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BBC NEWS | Africa | Sudan's 'lost boys' in America - 2 views

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  • Three years ago, the United States government agreed to allow 3,600 of them to begin new lives in America.
  • I don't worry now that if I sleep that people are going to shoot me," says 19-year-old Abraham Maker, who arrived in the US in 2001 along with thousands of others.
    • Molly Sunwoo
      Molly Sunwoo on 22 Feb 13
       
      This is the kind of life they lived before moving to America. But is this a bit exaggerated to gain the sympathy of others, precisely sponsors and americans? Or is this just the bare truth?
  • Abraham has been luckier than other lost boys, many of whom have had difficulty adjusting to life in America.
    • Molly Sunwoo
      Molly Sunwoo on 22 Feb 13
       
      Others may be luckier than others. Nothing will be completely fair. If he is adopted to an American family and is happy now, what happens to the social relationships that he had with his fellow Lost Boys before? Has he forgotten about his old life now?
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  • The unlucky ones, those judged to be above 18, were too old for high school and so had to go to work. As they had no qualifications they were forced to take menial, low-paying jobs.
    • Molly Sunwoo
      Molly Sunwoo on 22 Feb 13
       
      This is not what they expected after over 10 years of being lost. After Ethiopia and Kakuma, the lost boys probably built up their expectations of America so high that they were shocked of what was waiting for them. 
  • "America wasn't paradise and it wasn't as easy as they told you in the camps," says Samuel, who has done the rounds of menial jobs: he's been a security guard and is now a bagger, someone who puts shoppers' groceries in their bags at supermarkets.
  • Molly Sunwoo on 22 Feb 13
     
    About the Resettlement of 'The Lost Boys' in America. 
  • mia taicher on 04 Mar 13
     
    This article explains the struggles of the lost boys of Sudan when they adjust to life in America. It shows their difficutlies starting their life from nothing. 
Elisa B

'Lost Boys of Sudan' - where are they now? | MSUToday | Michigan State University - 2 views

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  • A notable quality among the refugees is their extraordinary ability to cope with chronic adversity and trauma even though some suffer from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.
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  • esettlement experiences based on whether they were minors or adults. Minors had to adjust (and some who are still minors continue to adjust) to American schools and living in American foster families, having lived mostly in peer groups prior to resettlement.
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  • Adults struggled to become economically independent, working long hours at low-paying jobs and struggling to find time and money to go to school.
  • Still, the refugees send as much money to Africa as possible to help those who were left behind
  • “He is like one of our adult children,” he said. “Both of his parents are deceased, and we try to fill in as best we can as his American parents.
  • “In the beginning his needs were great – health issues, learning to take care of basic needs, learning to drive a car, etc. Now, he has become very independent. We have shared his sadness such as when his mother died in 2003.
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  • The MSU study noted that refugee camp experiences had significant positive and negative influences on the refugees’ adjustment in the United States. For instance, having suffered through hardship, they recognized the special opportunity they had coming to the United States to pursue an education and employment, according to Luster. 
  • Elisa B on 25 Feb 13
     
    This is a very brief article which talks about how some Sudanese have adapted to life in the US amongsth with their goals and struggles.
Hazel S

New dangers threaten Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp - 0 views

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  • Life in the camp is hard, and it is about to get harder. Poorly funded infrastructure means that disease is always a threat. The coming rains could overwhelm the already overstretched water and sanitation facilities, said aid officials on the ground, who worried about overflowing toilets and outbreaks of diarrhea, pneumonia, measles and cholera. One third of the camp’s population lacks adequate shelter, according to the UN. Even firewood is scarce; some people actually have sold their food rations to buy wood to cook with.
  • The latter advertises a “mine risk education program.” Poisonous spiders, snakes, and scorpions abound in the area.
  • The second threat is terrorism. Now, with the success of the Kenyan army in pushing back al-Shabaab, there is concern that members of the militant Islamic militia may try to infiltrate the camp.
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  • There are also more than 57,000 children in the camp, about 5,000 of whom have no parents. A lack of funding means that services to them are limited.
  • Maker said that since he left Sudan as a little boy, he has not seen his parents. “So I don’t know where they are at this time and that’s why I am still in the camp. And camp is just like my home now, you know?” he said.
  • They ran excitedly across the dirt field, barefoot, clad in threadbare t-shirts. An older boy kicked a goal as a smaller child stood on the sideline, watching quietly. Looming behind them was the main gate, where a sign reminds entrants to “leave the camp better than you found it.”
  • Hazel S on 07 Mar 13
     
