Qassim Abdulle

East Burnaby Dept: The 55-year-old Somalian refugee, who lives in east Burnaby with his wife and six children, had his leg amputated after a robber's stray bullet shattered the bones during a 1995 attack near the Somalian border, according to Vancouver Sun. "It's very important to us. I'm looking for work, but every-one says it's hard to get a job because of my disability," says Abdulle. He is a cheerful man despite enduring trauma common to the 10.5 million refugees supported by the UN, plus another roughly 27 million people displaced mostly in their own countries and even though he has only one leg, Qassim Abdulle helps any way he can when his family visits al-Salaam mosque in Burnaby once a month to pick up roughly 30 kilograms of food. Abdulle came to B.C. six years ago after he was chosen for resettlement by the United Nations' Refugee Agency. He'd been living in a UN camp in Uganda for more than a decade. Here, his family relies in part on the charity of the vibrant Canada Way mosque. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.