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Brothers in Hope: the Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan wanted autonomy of governance in Southern Brothers in Hope: The Story Sudan, control of natural resources, such as oil, of the Lost Boys of Sudan and freedom of religion. The Republic of South Sudan gained its independence in 2011. Show Story: Mary Williams the map of the route taken by the Lost Boys to Illustration: R. Gregory Christie Kenya and Ethiopia and photos depicting the ISBN-13: 978-1584302322 geography of Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya. Ask: C3 Framework Key term: What did you notice when you looked at the Triggering event: An event, map and the photos? How did the map help you sometimes unexpected, that understand the dangers that the boys faced? has an immediate consequence, causing another ETHICS CONNECTION event or process. Distribute a copy of USAID’s map of humanitarian assistance to South Sudan. Ask SYNOPSIS students to review the program key and color- When the war reached young Garang’s village in coded estimated food security levels, on the left Sudan, he was separated from his family and side of the map. Say: to address hunger, USAID, village community. Together, with thousands of through partnering organizations, distributed other Lost Boys, he embarks on an arduous emergency food assistance to households, journey to Ethiopia to find safety. He assumes treated malnourished young children in the responsibility of a leader in a group of 35 outpatient clinics and provided agricultural children and takes care of five-year-old Chuti, counseling. In groups, you will prepare a who is too weak and afraid to endure the presentation about your group’s answer to one journey. In Ethiopia, they find temporary shelter of two questions. Question 1 is: What is the at a refugee camp. The children attend school moral obligation of countries to provide and pray for the safety of others. The war in humanitarian aid to reduce world hunger? You Ethiopia sends the boys on another long may address this question through virtues of journey – to Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. A compassion and caring and countries’ interest refugee worker named Tom listens to Garang’s such as preventing war and conflict. Question 2 story and works to get international help. As he is: How can organizations ensure that aid grows older, Garang tries to improve the workers distribute resources in an impartial, conditions in the camp. He helps form a drama fair, and professionally competent manner? You club and a soccer team and becomes a health may propose strategies such as, training and educator. After several years, Tom helps Garang supervision, and aid that includes both the and many other boys immigrate to the United goods and the means to protect it. States. FUN ACTIVITY DISCUSSION Say: Imagine you have accepted a job at the CIA Contextualize: Sudan is the largest country on and need to prepare a debrief using the “World the continent of Africa. The climate of Sudan is Factbook.” Access information about South tropical towards the Equator in the South and Sudan. Prepare an “information card” on one arid in the northern desert. The country suffers page (front and back). The card should include period droughts, and people often do not have at least four of the following topics: geography, sufficient access to water. The civil war in Sudan people and society, government, economy, (1983—2005) was between the government and energy, communications, transportation, the Sudanese People's Liberation Army, who military and security, and transnational issues. © 2018 Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Visit us at www.scu.edu/character .
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