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The body of a child torn apart by a landmine lay in the sunburnt grass of Southern Sudan -- This was the moment former US 1%ER & Outlaw biker Sam Childers decided to devote the rest of his life to saving the children of East Africa.

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"The body may have been there for about 12 or 16 hours," Sam Childers said

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"As I stood there over the child I said 'God I'd do anything I can to help these people'."

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Sam Childers will be in SA November 2018 (Cape Town  20-30th Nov) for a 10 days of speaking tour of youth detention centres, prisons, schools, businesses, churches and events where he believes his story will inspire hope and motivate anyone that hears him

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Sam gave up a life of drugs, crime & violence in the US Outlaw motorcycle gang circle - after he noticed his life began to change when he joined his then-girlfriend on her visit to church.

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His dedication to Africa was sparked in 1998 when he stumbled across the child's body during a church mission to rebuild huts destroyed by war in Southern Sudan -- not long afterwards Childers began building his first orphanage in Southern Sudan after selling his construction business back in the US.

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Most of the orphans have lost their parents due to the atrocities of war , accidents or diseases such as AIDs and malaria -- others are former child soldiers or sex slaves rescued by Childers & his team from local militia and rebel groups.

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"Joseph Kony was wanting to destroy me as much as I wanted to get a hold of him," Childers said of the murderer who is now believed to be hiding somewhere deep in the Congo.

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With an AK47 in one hand and a bible in the other, Childers has become affectionately known as the Machine Gun Preacher.

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His life story was published in his 2009 biography Another Man's War that was turned into a Hollywood feature film in 2011 called The Machine Gun Preacher starring Glaswegian & Hollywood heartthrob Gerard Butler.

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Through his charity - Angels of East Africa - Childers has built seven orphanages, seven schools, around 40 wells for clean drinking water, and a farm where he teaches those displaced by war how to make a living.

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"We don't want them to be beggars, but to equip and teach someone a skill and trade that can change nations," said Sam Childers.

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"We can't save all the children but... you do what you have to do". said Sam Childers

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Millions of people are on the brink of starvation in Southern Sudan as East Africa is gripped by a famine mainly due to conflicts between tribal groups, according to the United Nations Security Council.