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physical injury: He had escaped major physical injury, but his brother had been shot in the head and was blinded, according to CBC. Two siblings died of starvation on their journey. The nine-year-old boy had travelled to Canada from war-torn Vietnam. But what shocked Woolger most was the boy admission that the most difficult part of his journey was his first few days and months in Canada. One thing led to another and instead of working abroad in missions, as she had planned, she stayed in Canada to help make a global impact working with refugees. Canada issues 928 visas, adding $100M in aid How the UN assesses refugees Syrian children struggle with mental scars of war The boy described arriving in Canada and "feeling so unwelcome and ostracized by his peers when he first began attending school," says Woolger. "He used to cry himself to sleep at night wishing he was back home in the 'killing fields.' " His story inspired the theology graduate student at Tyndale University College and Seminary in Toronto to find a place to volunteer to "help make refugees feel more welcome." The day after she met him, Woolger looked up the word "refugee" in the phone book. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.