Enduring Journey of Mez: From Eritrea to the UK

There have been many amazing people that have brought me hope, but I would like to share about my foster brother Mez. Mez is an Eritrean refugee who left Eritrea at the age of 12 to flee compulsory military service.

He didn't know where he was going or where he would be safe, and it took him a year to get to the UK. In that year, he crossed the Sahara Desert, went 15 days without food, and lost friends along the way, partly because the boat he was on capsized in the Mediterranean Sea.

He walked across Europe and lived in the Calais jungle. That feat of endurance at age 12 has stayed with me. Whenever I face anything hard, I think about Mez, his life now, and how he continues to work hard and never take anything for granted.