A Long Walk to Water timeline by Kennie and Weiwei

By godkennie@gmail.com

  • Salva's school got attacked

    "CRACK!POP-POP-CRACK! ACK!-ACK!-ACK!-ACK!-ACK!-ACK! Gunfire! Evryone down! the teacher shouted pg.5

  • Salva met the first refugee group

    "Other people were walking too. There were so many of them they couldn't be all from the school village; they must have come from the whole area.

  • Salva got abonded from the group

    "Nobody. Nothing. They had left him. He was alone

  • Salva finds another group

    "Everyday he woke and walked with the group."

  • Salva finds Uncle

    "Uncle!" He cried out and ran into the man's arms."

  • Salva's group reaches the Akobo Desert

    "Ahead lay the most dangerous part of their journey, the Akobo Desert

  • Uncle gets killed

    "As Salva watched, the men aimed their guns at Uncle. 3 shots rang out and they ran away.

  • Salva reaches the Refugee Camp in Ethiopia

    "The Refugee camp at Itang was filled with people of all ages men, women, girls, small children.

  • Salva leaves camp to Kenya

    "They are going to close the camp. Everyone will have to leave."

  • Salva gets chosen to go to America

    "There is was. Salva Dut-- Rochester, New York. Salva was going to New York. He was going to America!

  • Salva finds his father

    "I am your son. I am Salva.

  • Nya start of walking to water

    "Nya took the container down and sat on the ground.

  • Akeer, Nya's little sister goes to get water with her.

    "Take Akeer with you", her Mother said."

  • Akeer got sick

    "First cramps, and stomach-ache, then diarrhea

  • Nya father starts to build the school

    " School! She would learn to read and write!

  • Nya meets Salva

    ""I am happy to meet you Nya," he said."My Name is Salva.""