Started life over five times

22 07 2008

An excerpt from the story written by Louise Taylor at The Ottawa Citizen

His mother’s simple daily prayer has guided Bekele Geleta through a life marked by stellar ascents and crushing setbacks, from Ethiopian executive to political prisoner, from humanitarian to refugee and Ottawa gas-bar clerk, and now secretary general of the International Federation of the Red Cross. Louisa Taylor tells his remarkable story.

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