THE PEOPLE
MONDETTA CHARITY FOUNDATION
Nearly forty years ago, two families left East Africa as both immigrants and refugees
to eventually find their way to Winnipeg, Manitoba where they began to rebuild their
lives and establish new roots.
In 1970, Raj Bahl, VP Sales, immigrated to Canada from Nairobi, Kenya, at the young
age of three, along with his parents and siblings. Though recollections of his experiences
in Kenya are blurred and clouded by the passage of time, his memories are kept alive
through the stories told to him by his parents and various family friends who shared
a similar experience.
In 1972, under the dictatorial rule of President Idi Amin, Ugandan citizens of Asian
descent were forcibly expelled from the country, given 90 days notice to leave the
only home they had ever known. The Modha family, including Ash, President and CEO,
Prashant, VP Finance, and Kish, VP Administration, was one of thousands of families
to leave the part of Africa known as the “Cradle of the Nile” and forge new roots
in foreign lands.