A Christian woman living in Kansas City, who fled the violence in Sudan with a heart full of hatred, is planning to return there for a month to promote reconciliation and forgiveness.

In a report by the Associated Press, Rebecca Mabior told of her experiences of growing up in Sudan and the persecution she received as a result of her Christian faith.

"[Some of my teachers] were calling me like I'm a bad person because I was a Christian," she said. "They didn't know how bad an effect that had on me. Because I grew up hating them."

Around 3,000 Sudanese Christians and 200 Sudanese Muslims have gone to Kansas City to escape the violence in Sudan.

Mabior is planning to leave her husband and three year old son for a month and teach English to Muslims who have also fled from the violence in Darfur, Sudan, APsaid in its report.

A group in Lexana, Kansas, called Sudan Sunrise is organising the trip in which Mabior and other Sudanese refugees will teach at the Djabal refugee camp in southeastern Chad. The trip is expected to begin in January.

An Episcopal priest, Tom Prichard, is the executive director and a founding member of Sudan Sunrise. The guiding principle of the organisation is the belief that peace and democracy in Sudan can only be achieved by convincing all tribes, religions and regions to forgive and to reconcile with one another.

Last week, Sudan Sunrise coordinated a meeting in Washington DC in which Muslims and Christians discussed ways to live together. The discussion was followed by a march to the Capitol Hill meant to encourage world leaders to make the Sudanese Government keep the 2005 peace accord.

Before arriving in the US five years ago, 32-year-old Mabior lived in northern Sudan, which was dominated by Arabs and Muslims, making her a target for abuse from both children and adults.

Since coming to Kansas City, where she became part of the Sudanese Christian community, Mabior was able to rebuild her life.

According to AP, Mabior said that many other Sudanese refugees are still angry about the actions of Muslim soldiers sent by the government during the war in Darfur who killed and enslaved many Christians whilst trying to impose Islamic law. During the war two million people were killed and four million became refugees.

For this reason, not everyone in the Sudanese refugee community is happy with her decision.

Many of the Muslims in the refugee camp that Mabior will be visiting are there as a result of a Muslim anti-government rebellion that took place following the end of the Darfur conflict in 2005. Many of those in the camps are the same people who persecuted Christians during the Darfur conflict.

The director of Sudan Sunrise spoke of the reaction of Muslims who have received aid from Christians. "Some of the tribal leaders cried when they saw us. They said [to the Christian Sudanese], 'We killed you for 20 years, and that you would come and help us is too wonderful.'"