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

  • Bol Malual remembers dodging crocodiles when he was a child
  • Lost Boys of Sudan.
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  • he does not know his exact age,
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      At the part where he said that his brother woke him up and told him to run, just imagining that is hard to process. 
  • Malual said his older brother shook him awake one day and told him to run.
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      I think that without the support of each other, they wouldn't have survived. 
  • Every 14 days, each boy received 15 kilograms of maize flour, some cooking oil and one cup of beans,
  • Sharing was what kept us together, pushed us together,
  • If I didn’t receive my ration one day, my friend would call me when it was time to eat.”
  • 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
  • You’re going to go home,’” Malual said. “And they gave me a ticket. I was so happy; I couldn’t believe it.”
  • ‘Is this the wrong family?’”
  • His brother, who had been the one to tell Malual to run as a child, had remained in the village.
  • ‘When I told you to run, I didn’t mean to run forever
  • he described America as his second home and said he couldn’t imagine leaving it.
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    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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New dangers threaten Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp - 0 views

  • 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.”
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    The article contains a lot of information about Kakuma. The small details are included which is really useful.
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'Lost' in Sudan's violence, she's found hope in USA - USATODAY.com - 1 views

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    A success story of one of the lost girls of sudan
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About Kakuma Refugee Camp - 1 views

  • It was established in 1992 to serve Sudanese refugees,
  • The local Kenyan population is largely comprised of nomadic pastoralists from the Turkana community.
  • Life in the semi-arid desert environment of Kakuma is rather challenging. The area has always been full of problems: dust storms, high temperatures, poisonous spiders, snakes, and scorpions, outbreaks of malaria, cholera, and other hardships. The average daytime temperature is 40 degrees Celsius, or 104 degrees Fahrenheit.
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  • “Anyone confined to a place like Kakuma is rendered automatically dependent on some form of hand-out” (2000, p. 23). 
  • KANERE said, on January 13, 2009 at 7:44 pm It is difficult to provide a comprehensive response to this excellent query. Generally speaking, Kenyans living in other areas of Kenya a) have never heard of Kakuma Camp; b) have heard of it but assume it is located in Sudan; or c) know the camp as the “place for lots of refugees.” Those who are well aware of the situation consider Kakuma to be a difficult place to live, for both refugees and locals. Some Kenyans view refugee camps as a danger to national security. Others view camps as worthy humanitarian endeavors. Interestingly, many NGO and UNHCR staff working in Kakuma Refugee Camp look upon Kakuma as an extreme hardship zone and eagerly await placement to new (urban) job locations. This despite their lavish living conditions as compared to refugees.
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    Another Kakuma website. Very useful for details, like the environment. It  is outdated though. 
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Where are the Lost Girls of Sudan? | The Chronicles of Travelling Womanists - 1 views

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    This gives of some facts and figures and explains what happened to some of the lost girls. 
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    Where the lost girls of Sudan are
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    Be specific about what you found...
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    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.
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UNHCR - Sudan - 0 views

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    The profile on Sudan. Has some interesting information about the refugees and asylum seekers.
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UNHCR - Kakuma camp in Kenya - 0 views

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    A short article about the amount of refugees in the camp. There is a growing population there with refugees from Sudan, Ethiopia, Burundi, Somalia and DRCongo. 
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Lost Boy of Sudan talks with Meridian Middle School students - YouTube - 0 views

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    Really interesting story that this los boy of sudan tells to middle school students/ 
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BBC NEWS | Africa | The 'Lost Girls' of Sudan - 0 views

  • "In our culture, women are being dominated. Not just in Sudan, but in all of Africa. Maybe people don't think we did much, because they see us as followers of the 'Lost Boys'." "But the fact remains ladies were there."
  • Few have thought to inquire about the fate of the "Lost Girls". Although an estimated 3,000 arrived in Kakuma in 1992, most have simply vanished from official records
  • "We have lost them... they are completely lost", Mr Mable says regretfully, "They have lost that status of lost girls. Some of them are mothers. They are married...There's nothing I can do - or anyone else can do" But it is clear that some of the 'Lost Girls' continue to suffer greatly.
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    Hiroto, this article might be helpful for your research...
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    Talks in description about what happened to the lost girls. 
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BBC NEWS | Africa | Sudan's 'lost boys' in America - 2 views

  • 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
       
      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
       
      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.
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      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.
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    About the Resettlement of 'The Lost Boys' in America. 
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    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. 
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BBC NEWS | Africa | No return for Sudan's forgotten slaves - 1 views

