The Lost Boys

Today in Human Geography we watched a movie about the civil war in Sudan. The North and the South had gone to war, the North was destroying the South. The government was to go to the South and kill all the men, women, and children. The women were killed and so were the men. The children were left behind and suffered the war. These children were mostly boys and they were given the name "the lost boys". They had to flee their country or have the risk of being killed in the war or by anything else. They went to Ethiopia and found a refugee camp where they were safe and had food, water, and shelter. Ethiopia's government soon collapsed and the refugee camp was gone. The boys were again forced to move. They traveled to Kenya, this travel was very hard, and more than half of the boys had died on the trip to Kenya. The ones who made the trip made it to a safe refugee camp. At this camp they got an education, food, and shelter. After about 15 years of the boys staying in the camp, many more came but they were beginning to give up hope in their dream of going home. The United States started a program that sent some of the boys to live in America and start a live there. We stopped the movie there and we will see what happens when they go to America and start new lives.