First Visit Home: Juol, South Sudan

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In 2005, Benson Deng returned to Sudan to see his village and his mother for the first time in 18 years.

Follow his journey in these Los Angeles Times Articles:
http://articles.latimes.com/2005/jun/11/local/me-lostboy11

http://articles.latimes.com/2005/aug/11/world/fg-lostmom11

In 2008, Alephonsion Deng made the journey home to his village, Juol, in South Sudan and visited his mother for the first time in 19 years.

Alepho and Benson's Mother in Nairobi.

Alepho and Benson’s Mother
in Nairobi.
Alepho and Benson's Mother in her hut in Juol, South Sudan
Alepho and Benson’s Mother in her hut in Juol, South Sudan