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IRC Helps Lost Boys Of Sudan Rebuild Their Lives In The United States | International R... - 0 views

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Lost Boys II: Life In America - CBS News - 1 views

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Joseph Taban arrived in Kansas City and Abraham Nial got to Atlanta four months before Sept. 11, 2001.
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it reminded him of ho
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"How can somebody handle just that small paper," he asks, "and say, this is money?"
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It's hard to distinguish what is reality and what is not.
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they had left a life of terror far behind found that it had followed them to America.
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Abraham felt he'd reached a dead end
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if I go down there, am I going to die?
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"And I wanted to tell him in the United States it's different, you need to think this way and that way. And basically on Sept. 11, I was re-educated because it wasn't a surprise to him.
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Rosalie K on 26 Mar 13

The opinions and views on America by the lost boys and how they cope with adapting to their new environment.

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Lost Boys of Sudan Refugee Resettlement - 1 views

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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
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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.
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United Methodist Churches
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adapt to a new culture and become a part of the community.
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the church arranged for Samuel to attend Nottingham High School,
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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.

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One Lost Boy of Sudan finds path, shares life story | The Chautauquan Daily - 1 views

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Bol Malual remembers dodging crocodiles when he was a child
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Lost Boys of Sudan.
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You just did it.
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he does not know his exact age,
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- Rosalie K on 07 Mar 13
  
  At the part where he said that his brother woke him up and told him to run, just imagining that is hard to process.
  
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Malual said his older brother shook him awake one day and told him to run.
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Malual’s gr
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oup was the first to settle in that area
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- Rosalie K on 07 Mar 13
  
  I think that without the support of each other, they wouldn't have survived.
  
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Every 14 days, each boy received 15 kilograms of maize flour, some cooking oil and one cup of beans,
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Sharing was what kept us together, pushed us together,
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If I didn’t receive my ration one day, my friend would call me when it was time to eat.”
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Malual, then a teenager, found a job. Although the large bulk of his salary went toward rent for an apartment he almost never saw, Malual took on extra hours and began to save money
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You’re going to go home,’” Malual said. “And they gave me a ticket. I was so happy; I couldn’t believe it.”
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‘Is this the wrong family?’”
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His brother, who had been the one to tell Malual to run as a child, had remained in the village.
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‘When I told you to run, I didn’t mean to run forever
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he described America as his second home and said he couldn’t imagine leaving it.
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Rosalie K on 07 Mar 13

Great story about this boy called Malual and his survival as a lost boy. His story stretches from the beginning to his arrival in America and how he felt about it.

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