Yes, I Can!
By Tinbit H. Gebretsadik
etter life. This is our country because
r culture and we can do many things to
have an opportunity to choose a better
e of this great country. We can go to college
orkers. We can learn how to build a safe
e a strong economy. We can create an
migrants. We can participate to keep the
Yes, I can find a cure for cancer. Cancer
is one of the most known killer diseases
throughout the world. Many have lost their
beloved ones with this horrible disease for
centuries. It not only kills; it causes much
suffering. Even the treatment is very painful
which makes you perfer to die than to live
llike that.
In my country, Ethiopia, I was a
pharmacy student. I had to discontinue my
education because I had to leave Ethiopia
for political reasons. And now I think is
the time for me to go back on my track and
finish up what I started, which would be
my education. I know it will probably take
me more than 15 years to find a cure. It will
take many years for the research that has
to be done in order to get the right active
ingredients, which is a very exhausting part
of science. But I know one thing for sure.
If God helps me to accomplish my long
journey and find a cure, the whole world
would be relieved and stop suffering from
this nighmare. So what I am saying is, “ Help
me, God, to say ‘Yes, I did it. I found a cure
for cancer.’ ”
Background digital photography by Marta Guardado.
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