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Asha is from South Sudan. She went to the Matariya Adventist school. She told me that this school used to have a partnership with an international Brazilian private school, the Nile Union Academy which is also under the Adventist church. The Nile Union Academy is a boarding school. If you really...
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Diana and Lydia, both Eritrean refugees with their blue card, told me that they have a good relationship with their embassy. On the one hand, Lydia explained to me that when Sarah, her sister, passed away, they wanted to bury her body in Eritrea because here in Egypt they would have to cremate her...
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SENA MEGERSA
Under United States law, a refugee is someone who is located outside of the United States, demonstrates that they were persecuted, or fear persecution due to race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group. A lot of refugees are people under...
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Júlia: I asked them several questions and these are her main findings:
-Many students complain about school fees being higher than worth it
-Are you happy with your teachers? They told me that of the 6 teachers they are just happy with 3 of them. They told me that usually, they have language...
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I came to Egypt in 2016. During that time, there was a widespread belief that if you speak about your problems to the UNHCR and its branches or other humanitarian organizations that would present you with a chance to move to a better place like Canada or Europe. We were naive. My mother and I...
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Session 1: 14/02/2021
I came from Sudan to Egypt through the desert, and it was so dramatic. We passed the mountains, and it was so hard. It is not safe at all. My mum at that time was pregnant, but I did not know she was pregnant. I was 17 at that time. But you know, we left Sudan because life...
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Khadija was born in 1998 in Burundi but has been living in Egypt since she was 2 years old. She attended Africa Hope learning center for more than 10 years and defines her experience there as being really bad. She could just identify two things that she liked. First of all, when she began...
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Senae, was born in 2007 in Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, he is a single child and a vegetarian since he is 10 years old. He is Coptic Orthodox and lives in Maadi with his mum and dad. The Principal of the CAWU Learning center, Peter Mathias, told me that he is extremely smart, and I could confirm...
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Victoria (18) is from Congo but was born in Egypt. She has three older brothers, one younger sister, and a three-year-old brother. She is currently living alone with her mother and four siblings as her father passed away in 2020 when he returned to Congo to visit her family and tried to find work...
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Fiona Cameron has worked with refugees in the UK and Egypt for over fifteen years. Before returning to the UK in 2012 she was working as Educational Director at St Andrew’s Refugee Services (StARS) in Cairo and has remained involved with the organization since then as Chair of the Advisory Board....