Lost Boys of Sudan

When I was in High School, we had one of the Lost Boys of Sudan came and spoke to our entire school; unfortunately I can't remember all of the specifics. The Lost Boys of Sudan consisted of over 27,000 Dinka (the ethnic group that was being persecuted) boys that were orphaned/displaced and were rescued from the genocide that was taking place in Sudan. I cannot recall his name, but he spoke of his life and what the genocide was like over there. He had both students and teachers in the gym crying. People should never have to go through this kind of devastation, but as he said, he was one of the lucky ones that got away.

27,000 innocent young boys seems like an incredible amount of lives saved, and it is. But it is also important to know that about two million people were killed, and the problems in Darfur still aren't resolved. In my opinion, it is almost just as important to try to fix the problem going on over there and resolve it, instead of ONLY giving refuge to certain ones. I know the United States doesn't like to intervene a lot, but in order to save lives, the actual issue needs to be resolved and the fighting needs to stop. If this happens, we wouldn't have to worry about accepting too many refugees because they would just be able to stay in their homeland safely and securely. The United States needs to act, needs to intervene, or the peace will never be kept and genocides such as these will continue to happen.