Imagine having to flee your home without warning , not being able to bring anything, what if you didn't live with your family you don't know their state of being. You didn't know where they were, sick, happy, safe, or worse alive? Well a lot of people, families, children have to go through this hardship all the time in Uganda, all over Africa.
Today we had a very inspiring speaker come in who was a refugee who opened all of our eyes, his name was Walter.
He first had to leave his home his senor year of high school, when his friends told him not to go home, his parents had already. He had to smuggle his way to the capital of Kenya, Nairobi. He wanted to get as far away as possible. He also wanted to study Medicine and be a doctor at a University. He decided not to pursue his dreams but inside he still very much wanted to. He got a job in the government and then lived in Nairobi for 5 years. And was kicked out again by then he had a wife and two sons and they had to stay there. So he traveled to Italy(his family met him there), then New York, and now he is in a little place i like to call home San Diego. He started his own business for refugees not only from Africa but all over the world if necessary.
We have no idea how easy we have it, when we complain about just the slightest things like " oh i want a new pair of shoes i already wore these twice." The children in Africa would love even a clean glass of water, or a loaf of bread, or even a nice warm blanket. So before you start complaining i want, i want, i want, i want do you honestly think you need that extra pair of shoes, shirt, pants, etc. These not only children but women, men, mothers, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers, sisters, brothers, uncles, aunts everyone wants the littlest thing and were complaining we want more. They have to sleep in a little tiny huts with 15 of more people sleeping in them. So instead of asking for money ask what you can do to help!
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