    The article contains a lot of information about Kakuma. The small details are included which is really useful.
Shun Igarashi

Noriaki project - 0 views

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  • Shun Igarashi on 21 Apr 13
     
    A little bit late now, but a great website about Noriaki's "Wakachiai Project" in Sudan, as well as more about Noriaki (There are even some photos of him)
Elisa B

UNHCR - Kakuma camp in Kenya surpasses its 100,000 capacity - 0 views

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  • 6 August 2012
  • CAMP, Kenya, 6 August (UNHCR) – Kakuma Refugee Camp has surpassed its capacity of 100,000 residents, creating serious concerns as more refugees continue to arrive.
  • The provision of life-saving assistance and important services is becoming increasingly difficult due to limited funding to cater for the growing population, particularly in the shelter, sanitation, education, and healthcare sectors
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  • idents and members of the local community due to the limited water and other resources in the area.
  • However, an estimated US$16.7 million would be required to set up a second camp and UNHCR's current financial constraints mean this would likely also pose significant challenges.
  • Elisa B on 24 Feb 13
     
    This is a very recent article from the 6th August 2012 about the struggles that Kakuma refugee camp is now facing. It is a very short article mainly about the fact that the camp is exceeding its maximum population.
Rosalie K

Lost Boys of Sudan Refugee Resettlement - 1 views

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  •  An estimated two million people have died and four million have been made refugees in the eighteen year old civil war in Sudan.
  • hey remained in camps in Ethiopia until a newly-elected government expelled them in 1991, and they were forced to return to Sudan.
  • Last year, the United States offered to resettle 3,600 of these "lost boys."
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  •  Grouped in threes or fours, the Sudanese young men, now in their late teens and twenties, are being resettled in sites in the US where expertise and special services are provided for these refugees refugees who have been deprived of their childhood and family life. In addition to expert case workers, sponsoring churches make an invaluable contribution to the adjustment of the refugees.
  • Starting in the late 1980s, thousands of Sudanese boys trekked to Ethiopia to flee the war. T
  • The three very gaunt and thinly clad young men arrived in the snow of a northern winter to a warm reception from Andrews Memorial UMC, James Street UMC, and the Church World Service (CWS) staff
  • foundation on which they can rebuild their lives: an apartment, furnishings, clothing, kindly guidance and friendship, accompaniment to appointments, help in learning to cook for themselves, shop, and prepare for job interviews.
  • United Methodist Churches
  • adapt to a new culture and become a part of the community.
  • the church arranged for Samuel to attend Nottingham High School,
  • Shruti A on 22 Feb 13
     
    This site gives a brief description about the Lost Boys and talks about their resettlement to America. 
  • Rosalie K on 22 Mar 13
     
    A very descriptive and informative piece of writitng about the resettlement of the lost boy in America. Some information on their journey and their life in America. 
Emily S

