{"id":25257,"date":"2025-02-11T07:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T13:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=25257"},"modified":"2025-10-08T09:03:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:03:18","slug":"chicago-rwanda-zimbabwe-refugiado-como-se-dice-a-los-inmigrantes-negros-de-hoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2025\/02\/11\/chicago-rwanda-zimbabwe-refugee-as-told-to-black-immmigrants-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Refugiado de Ruanda gu\u00eda a reci\u00e9n llegados que comienzan una nueva vida en Chicago: \u201cEstoy en el lugar correcto\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fws_69f51918290b8\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p>Cuando David ten\u00eda cinco a\u00f1os, su familia huy\u00f3 a Zimbabue para escapar de la persecuci\u00f3n y la guerra civil. <a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2023\/06\/01\/inmigrantes-negros-hoy-lillian-ingabire\/\">Ruanda.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Creci\u00f3 en un campamento de refugiados en Zimbabue, donde vio ir y venir a otras familias. Tras llegar en 2003, su familia esper\u00f3 20 a\u00f1os antes de llegar a Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n<p>Al recordar su \u00e9poca como refugiado en Zimbabue, guarda buenos recuerdos de cuando jugaba con otros ni\u00f1os y aprend\u00eda los idiomas de los dem\u00e1s. Sin embargo, tambi\u00e9n recuerda que el campamento se convirti\u00f3 en un lugar donde muchos j\u00f3venes perdieron sus ambiciones. Esto despert\u00f3 en \u00e9l el deseo de apoyar a refugiados como \u00e9l. Estudi\u00f3 trabajo social y co-fund\u00f3 una organizaci\u00f3n de justicia medioambiental para educar y movilizar a los j\u00f3venes refugiados de Zimbabue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f519182a5d4\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_color_909090 border_style_solid\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f519182b10a\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: #FFFFFF; background: linear-gradient(90deg,#FFFFFF 0%,#FFFFFF 100%);  opacity: 1; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent force-phone-text-align-center inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_top_desktop_1px border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_FFFFFF border_style_solid\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f519182b78a\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-7 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<h4 id=\"news-that-puts-power-under-the-spotlight-and-communities-at-the-center\"><strong>Noticias que ponen el poder en el punto de mira y a las comunidades en el centro.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Suscr\u00edbase a nuestro bolet\u00edn gratuito y reciba actualizaciones dos veces por semana.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: -20px; \" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p>En 2023, David lleg\u00f3 a Chicago y se restableci\u00f3 con el apoyo de RefugeeOne, una organizaci\u00f3n sin fines de lucro que ayud\u00f3 a su familia a encontrar vivienda, ropa y oportunidades educativas. Casi dos a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s, ahora trabaja en RefugeeOne como especialista de apoyo comunitario, ayudando a otros refugiados reci\u00e9n llegados- una experiencia que cierra el ciclo.<\/p>\n<p>Borderless Magazine habl\u00f3 con David sobre su infancia en Zimbabue, su llegada a Chicago y su trabajo como especialista que sirve de apoyo a la comunidad de refugiados.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"divider-wrap\" data-alignment=\"default\"><div style=\"margin-top: 12.5px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 12.5px;\" data-width=\"100%\" data-animate=\"\" data-animation-delay=\"\" data-color=\"default\" class=\"divider-border\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<h2 id=\"a-three-day-journey\">Un Viaje de Tres D\u00edas<\/h2>\n<p>Soy de Zimbabue. Ni siquiera s\u00e9 c\u00f3mo es Ruanda. Sal\u00ed de Ruanda cuando era muy joven, as\u00ed que Zimbabue es el \u00fanico lugar del que realmente puedo hablar.<\/p>\n<p>En un campo de refugiados, conoces a gente diferente y formas nuevas amistades. Ellos hablan de su viaje al salir de su pa\u00eds. Una persona le contar\u00e1 a otras sobre su jornada para llegar a Zimbabue.