Lost Boys of Natinga: A School for Sudan's Young Refugees
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (823 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0395705584 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 48 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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The bitter civil war raging in Sudan has claimed the lives of an estimated 1.5 million people and driven more than 4 million others from their homes. In addition to the war, disease and famine are constant threats. School supplies are scarce, however, as are basic necessities such as food and medicine. The camp is protected by the Sudanese People's Liberation Army, a group who is engaged in a fierce battle with the Islamic Arab regime that took control of the Sudanese government in 1983. In the remote foothills of southern Sudan thousands of boys live together in a place called Natinga. It is unclear whether these boys will ever return to what remains of their. Natinga is the temporary refuge for about 2,000 boys, ranging in age from 8 to 18, from many different tribes. Among them are countless children, many of whom have no home left to return to when and if the conflict is resolved. They are displaced people. The rebels claim to want to educate the boys for peace and self-government
7^-10. Walgren, a Dallas photojournalist, spent three months at the school in 1994, and her color photos and vivid text make us see what daily life is like for these individual young people driven from home by civil war. From Booklist Gr. Hazel Rochman. The school is their shelter and hope, yet we feel their loss, not only of home and family but also of roots and culture as they read old American textbooks, go to church, and learn in English about a world far from where they are. Orphaned or separated from their families, they come to the school seeking food, clothing, shelter, and safety. Far from media images of Africa as safari adventure and famine, this photo-essay brings us close to the experience of refugee children by focusing on the boys in one school in the southern Sudan. Walgren tells how they got there, how they study without classrooms or enough books, often hungry, struggling
Hillary Rettig said wonderful, vivid. As the foster mother of two "Lost Boys" who have immigrated as refugees to the U.S., I found this book invaluable for understanding the day-to-day conditions under which my boys grew up. We've read lots of scholarly books and newspaper articles, but seeing the photos of the boys at school (scratching out their numbers in the dirt using a twig), grinding maize with a giant mortar and pestle (a "wonderful, vivid" according to Hillary Rettig. As the foster mother of two "Lost Boys" who have immigrated as refugees to the U.S., I found this book invaluable for understanding the day-to-day conditions under which my boys grew up. We've read lots of scholarly books and newspaper articles, but seeing the photos of the boys at school (scratching out their numbers in the dirt using a twig), grinding maize with a giant mortar and pestle (a 2 hour-a-day chore, according to one of my boys), and wasting away from lack of medicine provided me with a much clearer view.The. hour-a-day chore, according to one of my boys), and wasting away from lack of medicine provided me with a much clearer view.The. Really great book! I am working with adults who were "lost boys" and there is much speculation about the quality of their past education in the refugee camps and if they will be able to go on to college. This portrait allows me to better understand their lives in the refugee camps and look at their experiences and build upon them. A lack of education should be remedied by continured education not by telling people they are "incapable.". A Customer said A beautifully heart-breaking book. I've got five lost Boys from Sudan in my Sunday School class and was trying to find more about them, their country and their situation. I found myself in tears as I read the book and looked at the wonderful photos. I highly recommend this to anyone wanting more information. It's easy to read for children but not so simplistic that adults can't benefit from it also.