the Sudanese in general.
  National Geographic has recently named Mr. Dau one of the eight 
emerging explorers of 2007. Those given this title are adventurers, 
scientists, photographers, and storytellers that are said to be making 
a difference in their prospective fields. The National Geographic 
executive vice president for mission programs has referred to Mr. Dau 
as a ``visionary individual'' and asserted that he was precisely the 
sort of individual National Geographic was looking for when choosing 
emerging explorers.
  With the money from this award, Mr. Dau is going to send other ``Lost 
Boys'', or Sudanese who spent their adolescence fleeing war, famine, 
and slavery, to school in Kenya and Uganda. Mr. Dau is an accomplished 
humanitarian, and it is for this reason that I rise today to recognize 
his great work.

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