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Sudanese Culture

Sudanese Culture. Khamisa Abdalla Sudanese Advocate. Areas of Interest in Sudan and South Sudan. Darfur. Blue Nile. Nuba Mountains. South Sudan. Cultural Shock. Sudanese refugees are forced without choices to leave their entire life and home to come to America due to Sudanese Civil War.

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Sudanese Culture

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  1. Sudanese Culture Khamisa Abdalla Sudanese Advocate

  2. Areas of Interest in Sudan and South Sudan Darfur Blue Nile Nuba Mountains South Sudan

  3. Cultural Shock Sudanese refugees are forced without choices to leave their entire life and home to come to America due to Sudanese Civil War. Job skills Education systems Shopping Social life/ lifestyle Relationship with neighbors Police role

  4. Children lose their culture – while parents keep it. Children get confused between two cultures that they are exposed to daily - home, school, and outside influences. Conflict between children and parents/ Stress Parents do not have alternative tools to discipline their children

  5. Problems continued…… Language barrier in schools, workplace, medical setting and social life Cultural differences/ roles of men and women Sudanese community role Youth delinquency and interacting with the with police Cultural differences/ roles of men and women Domestic violence and child abuse

  6. There is no real support system for Sudanese refugees to settle in their new home- parenting, mental health, language skills and employment. Absence of parents in children’s life due to work Children do not have supervision most of the time Children lose their culture – while parents keep it. Children get confused between two cultures that they are exposing to daily - home, school, and outside influences. Conflict between children and parents. Parents do not have alternative tools to discipline their children.

  7. Sudanese Family Structure Most of the Sudanese come from big families at least (10-25 people) Gender role are highly defined especially in parenting roles. Men are the head of the household whom are responsible for providing for the family’s needs. Elderly are very important and well respected. Separation of gender in social life and schools Women are responsible for rising girls and taking care of the home Elderly are very important and well respected. Children are raised by the whole family, including relatives or anyone else in the village Gender role are highly defined especially in parenting roles Girls are under more supervision than boys Older siblings (or relatives) watch the younger siblings (or relatives) .

  8. Sudanese Family Structure

  9. Rearing Children Rearing children is done in general by all villages and relatives Fathers discipline boys with uncles, big brothers Mothers discipline girls along with aunts, big sisters Grandmothers, grandfathers play big roles in passing wisdom through their stories and actions to families’ children Male youths have their own identity in the community by acting like a role model of good man who takes care of the family, etc. Girls are taught to be wives and mothers by learning cooking, home arrangement and respecting the elderly Children take care of their assigned job such as looking after Cattle

  10. Sudanese Family Structure… Divorce is very rare for several reasons, including dowry resources and shame towards the women’s family. Children are deeply appreciated Children don’t mix socially with adults Separation of gender in social life and school is common to the Muslim community. Dating is not acceptable and a married girl honors her family Being engaged and being married is preferred after graduating from school. Pregnancy before marriage is a taboo.

  11. Sudanese Family Structure….. Children are deeply appreciated Children don’t mix socially with adults Dating is not acceptable and a married girl honors her family Pregnancy out of marriage is taboo. (In all Sudanese culture) Divorce is very rare for several reasons, including dowry resources and shame towards the women’s family.

  12. There are two views: Parents who their kids are involved in behavioral delinquency and they are in systems. Those parents instead find a solution--they throw the blame on unrealistic reasons. Parents whose children are not in the system, but they do not care as long they are away from problems. They try to keep their children away from others influences . Parents deny problems.

  13. Many grown youth we have today in America, they are the children who have grown up witnessing genocide. Parents were murdered. Sisters were raped and taken into slavery. Villages were burned. When boys survivors reached Ethiopian and Kenyan camps, a hundred of them were been eating by Fierce beasts, lions, tigers and Crocodiles

  14. When we came to America at the end of 2000 their ages between (17- 4). I talk to them all the time. I involved them in many family issues such as birthday events, schools, conferences even in our community’s events. I can see the affect of a child abuse on my oldest son who was been tortured Islamic government when they forced him to be in military services as a middle student in their schools. He was very quite, working hard more than his ability to do may things. he is not happy I can felt he is not like his other brothers.

  15. Educational is the key Parenting program Youth program Counseling The role of the police in the community Liaison from the community Elderly in the community Sudanese women group Help the agencies who deal with Sudanese to understand their cultures Solutions I recommended:

  16. Awareness Awareness need to know when working with Sudanese’s client They did not get to main points directly Always gender issues present female and male handle the same issues differently (family, health, sadness, jobs, seek help,......) Time number one problem ( insist and conform on time ) Clients will easily shut down with obvious question but for them it may have different meaning concept such as Have you been convicted or arrested How many children do you have? Are they from the same father? Are you pregnant or any one in your house?

  17. The Fusion Project is none profit organization funded by refugee resettlement. It serves four groups of refugees African, Asian, Middle East Eastern European The fusion Goals: Goal 1:-For the refugee communities to work together to share and learn about developing robust ethnic communities Goal 2:-To assist refugee families with self-sufficiency and social and civic integration in their new country and new community. Goal 3:-For Lincoln's mainstream community to be better equipped to work with refugees.  About the Fusion Project

  18. Fear: Leaving my home and traveling to unknown places with my 7 children ( 6 boys – one girl) without their father (ages 16- 4). • Lonely: being in a new place you do not know anyone, or even the language. • Sadness: homesick, see uncertain future in my children’s eyes. • Struggle: to move on and make a life, home and future. • Dealing with new home problems as a refugee especially cultural different • How to keep my boys from getting into trouble

  19. Thank you for listening

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