Living away from home can be incredibly challenging. People leave their home countries for several reasons, it could be for school, better life, work, or any important reason. One thing for sure is home would always be home to everyone. Living in Another Country can pose a lot of challenges to an individual and in this story, we get to learn and hear from different people on what brought them to the United States.
Kofi Boakye is an immigrant who migrated from Ghana when he was nineteen. He moved to the States with his other siblings including his mom. His dad had lived in New York for over 15 years and worked in the medical field as a Certified Nursing Assistant. Kofi is twenty- five now and just graduated with his master’s in public health from New York University. He credits his drive to his home country of Ghana where he was born and raised until he moved the United States. “I have always wanted to do something that would give me the opportunity to go back home and help my community, Kofi said.”
Being an immigrant comes with its own challenges and Daily Challenges Immigrant face can range from language, culture, and food. Kofi expressed how easy it was for home when he used to live in his home country Ghana. Things were quite easy for him because it was his comfort zone. “Back home I had easy access to a lot of things and it was less stressful, also we were all about family and sharing those moments together, Kofi said.”
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The experience of living in the States can be incredibly challenging for a lot of people. The US has its own culture and its way of life and sometimes it’s too much for people to handle Society’s self-destructive addiction to faster living in the United States. Kofi expressed his feelings about living in the US and he explained he made the move here because his Dad had sacrificed a lot to have them come here for a better education. “If I had my own way I would have stayed in Ghana, living in the States has been extremely challenging for me and sometimes I wished I was back home, Kofi said.”
Nene Kabutey Lander 