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Disability Assistance: Toronto Man

Running Out Of Time Dept: Separated from them since 1999 by the Sierra Leone civil war, the Toronto man got help from displaced countrymen across Africa and finally located his wife and five children in Lagos, Nigeria, six years ago, according to The Star. However, with a monthly income of $1,050 on disability assistance, Koroma can t afford to pay the $8,000 airfare to get his children out of Nigeria and emmanuel Koroma is running out of time to get his five children to join him in Canada. In May, when his children Godfrey, 23, Stanley, 20, Lawrence, 17, Sandra, 16, and Junior, 13 got their immigrant visas to finally join him in Canada, he was over the moon. His wife, Juliet, is still awaiting her visa. As reported in the news.
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