Kings County News
Wednesday April 27, 2016
By Wendy Elliott
Their new home in Kentville has been waiting for them for six months. The Centreville Aldershot Refugee Sponsorship (CARS) committee began preparing for this day last September.The oldest of their three sons, Noor, is 13. Mohamed is 10 and Sidow is three. The oldest of the three daughters, Kosar, is 10. Dahabo is six and Sheikhany is four.Anne van Arragon Hutten, a CARS member, was glad of the aid from interpreter Lul Omar at the airport. Omar, a Halifax mother of nine, has been in Canada for two decades. Kings County resident Jennifer Njagi will also assist.
The Somali Bantu family of eight left Kakuma Refugee Camp last Friday and flew from Nairobi, Kenya on April 25. The children were born in the camp and their parents have lived there for over 20 years.
There are about 180,000 refugees living in Kakuma. Dadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya is even larger.
The CARS group, founded by members of the Centreville Baptist and Bethany Memorial Baptist churches, has dedicated countless hours to fund raising and preparing the new home near Kings County Academy.
Source: Kings County News