Stories of Uganda
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Mike Molloy and the Canadians come to Uganda
Umeeda Umedaly Swilto
Aug 23 2009
He had just started working for the foreign service. The Canadian team came to Uganda bringing 2 large Candian flags. They set up at the IPS building and in 7 days were ready to process the applications. 8,000 family applications wre taken and on day 3 they had 4,500 returned applications.
Listen to the story of an amazing Canadian team that we still admire today. Many of them have gone on to careers in teh forgein service.
To think in 1962 Canada had a colour barrier in its immigration history and by 1967 a point system had been established.
These refugees were processed under the "oppressed minority" category and settled in Canada as refugees
Thanks Mike for this great interview.
About
About Umeeda Umedaly Swilto
Umeeda Umedaly was amongst 80,000 people who in 1972 left Uganda as refugees.
Umeeda works with CUSO International as an outreach officer for Western Canada. She loves Africa and its people.
Umeeda had a Cuso teacher in Uganda and recently volunteered in Rwanda as a Fundraising adviser for 5 disability groups in Rwanda.
www.cusointernational.org
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