Radio activist Joe Madison credited with saving Sudanese boy

Dec. 4, 2008, 10:30 a.m. - A dangerous mission trip to Darfur and Southern Sudan for Washington, D.C. activist and syndicated talk radio show host Joe Madison last March brought home early holiday cheer this season.

Madison and anti-slavery activist John Eibner, of Christian Solidarity International, helped Kuot Duo Kuot, a young Sudanese boy born into slavery, get medical care for an infected leg wound that could have forced amputation to prevent his death. The news of Kuot's successful treatment and recovery came to Madison during the Thanksgiving holiday.

"The only doctor in the area told us that if he did not receive medical attention soon, the infection would spread,
and his leg would likely need to be amputated and without proper medical care," Madison said.

"That news made that grueling trip very rewarding and our Thanksgiving all the more meaningful," he added.

The Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement's (SPLM) Secretary General Pagan Amum said Tuesday that 20,000 people are suffering from different forms of slavery in Sudan, according to Miraya FM.

"We took him to our camp and cleaned his wound," Madison said. "John Eibner, and our group contributed to make it possible for young Kuot to receive the medical care he so badly needed."

Last year, Madison received Talker's Magazine's Sharon L. Harrison Memorial Award for Outstanding Community Service by a Radio Talk Show Host for his extensive efforts to raise awareness about Sudan's North-South conflict and genocide in Darfur. In June, Madison became the first African American to receive the Freedom of Speech Award at the magazine's eleventh annual New Media Seminar.

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