Former Somali Refugee Wins UN Refugee Award

Former Somali Refugee Wins UN Refugee Award

前索马里难民赢得联合国难民奖

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　　By Dan Novak

　　29 November 2023

　　The United Nations refugee agency has named a former child refugee from Somalia winner of this year's Nansen Refugee Award.

　　The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recognized Abdullahi Mire for providing 100,000 books to Somali refugees in camps in Kenya. Mire is now 36 years old.

　　"Last year, 2022, Angela Merkel, the former Federal Chancellor of Germany, won the award and today a young refugee from Dadaab. The sky is not the limit," Mire told VOA Somalia.

　　"He has shown great resourcefulness and tenacity in strengthening the quality of refugee education," Grandi said in a statement.

　　Mire was born in southern Somalia in 1987. In 1991, his family fled the country because of Somalia's civil war.

　　"I fled from Qoryooley in the Lower Shabelle region in 1991 with my mother and grew up and lived in the Dadaab refugee camps for 23 years," Mire told VOA.

　　The Dadaab complex in northeastern Kenya today has a population of more than 240,000 refugees, most from Somalia. Over half of the camp's population are children.

　　Mire finished elementary and secondary schooling while living in the camp. He went on to earn a college degree in public relations and journalism from Kenya's Kenyatta University. He said his mother gave him help and support to become, in his words, "a voice for my vulnerable population."

　　Mire got a job with the United Nations International Organization for Migration in Somalia. He worked in the capital Mogadishu and the southern cities of Baidoa and Kismayo.

　　He said his childhood in Dadaab and professional experience taught him the importance of his education. So, he decided to dedicate his professional life to helping his fellow refugees.

　　In early 2018, he started an organization called Refugee Youth Education Hub. The organization centers on refugee education and youth development.

　　After shortly living in Norway, he returned to Dadaab to help.

　　"I had a yearning to serve my community that drew me back to the camp," he said.

　　A refugee woman who was studying medicine in Dadaab inspired him to collect books for refugee camps, Mire said.

　　"She told me about 20 girls normally shared one biology book. That inspired me to use social media for a book collection and donation campaign till we reached 100,000 books."

　　Mire is not the only Somali who has won the Nansen Refugee Award. In 2012, the UNHCR presented Hawa Aden Mohamed with the award for her work to help Somali refugee and displaced females.

　　The award is named for the Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat and humanitarian, Fridtjof Nansen.

　　"The win is not for me alone," Mire said in a statement. "It is for all the volunteers I work with... It is for the children in the schools."

　　I'm Dan Novak.

　　Mohamed Olad Hassan wrote this story for Voice of America. Dan Novak adapted it for VOA Learning English.

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　　作者：Dan Novak

　　日期：2023年11月29日

　　联合国难民署已经宣布一位来自索马里的前儿童难民为今年的南森难民奖得主。

　　联合国难民事务高级专员办公室（UNHCR）表彰了阿卜杜拉希·米雷，他为肯尼亚难民营中的索马里难民提供了10万本书。米雷现年36岁。

　　"去年，2022年，德国前联邦总理安吉拉·默克尔赢得了这个奖项，而今天是来自达达布的一位年轻难民。天空并不是极限，" 米雷告诉美国之音索马里频道。

　　菲利波·格兰迪是联合国难民署的主席。他说，米雷是“变革性思想”可以源于流离失所的社区的活生生的证明。

　　格兰迪在一份声明中说：“他在提高难民教育质量方面表现出了极大的机智和坚韧。”

　　米雷于1987年在索马里南部出生。1991年，由于索马里的内战，他的家人逃离了这个国家。

　　"我在1991年和我的母亲一起从Lower Shabelle地区的Qoryooley逃离，然后在达达布难民营生活和成长了23年，" 米雷告诉美国之音。

　　位于肯尼亚东北部的达达布复合体如今拥有超过24万名难民，大部分来自索马里。营地的人口中有一半以上是儿童。

　　米雷在营地生活期间完成了小学和中学教育。他继续在肯尼亚的肯雅塔大学获得了公共关系和新闻学的学士学位。他说，他的母亲给予了他帮助和支持，用他的话说，成为"我这个弱势群体的代言人"。

　　米雷在索马里的联合国国际移民组织找到了一份工作。他在首都摩加迪沙和南部城市拜多亚和基斯马尤工作。

　　他说，他在达达布的童年和专业经验教会了他教育的重要性。所以，他决定将他的职业生涯奉献给帮助他的难民同胞。

　　在2018年初，他创立了一个名为“难民青年教育中心”的组织。该组织以难民教育和青年发展为中心。

　　在挪威短暂生活后，他回到达达布提供帮助。

　　"我有一种渴望服务我的社区的冲动，这让我回到了营地，"他说。

　　米雷说，一位在达达布学习医学的难民女性激发了他为难民营收集书籍的灵感。

　　"她告诉我，大约有20个女孩通常共享一本生物学书。这激发了我利用社交媒体进行书籍收集和捐赠活动，直到我们收集到10万本书。"

　　米雷并不是唯一一个获得南森难民奖的索马里人。2012年，联合国难民署将这个奖项颁发给了哈瓦·阿登·穆罕默德，以表彰她帮助索马里难民和流离失所的女性的工作。

　　这个奖项是以挪威探险家、科学家、外交家和人道主义者弗里乔夫·南森的名字命名的。

　　"这个胜利不仅仅是我的，"米雷在一份声明中说。"这是我和所有志愿者共同的胜利...这是学校里孩子们的胜利。"

　　我是丹·诺瓦克。

　　穆罕默德·奥拉德·哈桑为美国之音撰写了这篇文章。丹·诺瓦克为美国之音英语学习改编了它。

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　　这个故事中的词汇

　　transformative — adj.能够或可能引起改变的

　　resourceful — adj. 能够妥善应对新的或困难的情况，并找到解决问题的方法

　　tenacious — adj.非常决心做某事

　　vulnerable — adj. 在身体、精神或情感上容易受到伤害的

　　dedicate — v. 把时间、金钱、精力、注意力等用于某事

　　yearn — v.强烈地希望或渴望某事

　　inspire — v.使人有做某事的欲望