A refugee from South Sudan, currently residing in Kenya, has won the praise of many with her selfless donations to refugee camps where she once lived.
According to the United Nations High Commission For Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday, May 4, Adhieu Achuil Dhieu took the time to make 3000 masks and homemade bar soaps to give to the refugees in three camps in the country.
"Adhieu Achuil Dhieu is a South Sudanese refugee from Dadaab and a DAFI scholarship beneficiary studying at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT).
"Using skills gained from the camp, she has made over 3,000 masks and homemade bar soaps to fight Covid-19 pandemic. The items were delivered to Dadaab, Kakuma and other urban refugees," UNHCR announced.
The room where Achuil sat to make the cakes of soaps and the masks bear a testimony to the effort and time that she took to ensures that people in her former home had the means to stave off the effects of the pandemic.
From a room littered with bottles, buckets manilla paper and other containers, Achuil's selfless efforts were capped when she packed the donations in the trunk of a vehicle to have them shipped to those in need.
Achuil is one of the beneficiaries of the DAFI programme (Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative) which enables young refugees to unlock their potential by addressing key barriers to higher education.
According to the UNHCR, once the scholarship is issued, one of the strategic priorities of the DAFI program is to promote the self-reliance of sponsored students through opportunities for employment and entrepreneurship.
It is also meant to empower students to contribute knowledge, skills, and leadership to the refugee community, and to facilitate peaceful coexistence with host communities during displacement.
Apart from that, the program also aims to foster future role models for refugee children and youth to demonstrate the impact of education on individuals, communities and societies, values that Achuil's selfless donation has espoused.
Achuil was hailed by a section of Kenyans for her selfless sacrifice and for remembering where she started her life, with others calling for her to be supported to get the project going.
"God bless you daughter. We need more of you to develop our people and nation. Thanks and may God bless you always. And you need to be supported in your small project," Michael Lupai stated, amidst other plaudits.
