Halifax

: She had previously tried and failed to get her siblings to safety, but on Saturday, Charbaji took her struggle to the streets, according to The Chronicle Herald. She joined 200 of her fellow Haligonians for Halifax third annual Walk for Refugees, in the hope that something might be done to save her surviving relatives. That because her brother and sister are still in Damascus after five years of brutal civil war that has left up to 450,000 Syrians dead and nearly five million as refugees abroad. It is very frightening. They were old but the war made it worse. I lost my mother and father seven months ago, said Charbaji, adding that they were not killed directly by the war. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.