A cello, a meeting, and a new melody in Mary’s life; Refugee receives an instrument as a gift

Two sleepless nights. So long, Maria Bustamante was awake because of the news that someone just wanted to give her a cello. Not to contain, she thought. Maria (33), from Colombia, has been living in the asylum seekers’ center (AZC) in Hoogeveen for some time. Last week it was time: she got her cello.

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