wfn.org | Adventist Development and Relief Agency Worker Dies in Sudan

[George Conklin <gconklin@wfn.org>]

August 28, 1998
Adventist Press Service (APD)
Christian B. Schaeffler, Editor-in-chief
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ADRA WORKER DIES IN SUDAN
98/28/06

Silver Spring, MD/USA, (APD/ADRA)  Adventist Development and 
Relief Agency (ADRA) International personnel are mourning the 
death of Listone Mabuto, ADRA Sudan internal handling, shipping 
and transport manager. 

"Listone had been battling malaria and other complications for 
several months; he was hospitalised two days ago with a
breathing complication. Yesterday morning he died calmly and
without a struggle," reported ADRA Sudan director Peter Truscott on August
25..

Only 39 years old, Listone joined ADRA approximately two years 
ago. He was the person responsible for the movement of 10,000
tons of relief food from Port Sudan, on the Red Sea, to the 
ADRA warehouse in Khartoum State 1,400 kilometres inland, and 
onward to the nearby refugee camps. The food fed approximately 
70,000 refugees during 1997. 

"The movement of this food was a really important function and 
he managed it very well," says Randy Purviance, ADRA Central 
Office senior grants administrator. "He will certainly be missed."

Listone leaves behind his wife Jean (a U.S. citizen), two
children and his parents. The family left for Zimbabwe, 
Listone's homeland, where he will be buried.