Monday, March 5, 2012

Waiting for a thaw

Kenyan student hopes for warmer temperatures in Canada, while praying cooler heads will prevail in her war-torn homeland

Imagine waking up in the small, rural home you share with your aunt. You get up and vote in the election everyone has been so hopeful about, the election that will bring much-anticipated change in your country. Then you hop on a bus and take the long, bumpy drive to the plane that will take you to another country for a year. But as you arrive at the airport, you sense the mood of your country has changed to one of anxiety. There are no election results yet and the delay cannot be explained.

You climb on the plane and fly halfway around the world, far from …

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