Sam Childers, omuwandiisi w’ebitabo

**Sam Childers** (yazaalibwa 1963), era amanyiddwa nga **Machine Gun Preacher**, muvuzi wa pikipiki Omumerika, muwandiisi, era muyambi wa bantu. A memba w'ekibiina kya Highwaymen Motorcycle Club, Childers yamanyika nnyo oluvannyuma lwa Dateline NBC okuweereza ku mpewo ebimukwatako ekyakolebwa  Keith Morrison ne Tim Sandler eyawandiika emboozi ye ne Joseph Kony, omukulembeze w'eggye ly'abayeekera erya Lord's Resistance Army mu 2005. Childers oluvannyuma yawaayo obulamu bwe n'ebintu bye okununula abaana mu kitundu ky'olutalo mu South Sudan . Childers ne mukyala we Lynn baatandikawo era baddukanya Angels of East Africa, Children’s Village Orphanage e Nimule, South Sudan, nga mu kiseera kino balina abaana nga 185 be balabirira. Childers era alina ebifo bya bamulekwa  mu Uganda ne Ethiopia n'abaana abalala 160 mu bitongolebye ebirabirira abaana

Mu 2013, Childers yafuna engule ya Mother Teresa Award for Social Justice.  

## Obuto bwe
Childers yazaalibwa mu Grand Forks, North Dakota, mutabani wa Paul Childers, omukozi w’ebyuma era eyali Marine .  Childers yalina bakulu babiri, Paul Jr. ne George. Yalina ne mwannyina Donna eyafa ekizibu ky’omutima nga tannaweza mwaka gumu. Bwe yali akula, bazadde be baasengukanga nnyo, olwa pulojekiti ez’okuzimba. 

Mu 1974, ng’ebula mbale Childers aweze emyaka 12, baasengukira mu Grand Rapids, Minnesota . Ng’agenda mu siniya ey’omusanvu yazuula sigala, enjaga, omwenge ne heroin, ekyamuviirako emyaka mingi ng’akozesa ebiragalalagala, okutunda ebiragalalagala, n’okunywa omwenge. Childers era yafuna okwagala pikipiki n'obulamu obwamuviirako okufuuka mmemba mu kibiina kya Highwaymen Motorcycle Club .    

Childers yawasa omukazi ayitibwa Lynn nga tannakyuka mu ddiini y’Ekikristaayo, era n’azaala omwana omuwala (Paige) n’omwana omulenzi. 

## Emirimu gye
Childers yakyuka n’afuuka Omukristaayo mu makkati ga 1992, ng’ayambibwako mukyala we eyasooka, mu lukiiko lw’okuzuukira mu kkanisa ya Assembly of God . Akawungeezi ako kennyini kigambibwa nti omusumba wa Childers yalagula nti aligenda mu Afrika . Ku nkomerero ya 1997, Childers yakola olugendo lwe olwasooka e Sudan . Mu lugendo olwo olwasooka n'endala ezaddako, yamanya ebikolwa  bya Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA),  bye yayogerako ng’eby’obukambwe.

Nga tewannayita bbanga ddene ng’olugendo lwe olwasooka e Sudan luwedde, Childers ne mukyala we mu kiseera ekyo Lynn baatandikawo ekibiina kya Angels of East Africa, ekyalo ky’abaana mu bugwanjuba bwa Sudan.  Ekyalo ky’abaana mu kiseera kino kirimu era kisomesa bamulekwa abasukka mu 180 (figures update 2021),  ng’abaana abasoba mu lukumi be banunuddwa okuva lwe kyazaalibwa.  Abakozi ku kyalo ky’abaana okusinga bamulekwa ne bannamwandu bennyini okuva e Sudan.

Childers ayogera mu bujjuvu ebyaliwo mu bulamu bwe n’ebyo bye yayitamu mu Afirika mu kitabo kye *Another Man’s War* .  Ekitabo kino kirimu okusiimibwa okuva eri Pulezidenti wa South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit : "Omusumba Sam Childers abadde mukwano gwa gavumenti ya South Sudan ow'oku lusegere nnyo okumala emyaka mingi era mukwano gwe gwe yeesiga." 

Mu Gwekkuminogumu 2009, Childers yalabikira ku pulogulaamu ya Debra Peppers eya ttivvi *eya Outreach Connection* e Quincy, Illinois . Abikudde ekyama nti ataasa n'abaana abawambibwa mu Bukiikakkono bwa Uganda . 

## Mu buwangwa obumanyiddwa ennyo
Mu 2011, Relativity Media yafulumya firimu y’obulamu bwa Childers eyatuumibwa *Machine Gun Preacher*, nga yeesigamiziddwa ku kitabo kya Childers ekiyitibwa *Another Man’s War* . Firimu eno yawandiikibwa Jason Keller era nga yakolebwa Marc Forster . Abazannyi bano baabaddemu Gerard Butler mu kifo ekikulu, Michelle Monaghan nga mukyala wa Childers, Lynn, ate Michael Shannon nga mukwano gwe ennyo Donnie.

Mu 2014, ffirimu ey'ebyafaayo eyalina omutwe gwe gumu yakolebwa Angels of East Africa, era ne yakwatibwa/n'erongoosebwa Bannaustralia Kevin Evans ne Zac Simpson. Yafulumizibwa mu nsi yonna aba Heritage Films mu Australia ate mu North America ne Vision Films (US).

Childers yakola okulambula okw’okwogera mu masinzizo, ebibiina, bizinensi, ebifo eby’okubudaabuda abantu, n’amakomera mu Bungereza mu 2018. Yabuuziddwa ku katambi mu kibuga Tamworth ekya Bungereza. 

## Okukomelerwa
Childers abadde avumibwa olw’ebikolwa bye n’okwekiikirira. *Enkola y'ensonga z'ebweru* yassa okubuusabuusa ku mboozi za Childers ez'okununula, n'egamba nti "kijja kwetagisa ekyamagero Childes by'ayogerako okuba ebituufu." Era yakakasa nti emirimu gy’abayambi abalala giri mu matigga olw’ebikolwa bya Childers. Okugatta ku ekyo, SPLA yeeyawula ku Childers, n'etegeeza ng'eyita mu mwogezi nti "SPLA temanyi Sam Childers." 

Mu 2014, amaka ga Childers ne ebintu bya minisitule byalumbibwa ekitongole kya FBI ne IRS .   Mu 2019, Childers yaggyibwako emisango gyonna okuva mu kitongole kya FBI ne IRS.

Ebirala ebikomerera birimu ebigambibwa nti ebifo bya bamulekwa ebyatandikibwawo Childers bibadde biddukanyizibwa bubi, era nti Childers amaze emyaka nga tagendayo.   Ekifaananyi kya *Vanity Fair* kyageraageranya enneeyisa ya Childers eri abamu ku bantu b'oku kyalo nga "okutulugunya."