05-04-2019 06:03 via calgary.ctvnews.ca

Fundraising effort underway for Syrian refugee family facing terminal ALS diagnosis

A family who arrived in Canada to pursue a better life after fleeing their native Syria is facing the heartbreaking loss of a beloved wife and mother of six to a debilitating disease. “We came to Canada on December 29 of 2015,” said Sami Alnaimy through an interpreter. “The main reason we decided to come was really for the future of our children. We had to flee the war in Syria. We lost our home, we lost almost everything.”  Sami and Rounza Alnaimy and their six chil
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