Nearly four months after a house explosion sent 10 members of Calgary’s South Sudanese community to hospital, many of the victims are still struggling.
But they’re preparing to participate in a prayer of thanks for their survival on Aug. 6, said community advocate Gar Gar.
“They were hoping to invite most people that have contributed to supporting them at that time,” he said.
“I think the main thing about the prayer is to give them that empowerment to know that they’re not alone and to let everybody that helped them see that they are OK.”
The blast in late March saw many of those injured blown into the air before falling into a fiery basement below….