<\/p>\n<p>Escuch\u00e9 esas conversaciones en el campo de refugiados de Tongogara, en Zimbabue, despu\u00e9s de llegar cuando ten\u00eda cinco a\u00f1os. Lleg\u00f3 el momento de preguntarle a mis padres: \"\u00bfC\u00f3mo llegamos de Ruanda a Zimbabue?\".<\/p>\n<p>En una cami\u00f3n grande, dijeron.<\/p>\n<p>Le pagaron a un conductor de camiones para que nos llevara de Ruanda a Tanzania, de Tanzania a Zambia y de Zambia a Zimbabue, unos tres d\u00edas de viaje.<\/p>\n<p>Llegamos all\u00ed en familia: mi padre, mi madre, mi abuela y dos hermanos.<\/p>\n<p>Llegamos a un centro de tr\u00e1nsito de la capital, Harare, donde los funcionarios procesaron nuestros documentos de inmigraci\u00f3n antes de llevarnos por ocho horas hasta el campamento de refugiados. Mientras segu\u00edan procesando nuestros documentos, nos alojaron en viviendas provisionales. All\u00ed nos recibieron otros refugiados, sobre todo la comunidad ruandesa.<\/p>\n<p>De ni\u00f1o, desarroll\u00e9 amistades muy r\u00e1pidamente. Los ni\u00f1os eran muy sociables. Era gracioso que hici\u00e9ramos gestos con las manos porque no entend\u00edamos el idioma de los dem\u00e1s.<\/p>\n<p>Cuando llegu\u00e9 no sab\u00eda ning\u00fan idioma, pero empec\u00e9 a aprender varios al mezclarme con gente de 12 pa\u00edses. En el campamento habl\u00e1bamos principalmente shona e ingl\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p>Dos semanas despu\u00e9s de llegar, empec\u00e9 a ir a un colegio cercano, que estaba a tres kil\u00f3metros recorriendo a pie. All\u00ed hice m\u00e1s amigos, practiqu\u00e9 yoga y me convert\u00ed en capit\u00e1n del club de gimnasia.<\/p>\n<p>Mis padres me obligaron a tomar clases de kinyarwanda, mi lengua materna. Yo solo sab\u00eda unas pocas palabras porque hab\u00eda ido poco tiempo a la escuela de Zimbabue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69f519182ced6\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage\">M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-20042\" class=\"post-20042 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-as-told-to tag-tsegay\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2023\/11\/06\/tsegay-gebreyohanes\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231020_EscapingEritrea_web_01-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Un eritreo posa para una foto con sus tres hijos en el barrio de Rogers Park, en Chicago.\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2023\/11\/06\/tsegay-gebreyohanes\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tsegay Gebreyohanes<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/diane-bou-khalil\/\" title=\"Ver todas las publicaciones de Diane Bou Khalil\">Diane Bou Khalil<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">-<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2023\/11\/06\/tsegay-gebreyohanes\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">6 de noviembre de 2023<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<h2 id=\"growing-up-in-a-refugee-camp\">Creciendo En Un Campamento De Refugiados<\/h2>\n<p>El campamento fue como mi primer hogar. Estaba en medio del bosque, lo que era dif\u00edcil porque hac\u00eda mucho calor, pero a m\u00ed me parec\u00eda lo mejor. Los primeros a\u00f1os en el campamento me parecieron una ciudad libre porque me lo daban todo: comida, ropa, mensualidades e incluso una parte del terreno de una granja para cultivar.<\/p>\n<p>Eso fue divertido para nosotros como ni\u00f1os. Jug\u00e1bamos al f\u00fatbol y al voleibol, al escondite, hac\u00edamos espect\u00e1culos de gimnasia por dinero y salt\u00e1bamos dentro de peque\u00f1os r\u00edos cercanos.<\/p>\n<p>Alrededor del 2008, cuando estaba en la escuela secundaria, vivir en el campamento se hizo m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil. A medida que llegaban m\u00e1s refugiados, los recursos eran m\u00e1s limitados. El n\u00famero de refugiados aument\u00f3 desde que llegu\u00e9 hasta que me fui.<\/p>\n<p>Ah\u00ed fue cuando empezaron a disminuir los recursos. Se redujeron los subsidios y los alimentos y se cort\u00f3 la electricidad en los hogares de los refugiados. Esto significaba que no pod\u00edas usar un ventilador ni leer por la noche; s\u00f3lo pod\u00edas leer durante el d\u00eda. Esto nos afect\u00f3 a todos, especialmente a m\u00ed, porque me encanta aprender.<\/p>\n<p>En ese momento, empec\u00e9 a notar que algunos ni\u00f1os iban descalzos al colegio. Algunos dejaron de ir del todo.