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Story Publication logo July 28, 2009

A hope-filled farewell to Neema

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When Bill Clinton Hadam's refugee family was approved for resettlement in the U.S., the boy's...

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Mary Wiltenburg, for the Pulitzer Center

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Neema's son Briton "Toni" Joseph, on our final day together

I spent my last day in Tanzania with Neema and Briton. When Toni spotted me walking down the path to their house, he ran up and gave me one of his somber leg-hugs. So began the strangest and most wonderful day I spent with them. It ended with tears, and the hope of a journey. But it started with a shock.

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