Video: Supermodel Alek Wek visits Yusuf Batil refugee camp and realizes first-hand the urgent need for international support for refugees in South Sudan.
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Alek Wek, an internationally renown supermodel, embarked on a journey with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) towards her homeland South Sudan. Wek was 14-years-old when she vacated South Sudan during the country’s civil war as a refugee in 1991. Last week signified Wek’s inaugural visit to South Sudan since the country gained its complete independence [...]
Photo: Supermodel and refugee advocate Alek Wek helps South Sudan celebrate 1 year of independence.
This July, Alek Wek will make her first journey home since South Sudan gained independence last year.
The former Sudanese refugee and supermodel, has not returned to South Sudan since 2005. She and her family, fled the country where she was a teenager. Her father died during the journey and Alek, her sister [...]
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