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About Me- My journey!

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I started my journey all the way back in 2013, when I got the feeling that other children felt if they had no new clothes to wear or came to school with the same pair of shoes for two years in a row. I felt the feeling of not having the adequate resources in order to efficiently function at school. I had the feeling of utter incompletion, where children would wake up in the morning and go to bed with nothing to eat. I got the feeling of a Humanitarian. I am 19-year-young Lakeyia Joseph from the tiny but mighty island of Dominica ! Raised by my grandparents while my mother was away seeking job opportunities and my father was nowhere to be found; and even when he was found, it made no difference. I struggled to get everything done. Everything!  But, in 2013 while still in high school , I decided that even if I was faced with these challenges, some kids had it worse than me and so I had to do something to help them  or at least make their burden a bit l...