One of the Lost Boys of Sudan, children orphaned in a  civil war in the 1980s, will speak in Ithaca on Friday prior to a showing of a documentary about his experiences.

Gabriel Bol Deng will speak to a class at Ithaca High School on Friday morning and again at the First Presbyterian Church of Ithaca 7 p.m. Friday.

He will speak about his war-torn homeland of Sudan, his life as a “Lost Boy” and refugee, and fundraising efforts to build a school, health clinic and clean water facilities in his hometown of Ariang, Sudan.

Ithaca Journal

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