Bexley Middle School has a friend who is a former “Lost Boy of Sudan.” The Lost Boys of Sudan are a group of thousands of boys that fled their home in Sudan in the 1980’s and went on a journey across 1500 miles to Kenya. The Lost Boy we know is named Bol Aweng. Bol was tending cattle in his village when war came. It was the Sudanese government, attacking his village of Piol. Bol was forced to flee his village at age 6, not knowing the whereabouts of his family or even if they were alive. He crossed over deserts barefoot, carrying water and supplies. Sometimes lions would try to attack the boys, and they had to climb trees to escape. Though the trees would protect Bol and the other boys from the lions, there were other dangerous animals like snakes that awaited them. After a hard journey, Bol arrived in a refugee camp in Ethiopia. He stayed there for a while until all refugee camps were closed due to the collapse of the Ethiopian government and had to travel to another refugee camp in Kenya. Then, the boys started hearing rumors that the United States were taking boys in as refugees. The rumors were true, and after 14 years of staying in refugee camps, Bol finally made it to the USA. He worked hard and managed to graduate from OSU in 2009. He is now married with five children, and he works as an artist, painting about his memories from his life in Africa. He is a great inspiration to us all. He then later founded a clinic at his home village fonded by people like you!

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By: Annabel long