Activity 2: Swimming To Safety
Yursa Mardini was a Syrian person when she got sick of the fighting and wanted leave the country and become a Refugee. In 2015 at summer the traveled through Lebanon to turkey before leaving in a dingy with to many people.
When they where Traveling on the dingy the engines broke down and the people on it where sinking Yursa, her sister and 2 others jumped of the boat and swam for 3 and a half hours to stop there dingy from sinking. with this heroic action she had and the people that jumped with her had saved all the people on the dingy.
1 year later, the international Olympic Committee recognized her potential and she became a member of the first Refuge Olympic Team. Yursa competed in the competition in Rio, 2016 to help represent 65 million people.
Since then, Yursa has visited the United States and has meet Barack Obama & Pope Francis. she has been winning heaps of awards and medals. Yursa now lives Berlin Germany and is training hard for the for the next Olympic games in Tokyo, 2020. Yursa is representing The UNHCR a UN refugee agency. her message of hope, determination and hope reminds of those who ran from their country to achieve great things.
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ReplyDeleteKueni here from the Summer Learning Journey again. I hope you are having an awesome Thursday morning.
I can see you have found the story about Yusra Mardini on her website - she is such an awesome lady who has inspired so many people.
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