Santino Majok Chuor
Santino Major Chuor was 21 years old when he arrive in Houston, Texas. He had survived the perilous trek of his youth, and he was lucky enough to be sent to the United States in 2001. Santino dreams of getting an education, but he was too old to start high school. Instead, he works loading trucks. Santino sends much of his salary back to his brother and his three sons in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya.
Santino could have been helped by cultural adjustment services and job training, which were not made available to him.
Santino could have been helped by cultural adjustment services and job training, which were not made available to him.
In 1983, unrest in Sudan culminated into a civil war between the Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). To date, the conflict has claimed the lives of 500,000 people and has displaced many thousands more. Around 20,000 young boys-- ages 7 to 17-- of Sudan were forced to leave their homes in fear of being treated as enemy combatants. These children walked hundreds of miles across Sudan, Ethiopia, and into refugee camps in Kenya.
Many of these boys have grown up in refugee camps, unable to return to their homeland. There are approximately 17,000 camps in Kenya and Ethiopia filled with Sudanese Lost Boys.
Santino Majok Chuor is one of the 3,600 Sudanese Lost Boys admitted into the United States in 2001.
Many of these boys have grown up in refugee camps, unable to return to their homeland. There are approximately 17,000 camps in Kenya and Ethiopia filled with Sudanese Lost Boys.
Santino Majok Chuor is one of the 3,600 Sudanese Lost Boys admitted into the United States in 2001.