Mary Maker says education changed the course of her life and urges world leaders to invest in education for refugees.
UN Goodwill Ambassador: Millions of refugee children missing school Mary Maker fled South Sudan as a child and grew up in a refugee camp in Kenya. Now a UN Goodwill Ambassador, she says education changed the course of her life and is urging world leaders to invest in education and jobs for refugees.
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