1) Duk Payuel, Sudan to Pinyudu Refugee Camp in Ethiopia- 3 Months (Approximately 400 Miles)

2) Pinyudu Refugee Camp in Ethiopia to Pachala, Sudan- 2 Months (Approximately 200 Miles)

3) Pachala, Sudan to Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya- 6 Months (Approximately 400 Miles)

Timeline of Events

1983: Civil war began in Sudan.

1987: Government announced to kill all men in southern Sudan, regardless of their age.

Villages were attacked and thousands of males fled and became orphans - the “Lost Boys of Sudan.”

Walked from Sudan to Ethiopia to escape the war without food or water. 

Spent five years out of Sudan, and walked 1000 miles.

1992: International AIDS organizations set up relief operation on the border of Sudan.

1998: Some of the boys received news they would be traveling to America.

1999: Processes began to get the boys ready to come to America.

2001: John travels to Syracuse, New York and starts his life in the United States