After years of being stateless refugees, my family now enjoys the privileges and protections of citizenship. I hold an Australian passport, the only passport I have ever had.
Recently, I returned to the place that first formed me: Kakuma refugee camp, home to almost 300,000 people in northwest Kenya. I travelled with Australia for UNHCR – the national partner of the United Nations Refugee Agency – in a voluntary capacity. I did this because I want to use my story to help raise funds for refugee education programs.