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This article was published 31/10/2013 (4476 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
‘The countries with the greatest problems have the kindest people’
— Amanda Lindhout, author and activist
Being held hostage for 460 days in a tiny, dark cell in Somalia did nothing to dissuade Alberta journalist Amanda Lindhout from helping her captors’ country — it inspired her to do so.
Keeping a promise of what she’d do if she lived, Lindhout told the students she built the Global Enrichment Foundation, which educates more than 200,000 Somali women.
Lindhout was taken hostage three days after arriving in Somalia in 2008. Earlier, she’d been to Afghanistan, Ethiopia, and other poverty-ridden countries: “I explored many countries around the world that we consider off limits,” she said.
“With awareness come responsibility and choice,” Lindhout told the awed crowd.
“The greatest gift you have been given is the gift of your imagination — what do you dream of wanting to do?
“You have a responsibility to move your dreams forward, no matter what,” she implored.
— Nick Martin
History
Updated on Thursday, October 31, 2013 7:45 AM CDT: fixes headline