Surviving In Sudan

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Surviving is one of the basic human insticts. People are born with the need to stay alive for as long as they possibly can. However the need to survive is not just the extreme, like the lost boys of Sudan, but it could be something that others can relate to, like becoming someone a person is not just to survive the social status of school.
During the civil war in Sudan, many villiges were destroyed and thousands of people died. These people had children, so when they passed, these children had no where to go. They are know as the lost boys of Sudan. They traveled from 700 to 1,000 miles to a refugee camp in Kenya. on the way many of the boys died due to dehydration and starvation. Though some survived the only way they could, by doing the

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