A Zimbabwean student who was heading home to mourn his brother is stuck in Canada after he lost his passport. Leonard Mawora’s passpor...
A Zimbabwean student who was heading home to mourn his
brother is stuck in Canada after he lost his passport.
Leonard Mawora’s passport was lost in a terrible mix up.
The 26 year-old business student at Memorial University in
St. John's should be on his way home to Zimbabwe, but he is stuck on his couch
in his basement apartment.
"I am in a tight spot, because in that passport was my
study permit, there was my U.K. visa, my Canadian visa," he said. "So
I am stuck, I can't even go anywhere," he told CBC News.
Last week, he purchased two bags from the Winners on
Stavanger Drive to carry what he needed on the long journey to Africa. But he
realised that he did not need both bags, although he had already started
packing them. He emptied the black Guess duffel bag and took it back to
Winners.
Little did he know that tucked away in that bag was his
passport. Store staff confirmed that someone bought the bag on Saturday, before
Mawora could get it back.
In an email to CBC a spokesperson for Winners said it feels
terrible about Mawora's predicament. The store can't track the item, but "we fervently hope
that a good Samaritan will find and return the documentation."
“It's been really hard, because the world can be a lonely
place. Since I lost my passport, I cannot even do anything."
The Zimbabwe embassy in Ottawa told him they could get him
emergency travel documents to get into his home country, but without his
Canadian student visa he can't get back to St. John's, and Mawora says it's not
easy to get documents in Zimbabwe.
"If people could just check their bags, maybe my
passport is in there somewhere," he said. "Right now I'm stuck."
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