Yiech Pur Biel

Yiech Pur Biel

@Pur_Biel - 11/06/2018

RT @melissarfleming: I am so proud of our Refugee speakers. We will be posting their talks online soon! https://t.co/6C0L6OKpU2

Yiech Pur Biel

@Pur_Biel - 10/06/2018

Thank you my friend @KateOtega for all the support, and especially to my preparation as a #TEDxKakumaCamp speaker. Truly appreciated it. #IAmKakuma #WithRefugees https://t.co/qxKKpqup5S

Yiech Pur Biel

@Pur_Biel - 10/06/2018

RT @melissarfleming: We brought the power of the @TEDTalks stage to Kakuma Camp & the speakers made history. #TEDxKakumaCamp @NomzamoMbatha…

Yiech Pur Biel

@Pur_Biel - 09/06/2018

RT @SybellaWilkes: The magnificent ⁦@Pur_Biel⁩ is on the #TEDxKakumaCamp stage with his incredible story of running https://t.co/wE75as9k3z

Yiech Pur Biel

@Pur_Biel - 09/06/2018

You see, I didn’t like the road I was on but I never gave up. You don’t have to like the road you are on. But you should keep going because you never know what chances you will find. #TEDxKakumaCamp https://t.co/pErTxMWkOO

Yiech Pur Biel

@Pur_Biel - 09/06/2018

“Life is about struggle,” I told myself. #TEDxKakumaCamp

Yiech Pur Biel

@Pur_Biel - 09/06/2018

And then another run changed my life once more. But this one was a good run: a run not away from war, but towards something. I had adapted to life in the camp. I started school and made friends. I was a good player on a football team. #TEDxKakumaCamp

Yiech Pur Biel

@Pur_Biel - 09/06/2018

A woman called Rebecca, who I call my “Kakuma mama,” adopted me and from the very first day, she treated me like her own son. I became part of her family. There are seven of us – my “Kakuma brothers” who I love so much. #TEDxKakumaCamp

Yiech Pur Biel

@Pur_Biel - 09/06/2018

I was safe but I felt alone and abandoned. But I think I have been very lucky. #TEDxKakumaCamp

Yiech Pur Biel

@Pur_Biel - 09/06/2018

Like every person in this camp, my first important run was fleeing for my life. I was rescued by UN workers and soon after I boarded my first ever flight to Kenya and then Kakuma refugee camp. I was only nine years old. #TEDxKakumaCamp