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What Are The 3 Reasons Why Abraham Fled His Home
Half of the 20,000 boys who fled Sudan, made it to Kakuma Refugee camp in Kenya. Abraham was in Duk, South Sudan in 1976 or 1979. Abraham was around 9 and had to flee his home. Did you know that an estimated 20,000 young boys had fled, most of the kids who fled were mainly six or seven years old? He fled to Ethiopia to escape war. It was a journey on foot across more than 1,000 miles of dangerous desert areas. With little food and water, many walking had no shoes or spare clothing, “thousands of boys died on the way to Ethiopia.” He still remembers the pain of being separated from his parents and that was an everyday childhood for him. I have gotten that information from Abraham's Story. The reason why Abraham is strong is he had to flee at …show more content…
and it said many villages realized children were not safe during the civil war. He survived because he had made the journey to Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. It was very dangerous to do and 20,000 were going there with Abraham and only half made it alive. At the start, it is said and quote, “in 1987, civil war drove an estimated 20,000 young boys from their families and villages’. Did you know in 1991, Ethiopia fell into a civil war once again? Furthermore, Abraham was a very strong person mentally and physically, getting through that and dealing with having to flee his home at the age of 9. Besides all the struggles and pain he suffered, Abraham challenges he faced were having to flee his home and village and the pain of not being with his family. Half of the 20,000 boys who fled Sudan, made it to Kakuma Refugee camp in …show more content…
He fled to Ethiopia to escape war. It was a journey on foot across more than 1,000 miles of dangerous desert areas. With little food and water, many walking had no shoes or spare clothing, “thousands of boys died on the way to Ethiopia.” He still remembers the pain of being separated from his parents and that was an everyday childhood for him. I have gotten that information from Abraham's Story. The reason why Abraham is strong is he had to flee at the age of 9 had to walk to a refugee camp around half of 20,000 died he had to to deal with not having to see his family Then, many villages in South Sudan realized that children were not safe during the Civil War, and decided to send the boys away because they believed they would survive a long walk. Abraham fled his home because of the war and many devastating losses. and it said many villages realized children were not safe during the civil war. He survived because he had made the journey to Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. It was very dangerous to do and 20,000 were going there with Abraham and only half made it

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