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Apr 2022
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S2-Ep5 Unlocking The Potential of Refuge...

Omar Almajali
About this episode

Every human deserves an education, especially the vulnerable and uprooted refugee children who have no choice in the circumstances they are often forced to face. This week I interviewed Rudayna Abdo, an MIT graduate, who left her career in urban planning to pursue a calling in giving back to refugees through an organization she founded named Thaki. 

Thaki is a non-profit organization that’s on a mission to empower thousands of vulnerable children in the MENA region with the high quality education that they deserve. The model that Thaki operates in is a highly collaborative and savvy one, that involves collecting used computers donated by organizations, loading them with relevant educational content and distributing them to schools or institutions that interact with refugees.

What makes this story even more special is the fact that Rudayna herself was a refugee child who was forced to flee her country, at 8 years, in a boat to Cyprus due to the civil war in Lebanon. She knows and understands, by first hand experience, the struggles that refugee children around the world go through.

We also talk about what it really takes to start an NGO organization, and the importance of collaboration in a space like this

I decided to cover some of the most interesting social entrepreneurship endeavors during the holy month of Ramadan, and providing digital literacy to refugee children is one that definitely deserved the highlight! 

Show Notes:

Thaki’s website: https://thaki.org/
Rudayna Abdo’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rudaynaabdo/
Tuyoor Al Amal website: https://www.tuyooralamal.com/


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