THE adage "you can take a person away from one's village, but you cannot take the village away from the person" is so true about most Zambians who have settled in Canada.
While most have lived away from home for so many years, they have not forgotten the land of their birth. Most support relatives at home in paying for school fees, building houses, living expenses and hospital fees.
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