[PDF] The Lost Boys Of Natinga eBook

Author : Judy Walgren
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 10,2 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN :

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Describes daily life at Natinga, a refugee camp and school established in 1993 in southern Sudan for boys forced from their homes by that country's Civil War.

Author : Benjamin Ajak
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 17,1 MB
Release : 2015-08-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1610395999

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The inspiring story of three young Sudanese boys who were driven from their homes by civil war and began an epic odyssey of survival, facing life-threatening perils, ultimately finding their way to a new life in America. Between 1987 and 1989, Alepho, Benjamin, and Benson, like tens of thousands of young boys, took flight from the massacres of Sudan's civil war. They became known as the Lost Boys. With little more than the clothes on their backs, sometimes not even that, they streamed out over Sudan in search of refuge. Their journey led them first to Ethiopia and then, driven back into Sudan, toward Kenya. They walked nearly one thousand miles, sustained only by the sheer will to live. They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky is the three boys' account of that unimaginable journey. With the candor and the purity of their child's-eye-vision, Alephonsian, Benjamin, and Benson recall by turns: how they endured the hunger and strength-sapping illnesses-dysentery, malaria, and yellow fever; how they dodged the life-threatening predators-lions, snakes, crocodiles and soldiers alike-that dogged their footsteps; and how they grappled with a war that threatened continually to overwhelm them. Their story is a lyrical, captivating, timeless portrait of a childhood hurled into wartime and how they had the good fortune and belief in themselves to survive.

Author : Felicia R. McMahon
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 32,57 MB
Release : 2009-10-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1628469978

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Winner of the 2008 Chicago Folklore Prize Felicia R. McMahon breaks new ground in the presentation and analysis of emerging traditions of the “Lost Boys,” a group of parentless youths who fled Sudan under tragic circumstances in the 1990s. With compelling insight, McMahon analyzes the oral traditions of the DiDinga Lost Boys, about whom very little is known. Her vibrant ethnography provides intriguing details about the performances and conversations of the young DiDinga in Syracuse, New York. It also offers important insights to scholars and others who work with refugee groups. The author argues that the playful traditions she describes constitute a strategy by which these young men proudly position themselves as preservers of DiDinga culture and as harbingers of social change rather than as victims of war. Drawing ideas from folklore, linguistics, drama, and play theory, the author documents the danced songs of this unique group. Her inclusion of original song lyrics translated by the singers and descriptions of conversations convey the voices of the young men. Well researched and carefully developed, this book makes an original contribution to our understanding of refugee populations and tells a compelling story at the same time.

Author : Susan Stan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 37,44 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Children
ISBN : 0810841983

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The World through Children's Books is a valuable and easy-to-use tool for librarians, teachers and others who seek to promote international understanding through children's literature. The annotated bibliography, organized geographically by world region and country, contains nearly 700 books representing 73 countries. Sponsored by the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY).

Author : Cathryn Berger Kaye
Publisher : Free Spirit Publishing
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 41,85 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 157542133X

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Presents tips and advice for professionals who are creating or overseeing service-learning programs.

Author : Paul Goble
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,88 MB
Release : 1998-06
Category : Siksika Indians
ISBN : 9780613082778

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A Blackfoot Indian legend in which six neglected orphaned brothers decide to go to the Above World where they become the constellation of the Lost Children, or Pleiades

Author : Charles Kemp
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 27,37 MB
Release : 2004-09-16
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780521535601

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We live in an age of constantly shifting populations, as immigrants and refugees seek a safe haven from war, famine and poverty. The healthcare of these dispossessed people is now a stark challenge not only in zones of conflict but in those wealthier countries that have offered sanctuary. The book is based on the authors' combined forty-plus years of work as clinicians and teachers in refugee and immigrant health. It is written with clinicians and students in mind and is thus practical, yet theory-based, so it can be used in the field and as a teaching text. It bridges physical health (highlighting infectious disease risks), mental health, and spiritual issues; and encompasses population-specific information on history of immigration, culture and social relations, communications, religions, pregnancy and childbirth, end-of-life issues, and health screening. It also details health beliefs and practices of 30 cultures from more than 40 countries.