Refugee camps are found all over the world. Usually they are a result of war or fighting between groups of people. Those in refugee camps often have little or no personal belongings and rely on outside help to survive. There are over 100,000 people in Tanzania living in refugee camps. There are so many people in the world that have everything they need, but there are also people who have lost everything. The refugee camps are an example of this. Not only is it difficult to survive but many times those in camps are separated from family. This is exceptionally hard for children who are not with their parents. Another problem is that once a person is in the camp, it is hard to get out. Baruani, a boy from the Republic of Congo has experienced all this. His family was killed in a fire when their home was burned down. He fled Congo and went to a refugee camp in Tanzania. When he was 10, he decided to help others who were having problems like his by creating a radio show that solved others problems.
Baruani has been through a lot of difficult things in his young life. At only 5 years old he experienced the death of his family, and was put in a refugee camp in Tanzania. Due to problems he experienced in the refugee camp, Baruani started a radio show and a refugee parliament. Baruani’s stories that were aired on the radio focused on getting people to understand how bad it is to live in the refugee camps. Therefore, he wanted to help bring children separated from their families together and also give them a voice to tell their stories. He wanted to help other children who had similar experiences, to express their concerns. Baruani said, "It's my greatest wish that through radio, children all over the world will raise their voices and speak up so that their rights will be respected everywhere"(Baruani ENG). Baruani has been very helpful to the people in Tanzania. He has given the children in the refugee camps in Tanzania “a voice”. Due to the popularity of his radio-show, it also aired in Congo, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi and has helped the people there too.
Baruani has really understood the meaning of being in a refugee camp and what is going to happen through his years there. “Growing up in refugee camps means growing up with no future” (Baruani ENG). Baruani claims that if people stay in the refugee camps, they will never leave it and will never have a future outside in the “real world”. That is why Baruani chose to do something with his life, to try to change this. He chose to make the radio show and let the children in his camp tell their stories. Since this was broadcasted widely, he managed to help many children. Baruani received the Childrens Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 for his work, and has now managed to make a life for himself outside the refugee camp.
Baruani, who has had first-hand experience with losing family and fleeing to a refugee camp in another country, is trying to solve other people’s problems using the radio. He has lived through the past nine years as a miserable boy because he has had no family and no future looking for him. When he turned ten, a lot of things changed. He started his radio-show and helped others with the same pain as him. He did this for others because he cares. He pushed the past behind him and started a new and fresh beginning by creating the radio show and solving problems for others which makes him happy.
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