Hope in My Heart, Freedom on My Mind

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Zekarias Kebraeb was just seventeen when he fled his home in Eritrea in 2002 to escape his impending forced military service. To stay would have meant abuse, torture, and possibly even his death. Zekarias had no idea that his journey would span four years, and no concept of how brutal some of the choices along the way would be. He was marched through the wilderness, spent two weeks crossing the Sahara in a truck with no food and far too little water, and then traversed the Mediterranean Sea from Tripoli to Italy in a tiny rowboat. Zekarias is just one of 67 million refugees in the world today. Behind each number, however, lies the fate of a human being. This book gives a face to the thousands of refugees who have no choice but to leave behind their homes and risk their lives while hoping for a better destiny for themselves and their family.