{"id":4353,"date":"2017-06-21T06:40:57","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T06:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/4353-unicef-appoints-syrian-refugee-muzoon-almellehan-as-goodwill-ambassador\/"},"modified":"2017-06-21T06:40:57","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T06:40:57","slug":"unicef-appoints-syrian-refugee-muzoon-almellehan-as-goodwill-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/4353-unicef-appoints-syrian-refugee-muzoon-almellehan-as-goodwill-ambassador\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICEF appoints Syrian refugee Muzoon Almellehan as Goodwill Ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UNICEF announced yesterday, on the eve of World Refugee Day, the appointment of Muzoon Almellehan, a 19-year-old education activist and Syrian refugee, as its newest \u2013 and youngest \u2013 Goodwill Ambassador. The appointment makes Muzoon the first person with official refugee status to become an Ambassador for UNICEF.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>UNICEF announced yesterday, on the eve of World Refugee Day, the appointment of Muzoon Almellehan, a 19-year-old education activist and Syrian refugee, as its newest \u2013 and youngest \u2013 Goodwill Ambassador. The appointment makes Muzoon the first person with official refugee status to become an Ambassador for UNICEF.<\/h4>\n<h4>Muzoon, who received support from UNICEF while living in Za\u2019atari refugee camp in Jordan, follows in the footsteps of the late Audrey Hepburn, a Goodwill Ambassador who was also supported by UNICEF as a child.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cEven as a child, I knew that education was the key to my future, so when I fled Syria, the only belongings I took with me were my school books,\u201d said Muzoon. \u201cAs a refugee, I saw what happens when children are forced into early marriage or manual labor \u2013 they lose out on education and they lose out on possibilities for the future. That\u2019s why I am proud to be working with UNICEF to help give these children a voice and to get them into school.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4>Muzoon fled the conflict in Syria along with her family in 2013, living as refugee for three years in Jordan before being resettled in the United Kingdom.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-14809\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/images_2017_06_21_06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"895\" height=\"597\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNICEF announced yesterday, on the eve of World Refugee Day, the appointment of Muzoon Almellehan, a 19-year-old education activist and Syrian refugee, as its newest \u2013 and youngest \u2013 Goodwill Ambassador. 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