Ryan raposo
Syrian newcomers show their appreciation donating blood in Calgary in time of need
In the article I read by global news was about a Syrian refugee man named whalid alfalah in a time of need he helped and donated blood to a Canadian citizen who was endangered of loosing their life and this man despite racism remarks he stepped up as a new Canadian citizen and donated blood to me this demonstrates that he shows lots of love and support to his new country. And this man talks about how big of an honour to donate blood in Syria and it is the biggest loyalty you can do in that country and for him to do that in his new country is just amazing and how astonishing on how grateful he is to be in this country and that makes me feel good about my country and proud I am to live in Canada that we truly are a welcoming nation despite religious and or skin colour/race. I thought that the author of this article piece was quite insightful because she makes the reader feel like they are apart of it in my opinion that you were really there watching the live feed. Connections I made to this was about how Canada accepted hundreds of Syrian refugees in the time of need and I relate to that because I come from a family of Immigrants that moved from Portugal here and how proud they are to be Canadian and them getting up and moving to Canada really took a turn on their life especially my grandma who had to learn to speak English is she ever wanted to go out and it makes me feel happy that our nation welcomed them with open arms and it reveals that Canada is a strong nation when we are all on the same page and something small like that with just giving blood to a stranger in a brand new country to me is the best thing you can do.