Ethiopian Teenager Provides Strength for Fellow Refugees
From: Deutsche Welle
Series: Generation Change
Length: 04:57
Seventy to eighty thousand refugees move to the U.S. each year to make a new life in America. But, before they arrive, many lived in refugee camps for years. Some refugees spend their entire life in camps that were meant to be temporary. Reporter Becky Palmstrom visited one such refugee camp in northern Kenya. At least 50,000 people live in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Northern Kenya. That’s where Palmstrom met a young woman from Ethiopia, named Sadia Happi. Happi has been in the camp for almost three years now, and she’s only 19 years old, but she’s already become a community leader among the Oromo – a tribal group from Ethiopia. Here’s her story.
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Seventy to eighty thousand refugees move to the U.S. each year to make a new life in America. But, before they arrive, many lived in refugee camps for years. Some refugees spend their entire life in camps that were meant to be temporary. Reporter Becky Palmstrom visited one such refugee camp in northern Kenya. At least 50,000 people live in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Northern Kenya. That’s where Palmstrom met a young woman from Ethiopia, named Sadia Happi. Happi has been in the camp for almost three years now, and she’s only 19 years old, but she’s already become a community leader among the Oromo – a tribal group from Ethiopia. Here’s her story.
Timing and Cues
Length: 4:57
Open: In a burning Sunday Afternoon
Outag: ...in Kakuma refuge camp, I'm Becky Palmstrom." (music out)
Intro and Outro
INTRO:Seventy to eighty-thousand refugees moved to the U.S. each year to make a new life in America. But, before they arrive, many lived in refugee camps for years. Some refugees spend their entire life in camps that were meant to be temporary. Reporter Becky Palmstrom visited one such refugee camp in northern Kenya. At least 50,000 people live in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Northern Kenya. That’s where Palmstrom met a young woman from Ethiopia, named Sadia Happi. Happi has been in the camp for almost three years now, and she’s only 19 years old, but she’s already become a community leader among the Oromo – a tribal group from Ethiopia. Here’s her story.
OUTRO:For more on Deutsche Welle's "Generation Change" series go to http://rss.dw-world.de/xml/podcast_en_pulse_series
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