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Mültecilere acımayın, onlara inanın

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Luma Mufleh |

TED2017

• April 2017

Ürdünlü göçmen, Birleşik Devletler'de mülteciler için ilk kez okul kuran Suriye kökenli Müslüman Luma Mufleh, ''İnsaniyet dışında, hayatımızın her noktasında gelişme katettik,'' diyor. Savaşla harap olmuş ülkelerdeki genç insanlara, hayatlarını yeniden kurma yolunda nasıl yardım ettiğini anlatan umut ve direnç hikâyelerini paylaşıyor. Bu etkili konuşmadan, mültecilerin hayatlarında nasıl bir fark yaratılabileceğine dair ilham alın.

Ürdünlü göçmen, Birleşik Devletler'de mülteciler için ilk kez okul kuran Suriye kökenli Müslüman Luma Mufleh, ''İnsaniyet dışında, hayatımızın her noktasında gelişme katettik,'' diyor. Savaşla harap olmuş ülkelerdeki genç insanlara, hayatlarını yeniden kurma yolunda nasıl yardım ettiğini anlatan umut ve direnç hikâyelerini paylaşıyor. Bu etkili konuşmadan, mültecilerin hayatlarında nasıl bir fark yaratılabileceğine dair ilham alın.

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Luma Mufleh

Refugee activist

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Luma Mufleh does something revolutionary: she coaches soccer. A Jordanian immigrant and Muslim of Syrian descent, Mufleh is determined to empower refugee children everywhere.

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Learn more about Fugees Family, a non-profit organization devoted to working with child survivors of war.

Donate to Fugees Family and empower child survivors of war to rebuild their lives.