Ethiopia: Education, A Refugee’s Call to Serve

4,235 views · Published 10 February 2016 · 2:22 · Indexed 25 October 2026

Channel: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2016 · News & Politics

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War forced Lim Bol Thong to flee South Sudan, putting his dreams of becoming a doctor on hold. As a refugee in the Kule camp in Gambella, Ethiopia, he has  found another way to serve. Just 21 years old, Lim started teaching chemistry at the school’s primary school and last yearwas promoted to Vice Principal. 

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