<\/p>\n<p>Vi a gente abandonar la escuela porque ve\u00edan que otros en el campamento no pod\u00edan encontrar trabajo despu\u00e9s de graduarse con un t\u00edtulo universitario. Vi c\u00f3mo la gente se desesperaba y ca\u00eda en la drogadicci\u00f3n y la prostituci\u00f3n. La situaci\u00f3n se volvi\u00f3 grave, especialmente durante COVID-19. Hubo muchos embarazos no deseados y abortos, incluso muertes de ni\u00f1as que estaban embarazadas y que murieron durante el parto.<\/p>\n<p>Para la secundaria, fui a un internado. All\u00ed vi c\u00f3mo algunos chicos lo abandonaron porque no pod\u00edan pagarlo. Hab\u00edan becas para cubrir gastos, pero las plazas eran limitadas, as\u00ed que muchos se quedaron atr\u00e1s. Mis padres cortaban \u00e1rboles del bosque, hac\u00edan carb\u00f3n y lo vend\u00edan para cubrir los gastos escolares de mi hermana y los m\u00edos hasta que consegu\u00ed una beca para cubrir mis dos \u00faltimos a\u00f1os. Sab\u00edan que recibir\u00eda una buena educaci\u00f3n en el internado.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f5191830b87\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy\" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_30_David_AsToldTo_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_30_David_AsToldTo_02.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_30_David_AsToldTo_02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_30_David_AsToldTo_02-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_30_David_AsToldTo_02-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_30_David_AsToldTo_02-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_30_David_AsToldTo_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_30_David_AsToldTo_02-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_30_David_AsToldTo_02-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_30_David_AsToldTo_02-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_30_David_AsToldTo_02-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_30_David_AsToldTo_02-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_30_David_AsToldTo_02-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">David comparte fotos de su vida en Zimbabue, incluyendo una de la preparatoria.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">\u00d3scar G\u00f3mez\/Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f51918318df\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p>Ir a la preparatoria fue dif\u00edcil para mis padres porque ya no estaba en el campamento, as\u00ed que solo los ve\u00eda  por dos semanas cada tres meses. Tambi\u00e9n empec\u00e9 a perder mi lenguaje de kinyarwanda porque no pasaba tiempo con mis padres. S\u00f3lo hablaba en otros idiomas.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"teaching-young-people-about-climate-change\">Ense\u00f1ando a los J\u00f3venes Sobre El Cambio Clim\u00e1tico<\/h2>\n<p>Recib\u00ed una beca para ir a la Universidad de Mujeres de \u00c1frica en Harare. Lo cubr\u00eda todo. Incluso me dieron una computadora port\u00e1til y dinero para cubrir el material escolar y gastos de manutenci\u00f3n. Fue muy bonito.<\/p>\n<p>Eleg\u00ed estudiar trabajo social centrado en el trastorno de estr\u00e9s postraum\u00e1tico. Fue dif\u00edcil ver c\u00f3mo los j\u00f3venes del campamento, especialmente los menores no acompa\u00f1ados, los ni\u00f1os peque\u00f1os y los hu\u00e9rfanos, perd\u00edan la esperanza sobre su futuro. Durante la universidad, trabaj\u00e9 en Childline, una organizaci\u00f3n centrada en la protecci\u00f3n de los ni\u00f1os contra el abuso, incluyendo ni\u00f1os refugiados.<\/p>\n<p>Mi pasi\u00f3n por proteger y guiar a los j\u00f3venes me llev\u00f3 a ayudar a cofundar una organizaci\u00f3n llamada <a href=\"https:\/\/rccayouth.org\/#:~:text=RCCA%20envisages%20a%20community%20where,%2C%20adaptation%2C%20and%20environmental%20conservation.