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Launching a new life from a refugee camp, with Mary Maker - UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

Awake At Night by Tulin Battikhi

Jul 14, 202647:48News & Politics

War is Mary Maker's earliest memory. Born in South Sudan and named Nyiriak — meaning "war" — she spent her youth living and working in one of the world's largest refugee camps. Now a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN...

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