#TeamRefugees: Yolande Mabika

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
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Published on Jun 3, 2016

Orphaned by conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Yolande found new hope in judo. Now she has been chosen for the Refugee Olympic Team in Rio de Janeiro.

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