Today in Human Geo class we started
watching a documentary called, “God Grew Tired of Us”. It starts out in 1983
when Sudan had a civil war splitting the country in half. The war was fought
over religious differences and territory. Over the course of the war, about two
million people died. During wartime, men were usually targeted. As a result of
this many men (as well as young boys) tried to flee. About 27000 boys (soon to
be known as the lost boys) walked hundreds of miles with no food or water, to
safety in Ethiopia. The boys stayed there for about three years, until Ethiopia
began having government struggles of their own. As a result, the boys had to
flee once again, this time going to a United Nations refugee camp in Kakuma,
Kenya. Once they finally arrived, their numbers had reduced dramatically. There
were only about 12000 boys alive.
The last scene we saw before the
end of class, we saw that the boys were given the opportunity to go to the U.S.
Panther, John, and Daniel took them up on the offer. The only problem was, they
had no ida what to expect because our culture is so much different from theirs.
These boy had never showered, or even used electricity before.
We will pick up where we left off
in class tomorrow.
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