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The Attack on the Village of Loun-Ariik (Salva)
When Salva was in school, his village was attacked by people from northern Sudan, and he was forced to flee. -
Death of Marial (Salva)
Marial was a boy who Salva met along his journey, who was likely killed by a lion attack. Marial and Salva were close friends for the time that they spent together, mainly because they were the only two children in the group. -
Arrival at the Itang Refugee Camp (Salva)
The Itang refugee camp was the first camp that Salva stayed at of the three that he would stay at along his journey. It was located in Ethiopia, and he would stay there for almost 7 years. -
Death of Uncle (Salva)
Salva's group was attacked by a group of Nuer tribespeople, who stole most of the traveler's belongings and killed Salva's uncle. Salva's uncle was the only one who was killed because he was the leader and he had a gun. -
Forced Out of the Itang Refugee Camp (Salva)
A foreign organization ran the camp, and they were no longer allowed to operate when the Ethiopian government began to collapse. Salva and the rest of the people in the camp were chased across the Gilo river (which was filled with crocodiles and raging currents). Many people were killed during mass exodus from the camp. -
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The Ifo Refugee Camp (Salva)
After walking for a year and a half with 1,500 others from the Itang refugee camp and a brief stay at the Kakuma camp, Salva arrived at the Ifo refugee camp. At the Ifo camp, Salva began to learn English with the help of an aid worker. During the time that he was there, rumors of people going to America began. After a long wait, Salva was finally selected to go to America. -
To America (Salva)
After five years at the Ifo refugee camp, Salva was finally selected to go to America, specifically Rochester, NY. He traveled by air, first to Germany and then to America. -
Reunited with his father (Salva)
Salva's cousin who worked for an international aid group discovered that Salva's father was in a clinic in South Sudan, undergoing treatment for guinea worms. After months of planning Salva returned to South Sudan to visit him. He learned that his mother and sisters were still alive, and his two brothers had been killed in the war. -
Begining the Non-profit (Salva)
After visiting his father in South Sudan, Salva felt that he had to do something about the war in Sudan. After many years of working to start the non-profit to drill wells in Sudan and South Sudan. -
The Pond (Nya)
Every day, twice a day, for half the year Nya would walk to a pond half a day's walk away to bring water to her family. -
The Lake Camp (Nya)
Nya's family had been coming to the lake camp for generations during the dry season. At the camp, she didn't have to walk to the pond to get water. Instead, they would dig a hole in the lake bed to acquire water. -
Akeer's Illness (Nya)
Nya's younger sister fell ill due to consuming unclean water and had to be taken to a clinic (which was very far from the lake camp). -
Drilling the Well (Nya)
Strangers came to Nya's village to drill a well. They said that they found water between two trees, and they began to drill a well there. It seemed like they would never find water between the trees but they did, much to the amazement of the villagers. -
The Leader of the Well-Drillers (Nya)
The leader of the strangers was Dinka, which was significant because Nya's village was a Nuer village and the tribes had been at war for hundreds of years. The tribes had fought over the water-rich land at the lake camp, which was why Nya was only there during the dry season.