Liberian Students Face Hardship in Cuba

Liberian Students Face Hardship in Cuba

The NEWS (Monrovia)
NEWS
February 28, 2006
Posted to the web March 2, 2006

Three Liberian students studying in Cuba have complained of hardship in
that country. The students said they have been abandoned by past
administrations since they traveled to that country in 2002.

The three students, Kesselly Kanneh, Patrick Konuwa and Famaha Wanuker
said they are facing extreme hardship with little or no money to get around.

According to the students, they are on a scholarship program but since
their arrival they have not received subsidy from government.

Speaking to this paper in a telephone interview from Cuba, the three
students appealed to the government of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
about their condition

"It is not easy in Cuba we are dying here, and there is no money to get
around," Patrick Conuwa emphasized.

The three students, who are studying physical rehabilitation and sports,
disclosed that their passports have expired and there's no way of
renewing them.

"We have written past governments to come to our rescue but to no
avail?therefore we are appealing to President Sirleaf to come to our
aid," the students who will be graduating next year pleaded.

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