The appreciation dinner held Sunday for Canadian freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout by the Canadian Somali Community in Alberta was very successful. Ms. Lindhout said that despite her suffering, she does not hold any hate in her heart for the men who kidnapped her. Lindhout say her thoughts and prayers are with the people of Somalia.
The Somali-Canadian community thanked Lindhout for her efforts to expose the plight of their people and presented her with a necklace, a portrait, and flowers.
Lindhout addressed the crowd, speaking publicly for the first time since her ordeal. Â Lindhout spoke of her reasons for traveling to Somalia, saying she was touched by the humanitarian crisis in that country and the lack of media attention. She spoke of her desire to help in her own “humble” way to which the crowd of Somali-Canadians in attendance erupted in applause.
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