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Supermodel, former refugee and UNHCR Refugee Advocate, Alek Wek

Alek Wek raises awareness of refugees' plight

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
theGRIO REPORT - Now free from the specter of war, those returning to the newly christened South Sudan (split off from Sudan in the north through the treaty) are facing fresh perils. Wek's retraced her journey back home to South Sudan in July of 2012 to draw attention to their plight...
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Student goes from refugee camp to the Ivy League

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VIDEO - It's a long way from the soccer fields of Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp to the Ivy League -- but Morris Kaunda Michael made the journey...
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