Violent Genocide, Lost and Found Hope

Think Creatively

My collage represents the migration experience of ‘The Lost Boys of Sudan’. I used my 6-word memoir in my collage to creatively show what the Lost Boys of Sudan have suffered through because of the civil war in their country. The images and texts I used represent the life of the boys in their Dinka village, the violence during the civil war, the acts of genocide on the people that forced the boys to be ‘lost’ in refugee camps because their homes were destroyed. The boys later migrated to the US where some of them found hope of a better future for them through education. I also showed images of the poor life of children in Sudan today. These are some of the creatively elements I used.

1. Images of boys walking with depressed faces during their migration to refugee camps, children dying along the way, images of children and adults looking depressed, thin and hungry. I used a text ‘Death, suffering, starvation….alone’ to explain how they are suffering

2. Images showing the challenges the boys had when they migrated to USA; new food/ clothes, appliances, racial discrimination, low-paying jobs. My text ‘Heaven? Its all strange’ explain that all these things are new to them.

3. Images of some of the Lost Boy of Sudan are striving to have a better life through education and making friends with the Americans. The text ‘Striving for a better life’ explains that they want to have a better life in America.

Reason Critically

The images and text show the main events that changed the lives of the ‘lost boys’ from their simple life in the Dinka Village, the attacks by the military on their village which forced them to migrate to Ethopia and then emigrate to the refugee camps in Kenya, the suffering and pain they had to go through, their migration to the US and the difficulties they had to face when they got there. Eventually some of them became successful through education and making new friends.

Communicate Effectively

My collage creates awareness for the ‘Lost Boys’ plight by showing how their lives had been badly affected by the civil war in Sudan. Even though they have moved to the USA, some of them are still suffering because they cannot cope with the memories and experience of a terrible war, and they still have to struggle with low-paid jobs, racial discrimination, language and new way of life in the USA. The lost boys are also depressed that their country and family in Sudan are still suffering. My collage also shows what has happened to their Dinka village which was destroyed and that the children in Sudan have a poor life with images of a naked thin boy alone and dirty, a young boy carrying a gun as a rebel and a classroom in Sudan today with dirty floor and no furniture or books.

Live Ethically

My collage shows the suffering of the Lost Boys of Sudan and their people through the images and text. It also shows that the life of the lost boys in USA is not easy and they are still struggling in the USA, and that the situation in Sudan is still terrible. With these messages I feel that people will feel empathy towards the lost boys’ challenges and will try to help them have a better life . I am also strongly emphasizing that people need to support the Sudanese people by telling how the gruesome war have ruined their lives and that we still have a chance to help them by

- telling people about the Sudanese problem to create awareness

- support relief organizations

- join campaigns to stop the genocide