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    FORCED TO FLEE MY HOME

    Apr 19, 2022 4 minutes
    WORDS: KIM WILLIS
    ‘WE HAD TO LEAVE SO WE COULD SURVIVE’

    Just over seven weeks ago, the world watched helplessly as heartbreaking scenes of war played out on our screens. Buildings bombed, people fleeing with nothing but the clothes on their backs, women and children separated from husbands and fathers, brave souls volunteering to fight on the frontline… The images are horrifying, and it’s easy to assume things are getting better as the war slips further down the news agenda. For most people, having to leave the  place they call home in order to survive is a distant, unlikely fear. But for me, it brings back painful memories of the time my family and I had to do

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