Samuel Maluil is one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, one of 25,000 children who were driven from their homes during the country's 23-year civil war, reports the Herald-Palladium.
They were separated from their families and left wandering for years through the wild bush to refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya. Half died along the way, of disease, starvation, dehydration. Some were killed by wild animals. Many of the survivors, including Maluil, were eventually able to resettle in the United States and other countries.
Maluil, 26, is now a fourth-year medical student at Michigan State University's College of Osteopathic Medicine and recently worked for a month at Lakeland Regional Medical Center's emergency room in St. Joseph.
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Even after all he has overcome, Maluil believes he still has a long way to go to achieve his goals.
"I feel there is a lot more to do. The time for looking back is not yet," said Maluil, who wants to help establish a health care system in newly independent South Sudan, considered the poorest country on earth.
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Source: Herald-Palladium
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