Name: Education is a fundamental right for every child
Uploaded: 2021-12-10T15:36:48Z
Duration: 9 min
Description: For children growing up in refugee camps, education is a powerful tool of liberation. In this inspiring talk, Makhtoum Abdalla, displaced as a child in Sudan and now living with his family in the Otash camp in Darfur, shares his biggest dream: to ensure all children are educated and taught the skills needed to become "captains of their destiny."

For children growing up in refugee camps, education is a powerful tool of liberation. In this inspiring talk, Makhtoum Abdalla, displaced as a child in Sudan and now living with his family in the Otash camp in Darfur, shares his biggest dream: to ensure all children are educated and taught the skills needed to become "captains of their destiny."

Makhtoum Abdalla: Education is a fundamental right for every child

Education is a fundamental right for every child

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A Sudanese youth's journey from an IDP camp to advocating for education's power to illuminate futures and foster global peace.

From a Sudanese IDP camp, a youth uses education as a beacon, dreaming of medical school to combat malnutrition and hardship.