The lost boys of the Sudan - 0 views

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  • Since 1983, the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and the Sudanese Government have been at war in southern Sudan. The conflict has already claimed more than 500,000 lives and displaced huge numbers of people. Among these were at least 20,000 children, mostly boys, between 7 and 17 years of age who were separated from their families. These 'lost boys' of the Sudan trekked enormous distances over a vast unforgiving wilderness, seeking refuge from the fighting. Hungry, frightened and weakened by sleeplessness and disease, they crossed from the Sudan into Ethiopia and back, with many dying along the way. The survivors are now in camps in Kenya, the Sudan and Uganda.
  • Others set out for refugee camps in Ethiopia. Some travelled with friends or relatives, others slipped away on their own at night. Few had any idea of what lay ahead of them. They believed the trek would last only a few days and discovered that they faced a harrowing journey of 6 to 10 weeks. Continually under threat, they would flee for their lives, losing their way in the wilderness. Often they lost everything en route—blankets, sheets, shoes, clothes and pots—to soldiers, swindlers or bandits. Many fell victim to killer diseases. Others were so weakened by hunger and lack of sleep that they could go no further and sat down by the roadside—prey for lions and other animals.
  • Since 1992, UNICEF has managed to reunite nearly 1,200 boys with their families. But approximately 17,000 remain in camps in the region. The harsh memories remain as well. As 14-year-old Simon Majok puts it: "We were suffering because of war. Some have been killed. Some have died because of hunger and disease. We children of the Sudan, we were not lucky."
  • Yashaswani S on 22 Feb 13
     
    A simple article on the Lost Boys of Sudan, providing basic information.
  • Emily S on 22 Feb 13
     
    A website by UNICEF about the Lost boys of Sudan - gives lots of information about the Lost boys for any one who doesn't know who they are.
Molly Sunwoo

Lost Boys of the Sudan - 0 views

www.lostboyschicago.com/LostBoys.htm

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  • In 2001, intolerable living conditions in the refugee camp gave the United States government reason to resettle some 4,000 of these now young men in America.
    • Molly Sunwoo
      Molly Sunwoo on 22 Feb 13
       
      'intolerable'??
  • Molly Sunwoo on 22 Feb 13
     
    Overall summary of the Lost Boys of Sudan. Includes some statistics and numbers. 
Hiroto A

Where are the Lost Girls of Sudan? | The Chronicles of Travelling Womanists - 1 views

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  • Ryan W on 24 Feb 13
     
    This gives of some facts and figures and explains what happened to some of the lost girls. 
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  • Hiroto A on 05 Mar 13
     
    Where the lost girls of Sudan are
  • Paula Guinto on 07 Mar 13
     
    Be specific about what you found...
  • Hiroto A on 07 Mar 13
     
    According to Sudanese culture, the girls could not be left alone and instead were placed with surviving family members or with other surviving families/adults. Also, when the US resettlement program was created in 1999, by that time, most of the girls had been living in the family units assigned them for 9-14 years and were no longer considered to be orphans. Therefore, they were not allowed for resettlement. However, many of the Lost Girls that did come to the US have now earned their college degrees and/or married. Some have returned to South Sudan and are working in the government of South Sudan and assisting in rebuilding their country. The lost girls are known to be having their normal lives.
Elisa B

The Lost Boys - CBS News - 1 views

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  • It's the largest resettlement of its kind in American history.
  • It's a group that's lost in time
  • Most were 7 or 8 when their troubles began in 1987. That's when their predominantly Christian villages in southern Sudan were attacked by Islamic forces from the north.
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  • He was seven when he began the walk. "You have to urinate so that you can drink your own urine,"
  • Twelve thousand boys made it to a refugee camp in Ethiopia, where they stayed four years. But then civil war broke out there and the boys were chased out at gunpoint to the Gilo River. Many were shot. Many drowned. Many were eaten by crocodiles.
  • "They feel that education will speak on behalf of them where their parents can't," says Chanoff, the American aid worker. "So they have a saying, it's actually a very important saying that they have, education is my mother and my father."
  • The survivors of the Gilo started walking back into southern Sudan. They walked across deserts, over mountains. They had no food or water and ate wet mud.
  • For nine years, they've been surviving on one meal a day - wheat flour and maize – in the camp. In 2000, U.S. government began bringing them to America. Before they go, Chanoff gives them a crash course in America 101.
  • But the good news is that Americans are accepting them .
  • "Here are these boys that are products of this horrific civil war and they're coming to our heartland and they're coming to our homes," says Chanoff. "And you know what? People are falling in love with them. They think they're the sweetest, most amazing kids in the world and they're going to be a part of America now and that is unbelievable."
  • Elisa B on 24 Feb 13
     
    This is a good brief story of the Lost Boys and their journey from when they were first attacked to when they set off for the United States. It is not very detailed but it had the main points.
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