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2021 winner
Christian Maboko
Burundi
A Burundian national, Christian lives in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya. Christian, dedicated to helping others, is the founder of the NGO Project 21, which promotes vocational training to help people escape poverty. He also collaborates with young people from different nationalities as a member of the Vijana Twaweza club, which aims to fight malnutrition in Kakuma through permaculture design. For his Rise project, Christian created a workshop to teach fellow refugees about the importance of sexual health.