Alan Kurdi: Team Refugee and Rescue Boat

alan kurdi: First, it was the stories, according to Huffington Post Canada. We were in awe of the grit: one day running barefoot through a crowded refugee camp in Kenya, the next, running the 800m in Rio. There are some compelling reasons that we loved Team Refugee at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The guts: swimming your own rescue boat to shore and then winning your heat at the world most celebrated games. Almost a year ago to the day, three-year old Alan Kurdi washed up dead on the shore of Turkey. Then it was the public acknowledgement of a painful year for the 65 million refugees who have crossed dangerous borders in overcrowded boats, carried all their belonging in their arms and left loved ones behind. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.