Abraham Mayom and John Mayen
Present
"Experiences as part of the Lost Boys of Sudan"
October 23, 2006
7:30pm in the Atrium
Information on Sudan: |
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Web Sites about Sudan African Studies Center: Sudan / University of Pennsylvania United Nations Update on Sudan Information Please Almanac - Sudan
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Books in the Library Geography-- The Republic of the Sudan : a regional geography. Author: Barbour, Kenneth Michael. Call Number: DT124 .B28 History-- The Arabs and the Sudan : from the seventh to the early sixteenth century Author: Yusuf Fadl Hasan. Call Number: DT108.1 .H3
A history of the Southern Sudan, 1839-1889 Author: Gray, Richard, 1929- Call Number: DT108 .G7 1961 The independent Sudan Author: Shibeika, Mekki. Call Number: DT108 .S5
The southern Sudan, 1883-1898 : a struggle for control Author: Collins, Robert O., 1933- Call Number: DT108.3 .C6 Lost Boys-- Brothers in hope : the story of the Lost Boys of Sudan Author: Williams, Mary, 1967- Call Number: CHL PZ7 .W66699 Br 2005
The journey of the lost boys Author: Hecht, Joan. Call Number: HV640.5.S9 H43 2005
Lost boy no more : a true story of survival and salvation Author: Nhial, Abraham. Call Number: DT159.6.S73 N54 2004
The lost boys of Sudan : an American story of the refugee experience Author: Bixler, Mark, 1970- Call Number: HV640.4.S73 B59 2005
Lost boys of Sudan [videorecording] / Actual Films ; Principe Productions ; POV ; directed and produced by Megan Mylan & Jon Shenk. Call Number: DVD E184 .S77 L67 |
Lost Boys of Sudan is the name of an International Rescue Committee program to resettle refugee boys from Sudan to the United States who were displaced and/or orphaned during the Second Sudanese Civil War (1984-2005, about 2 million killed).
Most of the boys were orphaned or separated from their families when government troops systematically attacked villages in southern Sudan killing many of the inhabitants, most of whom were civilians. The younger boys survived in large numbers because they were away tending herds or were able to escape into the nearby jungles. Orphaned and with no support, they would make epic journeys lasting years across the borders to international relief camps in Ethiopia and Kenya evading thirst, starvation, wild animals, insects, disease, and one of the most bloody wars of the 20th century. Examiners say they are the most badly war-traumatised children ever examined. When villages were attacked, girls were raped, killed, taken as slaves to the north, or became servants or adopted children for other Sudanese families. As a result, relatively few girls made it to the refugee camps. |
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In 1987, a civil war drove an estimated twenty thousand young boys from their families and villages in Southern Sudan. Most no more than six or seven years old, they fled to Ethiopia to escape death or induction into slavery and the northern army. They walked a thousand miles through lion and crocodile country, eating mud to stave off thirst and starvation. Wandering for years, half of them died before reaching the Kenyan refugee camp, Kakuma. The survivors of this tragic exodus became known to the world as the “Lost Boys of Sudan.”
Through the next fourteen years of loss and suffering, these remarkable young men pursued their educational goals in the UN refugee camp. In 2001, nearly 4,000 “Lost Boys” came to the United States seeking peace, freedom, and education. Unfortunately, the challenges of starting life in the U.S. without a family support network have kept many of these committed and capable young people from continuing their education
WEB SITES
Genernal Information
The Lost Boys of Sudan - Official Site
Red Cross Site on Lost Boys of Sudan
Background Information on the Lost Boys
Press Releases
Founations and Aid
UN Refugee Agency- Crisis in Sudan
History
In 2001 about 3800 Lost Boys arrived in the United States, where they are now scattered in about 38 cities, averaging about 100 per city. Halted after 9/11 for security reasons, the program restarted in 2004, but peace talks were underway in Sudan, and so other refugee crises in other countries took priority.
Power Point Presentation of the Lost Boys