Margaret Akulia
Vancouver, BC 
| War had already forced Margaret Akulia and her family to leave Uganda once. When it broke out again in 1980, she was forced to flee once more, making her plans for university education impossible. More |
Martin Barakengera
Toronto, ON 
| Martin Barakengera was 24 when he fled Rwanda alone, first on foot and then by hitchhiking to Zaire (now The Democratic
Republic of the Congo). More |
Shukria Dini
Winnipeg, MB 
| Shukria Dini was 18 when her home country, Somalia, was torn apart by civil war in 1992. More |
Innocent Kabenga
St.Catherines, ON 
| Innocent Kabenga and his family left their homeland, Rwanda, after a coup in 1973. They settled in Burundi where Kabenga finished high school in 1985 and began university. More |
Dawit Kebede
Charlottetown, PEI | In 1983, 18-year-old Dawit Kebede started university, but spent most of his first semester in prison. More
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Mike Luti
Regina, SK 
| Following the 1979 war in Uganda that ousted Idi Amin, fighting continued between pro-Amin forces and the liberators. Almost everyone in Mike Luti's West Nile region fled to neighbouring Zaire. More |
Ruth Mathiang
Charlottetown, PEI 
| During Ruth Mathiang's childhood in Sudan, her pastor father was often imprisoned for his political beliefs. When he found a job in Kenya, he secretly fled from Sudan with his family of nine children. More |
Ajmal Pashtoonyar
Burin Bay Arm, NL  | Ajmal Pashtoonyar was only an infant when his family fled Afghanistan to nearby Peshwar, Pakistan in 1979. More |
Durkhanai Ranzooyar
Toronto,ON 
| In 1989, at age 11, Durkhanai and her family fled war and Communist repression in Afghanistan. Leaving all their possessions behind, they walked through the mountains to a refugee camp in Pakistan. More |
Willy Rangira
Vancouver, BC 
| Willy Rangira started dreaming of a university education in 1990. But as a Tutsi living in Rwanda his very life was threatened. He was confined to life as a second-class citizen rather than preparing for life as a student. More |
Vicky Samuel
North Bay, ON 
| Vicky was just nine years old when her family fled Rwanda to escape the genocide in 1994. While living in refugee camps in the Democratic Republic of Congo and then Tanzania, Vicky and her sisters were often denied schooling because they were not citizens. More |
