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ABOUT THE LOST BOYS
The Lost Boys of Sudan
When the Arab North of Sudan decided to make Islam the Sudanese religion, the southerners, who were non-Arabs, got very enraged. This sparked a civil war that would last decades. To escape from dying in the hands of soldiers, The lost boys of Sudan traveled hundreds of thousands of miles around Africa to escape this bloody war. Most of them lost there families, due to getting killed by soldiers, or refusing to join a side in the war. To escape the bloody and dangerous
civil war, all the lost boys traveled in groups, almost all from ages 5-10, walking miles, and miles, and miles, and then met at a certain point, to go to a refugee camp in the neighboring country of Ethiopia. In Ethiopia, the lost boys stayed in Itang refugee camp for 6 years. Later, the government of Ethiopia collapsed, and the new government showed little sympathy for the refugees. Thus, the government kicked them out, forcing them back to Sudan with guns and other weapons. Later, a lot of the lost boys decided to go to a Kenyan refugee camp down south, called Kakuma refugee camp, as they couldn't return to Sudan, and couldn't return to Ethiopia. To the lost boys, Kakuma was like torture. After some time, some of the lost boys left Kakuma, and went to Ifo refugee camp, southwest of Kakuma. This children walked mile and more miles to be safe and to go far away from the war, and to arrive safely at Ifo.
Later, the United States of America decided to take in some of the lost boys, and make them get new homes in the US. Many of the lost boys were able to escape their war-torn Sudan, and also the refugee camp, by going to the United States. There, they started a new life. The lost boys of Sudan experienced so much, but with perserverance and hope, they never gave up, and now, they are living a much better life than before.
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