The United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR, announced that Abdullahi Mayer is the 2023 UNICEF Nansen Refugee Global Award Winner.
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The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, announced that Abdullahi Mair – a former refugee and journalist who has advocated for the right to education by putting 100,000 books into the hands of refugee children in Kenya – will be the 2023 UNICEF Nansen Refugee Global Laureate. Born in Somalia, Mire grew up in the Dadaab refugee camps in Kenya. He eventually settled in Norway, but a desire to serve his community drew him back. She found work as a journalist in Kenya and founded the refugee-led organization Refugee Youth Education Hublink Bahri, which has opened three libraries in the camps – stocked with donated books – and provided learning opportunities to thousands of displaced children. Have done. The awards will be presented at a ceremony at the Global Refugee Forum 2023 in Geneva on 13 December. The award is made possible through the cooperation of the Governments of Norway and Switzerland, the IKEA Foundation and the City and Canton of Geneva. They are named after Fridtjof Nansen, a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat and humanitarian.
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