Cars in Gasabo
“I didn’t want to be a little crazy,” he says. “It was the same for me. I didn’t want to do anything bad.”
That’s how it started. It would be another six years until he was able to pay for the trip.
Cars in Gasabo
He is one of just a handful of Nigerian young men who have made the trek.
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He says he was just trying to meet a friend who lived in another city. After several phone calls with “his” name, he was in touch, eventually becoming their driver, helping him make the trip north to Europe. Only after the trip was he able to make his way to Nigeria for an internship there. Not good enough for Nigerian students to complete, but good enough that they would earn an extra $60 by earning enough money to rent out the place for a few days.
Today, they’re helping one another out more. They work to raise money for the orphanages, charities and humanitarian organizations they’ve been trying to help.
(The Washington Post)
In Africa, the situation was different. In a country where unemployment
Cars in Gasabo on February 23, 1989. The two men then were sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. (Photo by Greg Myers/The Washington Post)