\">Coalici\u00f3n de Refugiados para la Acci\u00f3n Clim\u00e1tica (RCCA)<\/a>con otros nueve refugiados en 2022. Limpiamos el campamento, movilizamos voluntarios para traer a m\u00e1s gente, ense\u00f1amos a los j\u00f3venes sobre el cambio clim\u00e1tico y mantuvimos conversaciones sobre esos temas y c\u00f3mo nos afectan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69f51918322ab\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage-2\">M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-19214\" class=\"post-19214 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-immigration-policy tag-undocublack\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2023\/05\/26\/black-immigration-united-states-policy\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/230525-UndocuBlack-1-web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2023\/05\/26\/black-immigration-united-states-policy\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">C\u00f3mo la pol\u00edtica estadounidense impulsa, describe y niega la inmigraci\u00f3n negra<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/jillian-melero\/\" title=\"Ver todas las publicaciones de Jillian Melero\">Jillian Melero<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">-<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2023\/05\/26\/black-immigration-united-states-policy\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">26 de mayo de 2023<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p>En el campamento, gente como mis padres cortaban \u00e1rboles para ganarse la vida, as\u00ed que trabajamos para reemplazarlos. Plantamos y donamos \u00e1rboles a la gente de la comunidad y sus alrededores y a las escuelas cercanas. Este trabajo es posible gracias a las donaciones de organizaciones locales e internacionales. Ayudamos a que la gente aprenda sobre la importancia de cultivar \u00e1rboles y cuidarlos.<\/p>\n<p>La organizaci\u00f3n no es tan grande, pero est\u00e1 creciendo. Intentamos atraer a m\u00e1s gente, sobre todo a j\u00f3venes que han abandonado los estudios y se est\u00e1n involucrando en el consumo de drogas. Queremos mantenerlos ocupados y darles un sentido de pertenencia.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"starting-a-new-life-in-chicago\">Empezando Una Nueva Vida en Chicago<\/h2>\n<p>Dur\u00f3 20 a\u00f1os para restablecernos en los Estados Unidos. Durante ese tiempo, vi como se iba mucha gente del campamento de refugiados hacia Am\u00e9rica, Finlandia, Canad\u00e1 y Australia.<\/p>\n<p>El proceso comenz\u00f3 oficialmente en el 2018 con una selecci\u00f3n inicial por parte del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados (ACNUR) y luego entrevistas con los Centros de Apoyo al Restablecimiento del Departamento de Estado. Pasamos por verificaciones de antecedentes y ex\u00e1menes m\u00e9dicos y nos trasladaron a Estados Unidos, donde nos esperaban m\u00e1s entrevistas con funcionarios de inmigraci\u00f3n estadounidenses.<\/p>\n<p>Mi hermana y yo fuimos primero. Nos alojaron en un hotel de Harare, donde nos enteramos de que \u00edbamos a Chicago. Llegamos all\u00ed dos d\u00edas despu\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p>Estaba nervioso al despegar, pero estar en un avi\u00f3n por primera vez y trasladarme a Estados Unidos fue muy emocionante. Estaba muy contento.<\/p>\n<p>Nosotros llegamos sin abrigos. No era consciente del fr\u00edo que har\u00eda en Chicago en marzo. RefugeeOne nos llev\u00f3 a un almac\u00e9n a elegir ropa. Me ayudaron a empezar mi vida aqu\u00ed. Me dieron un apartamento con todo, incluyendo un tel\u00e9fono para comunicarme con mis padres.<\/p>\n<p>Mis hermanos, mis padres y mi abuela vinieron uno por uno a lo largo de varios meses.<\/p>\n<p>RefugeeOne me ayud\u00f3 a conseguir mi primer trabajo en la industria manufacturera, para el que necesit\u00e9 tres autobuses. Consegu\u00ed otro trabajo en una f\u00e1brica para ayudar a mi familia. Tambi\u00e9n tom\u00e9 clases de Asistente de Enfermer\u00eda Certificada (CNA) y dej\u00e9 la fabricaci\u00f3n para trabajar como CNA durante unos seis meses. Me gustaba lo que sent\u00eda al ayudar a la gente. 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Este Toyota fue el primer coche que compr\u00f3 desde que vive en Chicago. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">\u00d3scar G\u00f3mez\/Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f519183638f\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p>En noviembre de ese a\u00f1o, empec\u00e9 a trabajar como especialista en apoyo comunitario en el departamento de bienestar de RefugeeOne. Hago ex\u00e1menes de salud mental a los refugiados en su transici\u00f3n de \u00c1frica a Chicago, los inscribo en programas y proceso sus sentimientos mentales y emocionales. Tambi\u00e9n les ayudo a adaptarse a la vida en Chicago y a la cultura estadounidense. Les ense\u00f1o recursos comunitarios, como bibliotecas y parques, y les ayudo a orientarse en el transporte p\u00fablico.