Coastside Catholic Worker
| The Lost Bays of Sudan "Hunted by lions and hyenas, living on leaves and bark, swarms of boys wander the wilderness in a nation ravaged by a long and bloody civil war. Abandoned by adults, they are fighting a heroic battle for survival in their Republic of Children -- but nobody seems to care." (Edward Barnes, LIFE MAGAZINE) |
The "Lost Boys of Sudan" are a group of young orphaned
refugees, some as young as four or five years old, forced
from their villages by war. Relief workers named the
children "Lost Boys" after Peter Pan's lost boys who clung
together to escape a hostile adult world. More than 12,000
of them left their homes in the late 1980s to trek hundreds
of miles through African wilderness. Thousands died along
the way -- they drowned, were eaten by wild animals, shot
by military forces or overcome by hunger, dehydration or
fatigue. Thousands of others survived to tell their story. It
is a story about the kindness of those who helped them.
However, it is also a story about all refugees who travel
through unimaginable conditions and survive against all
odds.
In 2000, more than a decade after their trek began, the
4,300 "Lost Boys" who remained in Kakuma refugee camp,
Kenya, were brought to the United States for permanent
settlement. Your CROP WALK dollars have helped many of
these boys find a new life here in the U.S. where they are
able to work and get an education. After five years, they will
become eligible to become U.S. citizens.
refugees, some as young as four or five years old, forced
from their villages by war. Relief workers named the
children "Lost Boys" after Peter Pan's lost boys who clung
together to escape a hostile adult world. More than 12,000
of them left their homes in the late 1980s to trek hundreds
of miles through African wilderness. Thousands died along
the way -- they drowned, were eaten by wild animals, shot
by military forces or overcome by hunger, dehydration or
fatigue. Thousands of others survived to tell their story. It
is a story about the kindness of those who helped them.
However, it is also a story about all refugees who travel
through unimaginable conditions and survive against all
odds.
In 2000, more than a decade after their trek began, the
4,300 "Lost Boys" who remained in Kakuma refugee camp,
Kenya, were brought to the United States for permanent
settlement. Your CROP WALK dollars have helped many of
these boys find a new life here in the U.S. where they are
able to work and get an education. After five years, they will
become eligible to become U.S. citizens.
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| For more information on refugees, go to: www.cropwalk.org www.churchworldservice.org |