Since the mid-1980's, Sudan -- located in East Africa - has experienced brutal civil war fueled by religious, ethnic and regional strive.

Fleeing the violence and bloodshed of Sudan's internal conflict, thousands of innocent children have experienced mind-numbing horrors and intense hardship.

Orphaned children as young as four years old carried baby brothers and sisters as they fled for their lives - not knowing where they were going or what the future held.

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