Tuesday evening, October 12, the Catholic Women's League invited the whole community to a presentation from KARSI (the Kensington Area Refugee Sponsorship Initiative).
Mr. Issack Hassan Aden told his story of life in the Dadaab Refugee Camp.
Orphaned by the wars in Somalia at a young age and raised by his older sister Muslimo who was only ten at the time, Issack his younger brother and sister sought refuge in Kenya.
Issack learned English and worked as a translator in the Dadaah Refugee Camp and was eventually able to come to Canada where he has lived for ten years.
Issack along with KARSI is trying to raise the $60,000.00 needed to bring his sister and her family to Canada before the Kenyan government closes down the camp and displaces a half-million refugees.
For anyone interested in learning more about the world's largest refugee camp, download or pick up a copy of City of Thorns by author Ben Rawlence.
The Dadaab refugee camp is many things: to the charity workers, it’s a humanitarian crisis; to the Kenyan government, a “nursery for terrorists”; to the Western media, a dangerous no-go area. But to its half a million residents, it’s their last resort.
Situated hundreds of miles from any other settlement, deep within the inhospitable desert of northern Kenya where only thorn bushes grow, Dadaab is a city like no other. Its buildings are made from mud, sticks, or plastic. Its entire economy is grey. And its citizens survive on rations and luck. Over the course of four years, Ben Rawlence became a firsthand witness to a strange and desperate place, getting to know many of those who had come seeking sanctuary.
Please check out the KARSI Facebook Page for more information https://www.facebook.com/KARSI2021/
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