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Koor Garang, Gabriel Bol Deng and Garang Mayuol reunite en route to Nairobi for the first time since leaving Kakuma Refugee Camp. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com.
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Jen Marlowe and David Morse with Deng and Koth, two new friends in Akon. Photo credit: Captain Saleh, our pilot.
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Gabriel Bol arrives in his village, Ariang, for the first time in since he fled 20 years ago. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com.
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Homecoming celebration for Gabriel Bol in Ariang. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com.
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Gabriel Bol greets an elder in Ariang. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com
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A spearman welcomes Gabriel Bol back home. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com
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Slaughtering a bull after walking over it at the entrance of the village was a part of all three men's homecoming ritual. Photo credit: Gabriel Bol Deng, H.O.P.E., gaboldeng@yahoo.com
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Koor, Gabriel Bol and Garang prepare to speak to students at Ariang Primary School. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com
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Koor examines the foot of a toddler who was bitten by a poisonous snake. The nearest clinic is a day's walk from her village. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com
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Koor was concerned the little girl would lose her leg, if not her life. Photo Credit: Gabriel Bol Deng, H.O.P.E., gaboldeng@yahoo.com.
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Koor meets his father for the first time in almost 20 years. Photo Credit: Gabriel Bol Deng, H.O.P.E., gaboldeng@yahoo.com
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Jen captures the father-son reunion. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com
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Going to an airstrip in Wau. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com
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Koor makes difficult goodbyes as we depart from Wau to Juba. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com
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David on a tank graveyard in Juba. Photo credit: Gabriel Bol Deng, H.O.P.E., gaboldeng@yahoo.com
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Video message to one of Gabriel Bol's friends in Syracuse from his uncle in Juba. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com
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SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amum and Gabriel Bol. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com
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Gabriel Bol and Garang are granted a brief audience with Government of South Sudan President Salva Kiir. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com
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Garang and Gabriel Bol sit on the ruins of their tukul (hut) in Kakuma Refugee Camp. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com
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Published August 28, 2007

Photographs from the "lost boys" and their first trip home in nearly 20 years.

Photographs by David Morse and Gabriel Bol, captions provided by Jen Marlowe.

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South Sudan: Rebuilding Hope

Gabriel Deng, Koor Garang and Garang Mayuol, Southern Sudanese "Lost Boys" in the U.S., were forced to flee Sudan as children when their villages were attacked in 1987, finding safety for a time in a refugee camp in Ethiopia until needing to flee once more, this time to Kakuma camp in Kenya. Since leaving Sudan, they have scarcely been able to obtain news about their villages or families.
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