Chiok Diang Tot

Chiok Diang Tot

South Sudan

Chiok is a Peacebuilding and a Conflict Mitigation Student at Kampala University. He’s a South Sudanese by Nationality. He’s a Co-Founder and a project lead for Africa Physiotherapy Aid. Chiok is passionate about mitigating risks among the South Sudanese Communities. He served and volunteered with different organizations. Chiok worked for Pan-Africa Peacemakers Alliance as Peacebuilding Officer. He also worked for Global Aid for Relief and Development as a Peacebuilding Assistant. Chiok served as Secretary General for the college association at the University and served as Secretary General at Human Right Defenders Network Youth Cluster. He’s a peace Activist. Chiok is Alumni of YALI as well as the Kendita Initiative.
He was born and raised in rural South Sudan. His father, Diang Tot was a farmer, and a civil servant, and his mother Christian laity. He was born in an environment full of challenges; one of which was illiteracy. He comes from very humble teaching. None of his parents had any formal education. He knew his parents could not afford college and he knew nothing about financial aid. Still, he felt in his heart that if he worked hard in school, he would find a way to make his dream a reality. The value of education is something that he understood at a very young age. Without formal education, his parents faced many struggles in their personal and professional lives. My inspiration for this program is beyond my capacity as I want to be a peace mediator in my community.