Posts Tagged ‘civil wars’

Fleeing wars in search of a safer life

Friday, August 5th, 2016

As a child, Memuna Barnes lived through two civil wars. The first was in her home country of Liberia, the second in Sierra Leone, during which she spent several years being held captive by rebel forces. She came to New Zealand with the dream of one day being reunited with her mother. We had just come Read more