Asylum seeker teens in
A group of kids on a canoe trip is a pretty normal summer camp activity in Maine. But for most of these teens, it’s their first time in a canoe. Most of their families recently arrived in Maine from Angola, and today is a welcome reprieve from the crowded emergency shelter in Portland where they’ve been living. In this Borealis story, these teens take a canoe trip with a new program #WEOUTSIDE, launched this summer to introduce asylum seeker teenagers to the Maine Outdoors.