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# Creative solutions for Sudan
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/creative-solutions-for-sudan/
- Published: 2007-08-23T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T02:38:09.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By EMILY SKEHAN*

When the fundamentalist government in Khartoum raided southern Sudan, they burned the villages, poisoned the water sources, made the young girls slaves and massacred 2.5 million. Another 4 million were displaced. Among these are a group of boys who escaped because they were away from the villages tending sheep. Like Peter Pan’s cadre of lost boys, they formed into roving groups and started walking 1,000 miles to Ethiopia. UN examiners have said these are the most badly war-traumatized children ever examined.

The one thing the children ask for is to be able to go to school. Over 25 percent of the money from this art sale will help the dream of education come true. Just $25 feeds, houses and clothes an orphan for one month. Just $100 buys shoes and uniforms for one year. Another $250 covers tuition and board for one term.

A group of politically-minded local artists have selected pieces to display at this show. A highlight of the day promises to be the bargain tables of artist’s work aptly names “Scribbles and Scratches." Stop by for a glass of lemonade and chat with the artists. This event takes place Saturday at Saint Augustine’s by the Sea, from 12 to 6 p.m. St. Augustine’s is located at 1227 Fourth St. in Santa Monica.

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FOUND: Jerry Drino with Sudanese orphans. (Photo: Photo courtesy Carol Kleinman)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 23, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/082307.pdf?ref=smdp.com)