<\/p>\n<p>Mi ambici\u00f3n siempre fue hacer este tipo de trabajo. Estoy orgulloso de ayudar a los refugiados. He pasado 21 a\u00f1os de mi vida como refugiado. Entiendo y comparto la misma cultura con algunos de ellos. S\u00e9 c\u00f3mo acercarme a ellos, c\u00f3mo ayudarles y c\u00f3mo hablarles. S\u00e9 c\u00f3mo se sienten.<\/p>\n<p>Hablo ingl\u00e9s, kinyarwanda, kinyamurege, kirundi, swahili, shona y algo de franc\u00e9s. Ahora estoy aprendiendo espa\u00f1ol. He podido ayudar a los clientes porque hablamos los mismos idiomas, lo que ha facilitado el proceso para todos. A veces traduzco para nuestros terapeutas. Nuestro terapeuta me ha dicho que los clientes se muestran m\u00e1s abiertos a hablar durante las revisiones o las sesiones de terapia cuando yo estoy all\u00ed. Se sienten c\u00f3modos porque entiendo su experiencia y hablo su idioma.<\/p>\n<p>Me gusta ayudar a los clientes a ser autosuficientes. Les he ayudado a conseguir trabajo. Hace poco, uno de ellos me invit\u00f3 a su casa para celebrar su nuevo trabajo. Todas esas referencias laborales positivas me mantienen siguiendo hacia delante.<\/p>\n<p>Siempre estoy agradecido con RefugeeOne por darme esta oportunidad de conectar con mis compa\u00f1eros que son refugiados, para poder ayudarlos. Es dif\u00edcil cuando llegas aqu\u00ed y no conoces a nadie, especialmente alguien que comparta tu misma cultura o idioma.<\/p>\n<p>Estoy en el lugar correcto.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"i-want-to-help-kids-in-zimbabwe\">Quiero Ayudar a Los Ni\u00f1os de Zimbabue<\/h2>\n<p>Vivo en Chicago con mi hermana y mi hermano, y el resto de mi familia est\u00e1 a poca distancia. Salgo con amigos, voy a conciertos y juego al f\u00fatbol. Me mantengo en contacto con mi esposa de dos a\u00f1os, que sigue en Zimbabue. Ha sido estresante estar lejos de ella tanto tiempo, pero tengo fe en que nos reuniremos pronto. RefugeeOne me est\u00e1 ayudando a aplicar para una solicitud para que ella tambi\u00e9n se restablezca en Chicago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f5191837297\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy\" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_30_David_AsToldTo_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_30_David_AsToldTo_04.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_30_David_AsToldTo_04-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_30_David_AsToldTo_04-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_30_David_AsToldTo_04-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_30_David_AsToldTo_04-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_30_David_AsToldTo_04-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_30_David_AsToldTo_04-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_30_David_AsToldTo_04-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_30_David_AsToldTo_04-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_30_David_AsToldTo_04-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_30_David_AsToldTo_04-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_30_David_AsToldTo_04-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">David sostiene una foto suya con sus dos hermanas y dos sobrinas en Navy Pier.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">\u00d3scar G\u00f3mez\/Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f5191837f6d\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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Estoy s\u00faper emocionado.<\/p>\n<p>Entiendo la importancia de la educaci\u00f3n porque me ayud\u00f3 a salir del campamento de refugiados y a encontrar un trabajo que me entusiasma. Quiero ayudar a otros ni\u00f1os de Zimbabue como yo a seguir estudiando.<\/p>\n<p>Mi objetivo es crear una organizaci\u00f3n que ayude a ni\u00f1os peque\u00f1os, hu\u00e9rfanos y no acompa\u00f1ados a ir a la escuela secundaria. Si consigo fondos -por la gracia de Dios- lo establecer\u00e9 en Zimbabue para que la gente pueda patrocinar la educaci\u00f3n de los ni\u00f1os donde yo me cri\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p><i>Aydali Campa es miembro de 'Report for America Corps' y cubre temas de justicia medioambiental y comunidades inmigrantes para Borderless Magazine. Env\u00edale un correo electr\u00f3nico a aydali@borderlessmag.org.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David pas\u00f3 la mayor parte de su infancia en un campamento de refugiados de Zimbabue antes de volver a establecerse en los Estados Unidos. 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