August 16, 2001

HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES

'Lost Boys' find their way to Harvard
Young Sudanese refugees are struggling to make the transition from the traditional cattle-herding lifestyle of their childhood to a new life as American teenagers.

Swanson's work recognized
Undergrad Jordan Swanson is the first Harvard student to win Swearer Student Humanitarian Award

The Big Picture
Nafha Salman, food cart operator

Learning in a new land Luciano Famet, one of the "lost boys" from Sudan who is learning English as a second language in the Refugee Youth Enrichment Program at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., listens intently during class. The youths, now high school-aged, were part of a large itinerant group of boys who moved across Sudan for years seeking food and shelter. (Staff photo by Jon Chase) Full story

 

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