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<\/a>\u201cWe wanted to do something for the society; we wanted to give back,\u201d says Fatuma Mumin, one of the students in the HIRES program.<\/p>\n
Mumin explains that the idea for the fundraiser came from a talk during their English Language Development (ELD) class. Instructor Judith Hunt was leading a discussion about Terry Fox, who raised money for cancer research.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the discussion questions was, \u2018If you were to do a fundraiser, what would you do, and who would you do it for?\u2019\u201d says Hunt. \u201cAs soon as I said that, they were super eager and enthusiastic about being able to raise money for somebody in need, and so with all their enthusiasm, I said, well, if you want to, we can do a fundraiser. I\u2019ve never done one before with a class, but it just seemed like the motivation was so strong it seemed like a good thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another student in the HIRES program, Mohamed Abdinasir, says that they collectively chose DWB as the charity they would support because of how much the organization has helped them in their home country.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are all from Kenya, and everyone has seen Doctors Without Borders helping those in need, so it\u2019s an organization that we\u2019re familiar with,\u201d says Abdinasir. \u201cWe\u2019ve been refugees, and we know how important it is to have medical aid and basic things where it\u2019s needed most, like poor countries. Everyone was touched by that, and we said, \u2018Let\u2019s do it.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Mumin says that they only expected to raise a small amount and they were astonished to see how much support they received.<\/p>\n \u201cTo be honest, we had very little expectations from the fundraising, actually,\u201d says Mumin. \u201cFor me, I thought if we get something, it\u2019ll be like $200\u2014I did not have that much expectations from it. But it actually exceeded our expectations, and luckily, we got $2,500 from the fundraiser.\u201d<\/p>\n Hunt says that since the money was being raised by selling $2 bags of candy, people\u2019s additional generosity was what resulted in such an incredible sum.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople were extremely generous; a lot of people came by and gave much more than $2; they gave $10 or $20 or $40, or $100, or, in one case, $750, which was an amazing donation,\u201d she says. \u201cWe raised $2,000 and then Camosun College Student Society put in an extra $500, so $2,500 altogether. It was amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n Abdinasir believes that he and his colleagues have been treated excellently since their arrival.<\/p>\n \u201cWe found more than we expected; people are so good here,\u201d he says. \u201cParticularly the Camosun community welcomed us so well. We felt at home. Each and every one of us is glad to be here, and we enjoy it; so far, so good.\u201d<\/p>\n Abdinasir also says he\u2019s very proud of what they\u2019ve been able to accomplish during the short time since they arrived, and he\u2019s optimistic for the future.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve been here in Canada for just three months, and we already did a donation, and we felt good, and the future looks bright,\u201d he says. \u201cYou can do so many things together. Everyone is very proud of that fundraising. We really feel proud of Camosun, and we feel like Canada is our home now, and we\u2019ll thrive here.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the fall 2021 semester, Camosun partnered with World University Service of Canada (WUSC) to bring nine refugees from Kenya to Victoria through HIRES, an employment-linked sponsorship pathway program. The students completed an eight-week Hospitality Management program at Camosun to prepare them to join workplace sponsorships in Tofino. During their time in Victoria, these new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21943,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,261],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus","category-january-10-2022"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21942"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21962,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21942\/revisions\/21962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}