  • being used as slaves in the north.
  • Some 8,000 people are believed to be living in slavery in Sudan, 200 years after Britain banned the Atlantic slave trade and 153 years after it also tried to abolish slavery in Sudan.
  • Arab militias rode in to her village on horseback, firing their guns. When the adults fled, the children and cattle were rounded up and made to walk north for five days before they were divided between members of the raiding party.
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  • "When I was 12, he said he wanted to sleep with me. I could not refuse because I was a slave, I had to do everything he wanted, or he could have killed me."
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    Article about Slavery in Sudan. For anyone who is interested about the Life in Sudan and Child Slavery. 
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lost boys of sudan | - 1 views

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    This is a story of a boy who made it to the olympics from Sudan. I found it pretty interesting. 
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What happened to the "lost girls" of Sudan? - Slate Magazine - 0 views

  • Some of the girls are beaten, raped, or sold off to older men who pay a bridal fee of between five and 50 cows to the foster family.
  • So why are the girls facing hardship in Kakuma while the boys are living out the American dream?
  • Where Are the "Lost Girls"?
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  • with 1,000 to 3,000 girls.
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    Talks about what happened to the Lost girls and their future
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    This is really good  for anyone if you want to research about the lost girls of Sudan and what happend to them. 
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Office Of Refugee Resettlement: Policy Guidance & Reporting Forms - 0 views

  • the U.S. refugee Resettlement Program welcomed a new group of refugees that was unique in many respects
  • many boys left their villages for refugee camps in Ethiopia. Some traveled with friends or relatives, others slipped away on their own at night. Few had any idea of what lay ahead of them, believing that their journey would last only a few days. Continually under threat, they fled for their lives, losing their way in the wilderness. They lost everything en route to soldiers, swindlers, or bandits. Many fell victim to lethal 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 wild animals.
  • n 1983, civil war broke out between the northern Arabic-speaking government of Sudan and southern tribes seeking autonomy. Since then, nearly two million people have died and five million have been displaced. Among those displaced are at least 20,000 children, mostly boys, between 7 and 17 years of age who were separated from their families.
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  • Hungry, frightened and weakened by sleeplessness and disease, they made their way to camps in Sudan, where they received help from the International Committee of the Red Cross. From there, they then traveled on foot to safety in northern Kenya. Since 1992, UNICEF has been able to reunite nearly 1,200 boys with their families. But thousands more have remained in the dusty, fly-ridden refugee camp at Kakuma, where they have had to scrape for food and struggle for education.
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    This is a good and very informative article about the resettlement of the Lost Boys. There is the story of what the boys had been through along with facts and figures at the bottom which includes employment rates, work experience, eductation and more.
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'Lost Boys of Sudan' - where are they now? | MSUToday | Michigan State University - 2 views

  • 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. 
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    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.
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From Sudan, a New Wave of Lost Boys - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    A very interesting and captivating story about one of the newer refugee camps in Sudan. Though the war has "stopped", and South Sudan created, by no means has the fighting ended.
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Valentino Achak Deng & his family in Sudan - YouTube - 0 views

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    An interesting video which shows Valentino Achak Deng talking about his family and his life in Sudan. He describes incidents from the book, showing where they took place, as the video is being filmed in Marial Bai. It's pretty helpdul if you are researching about Valentino. 
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The Lost Boys of Sudan: Finding their way in America - seattlepi.com - 3 views

  • He was 3 when he fled civil war in Sudan and walked hundreds of miles on foot through the hot desert plains to the refugee camp.
  • Yet, despite their name, the Lost Boys are remarkable in that many found their way to safety despite encountering unimaginable horrors.
  • In 1999, the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees and the U.S. State Department referred about 3,800 children and young adults to the United States for permanent resettlement. Those under 18 were placed with foster families from Fargo, N.D., to Phoenix, Ariz.
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  • Since September, more than 100 such refugees have settled in Western Washington. More are expected to arrive by the summer's end.
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    This article is describing the experiences of two of the 'lost boys' who resettled in America. It provides some good insights into their feelings and experiences but does not contain a lot of detailed information. 
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The Lost Boys of Sudan | International Rescue Committee (IRC) - 0 views

  • In 1987, civil war drove an estimated 20,000 young boys from their families and villages in south Sudan. Most just six or seven years old, they fled to Ethiopia to escape death or induction into slavery and the northern army. They walked more than a thousand miles, half of them dying before reaching a Kenyan refugee camp. The survivors of this tragic exodus became known as the Lost Boys of Sudan.
  • ince its inception in 2001, the Lost Boys Emergency Fund has distributed over $14,000 to southern Sudanese refugees, with the generous support of IRC donors.
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    This website talks about the resettlement of the lost boys to america. It gives more information about the technicalities about the steps the lost boys have to go through to resettle to America. 
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American Chronicle | The Lost Girls of Sudan Find a Voice - 0 views

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    This tells a story about the sudanese lost girls and the struggles in life.
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