User talk:BBG From Tz

My name is Herithier Wabadibanga. I was born in Tanzania on September 18 in 1999 but my parents are both from the Democratic Republic of Congo. A country well-known for its natural resources and endless civil wars. Earlier in 1995, the war took over my parent’s homeland and my family had no choice but to run away from home. They walked over 25 miles to a frontier where they found a boat to cross Lake Tanganyika to Tanzania. They settled in Kigoma. Kigoma is a town and lake port in western Tanzania, on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika and close to the border of Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. After six years in Tanzania we moved to Mozambique in 2001 to a city called Angosh. We moved to Mozambique on a search for a better life. My parents were looking for a more prosperous and safer life. During the time in Mozambique my parents worked for the Catholic church for about 14 years. I attended French school when I was five years old. I started in 1st grade and ended in 6th grade then the Mozambique people switched the French school to a Portuguese school. We started learning the Portuguese language which was very hard because we were living in a bad environment to learn a new language. Being punished was something that was putting students in a bad state of mind, the students were not able to function in classes because they felt like they were being forced to learn. Growing up in a country that doesn’t offer an incredible education is very devastating because most people in my village, including me believed that education is very important and is the key to everything in this amazing life. Waking up and being told that my young brother has past away made me lose my mind. We came to America because we wanted a good education and get a