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Radio 4 AppealBook Aid InternationalRewriting her future

How one young refugee used books to change her own story

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4. Using the books sent to her school by Book Aid International, Yvonne earned top grades

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  • 1. Yvonne’s family fled genocide in Burundi and eventually arrived in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya
  • 2. Kakuma Refugee Camp is home to over 180,000 people. It is hot, crowded and dusty
  • 3. Kakuma’s classrooms are overcrowded and under resourced – but Yvonne was determined to succeed
  • 4. Using the books sent to her school by Book Aid International, Yvonne earned top grades
  • 5. She applied for and won a university scholarship, and now she is an inspiration to other refugee girls
  • 6. "Being a refugee is challenging, but I have a dream to become an engineer. I am going to achieve this through books." Yvonne

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