Salva is from South Sudan. He is Dinka*. He escaped from a refugee camp in Kenya and became a lost boy when South Sudan was in the middle of the war. He moved to America with the help of the UN. He found his father and family after a alert from his cousin. He had people die who were very close to him, His Uncle got shot by Nuer tribesmen, his two brothers, Marial (His Best friend who died, eaten by a lion) He had a boy cling on to him then get shot down he died, he saw a boy get eaten by crocodiles. But he persevered through it all and now is raising money to build wells for South Sudan.
*The Dinka and Nuer are two tribes who have been fighting for hundreds of years over territory.