...her to work as well in French as in English. In 1990, at the age of 22, she went to French-speaking Mali in West Africa as a volunteer with a project organised by Canada World Youth. She had visited Africa before as a tourist. 'but now I had a burning conviction to contribute something and to work with real people on the ground'.

On the first day she arrived, Nelson Mandela was freed from prison. 'It was an amazing...

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