Acho ready for next challenge
Originally Published: November 16, 2006
By
Craig Haubert | Scouts Inc.
Sam Acho has had an opportunity to see the world through a different perspective than many teens his age.
His parents were both born and raised in Nigeria before they moved to the states. His father Sonny, a psychotherapist, and his mother Christie, a registered nurse, have been going back to their homeland for years to give out medicine and give leadership training.
Sam began joining them on these missions about three years ago and has found the experience to be an eye-opening one.
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