Memorials for USAID Staff
Memorial For Abdelrahman Abbas Rahama
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Abdelrahman Abbas Rahama
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It is with great sadness that we announce the tragic loss of our colleague, Abdelrahman Abbas Rahama who worked for our USAID mission in Sudan. While traveling with USAID Foreign Service Officer John Granville, Mr. Rahama was killed in Sudan on New Year’s Day. He was a valued member of the community and a loyal employee, whose exemplary service to our Sudan Mission was crucial and appreciated. We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family and friends.
Mr. Rahama was born in Juba, Sudan. He attended Juba Primary and Intermediate School and graduated from Khartoum Trade School. He began his USAID career with the USAID Darfur DART team when it started in 2004. He was officially hired as a driver by USAID in November 2005. He is survived by his wife, Fatima Mohamed Ali Osman, and one year old son, Mugtaba. Mr. Rahama also provided support to his father.
Foreign Service Nationals are the backbone of our development efforts worldwide. On a daily basis, our FSNs put their lives on the line. As we mourn this loss, let us rededicate ourselves to our mission so that our colleague's lost life shall not be in vain.
Memorial For John Granville
John Granville represented the best of the spirit of USAID: a love of country, a spirit of adventure, intelligence, compassion, and abiding desire to make a better world for the less fortunate. We are here saddened to bid him farewell.
John Granville was a commissioned officer in the United States Foreign Service. As a diplomat and as an international development officer, he worked hard and he worked well at the grassroots of society and politics.
Photo Credit: USAID
John Granville surrounded by villagers who have just received radios.
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He cultivated not the potentates but the simplest of citizens. In remote villages in Sudan, he offered practical methods to nurture democracy and just governance based on the rule of law. He worked with energy and imagination to make this aspiration a reality for women and men in Sudan. He promoted peace, leading by the example of his keen and sincere understanding.
His life was all to short, but it was abundant in generosity. Religious leaders have said: If you want peace, work for justice." Certainly that was the motto by which John Granville lived. In the places in Africa that he so dearly loved, peace and justice will be his legacy.
His colleagues recall their memories of John: "The consummate professional" and "an incredibly dedicated individual." These were common themes throughout the remarks about John's personality and infectious good will.
These remembrances paint the picture of who John Granville was and what he will always mean to us. John's sacrifice reminds us that our nation and its instrument for foreign assistance, the U. S. Agency for International Development, are a force for peace and prosperity in the world. We are moved beyond words at this tragedy, but buoyed by his spirit. Our highest honor to him is to renew our commitment to the values that he lived by and to love our work, as John loved his work.
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