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July 17, 2024
Emmanuella Asiedu is a remarkable young woman from Ghana, who was born and raised in Holon, Israel. Despite growing up in Israel, life wasn’t always easy for Emmanuella. Her parents, originally from Ghana, faced…
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July 17, 2024
Twenty-two-year-old Heaven Alem from Eritrea arrived in Israel in 2018 with her family. She left her home country at such a young age that she barely remembers anything about her journey through Egypt into
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July 17, 2024
Abel Welgbreal is a thirty-year-old from Eritrea. He got to Israel alone at a very young age in 2009. Based on a testing system he was taken by the Israeli government to a boarding school in Jerusalem. Abel was…
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July 17, 2024
Prefina Kahelekesa is from DR Congo and is 24 years old. She was born and raised in Israel, where her parents escaped the civil war from their country. She currently lives in Holon and completed her secondary education…
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June 19, 2023
Seventeen-year-old Deborah Geresadik was born in Eritrea and graduated from Bialik-Rogozin High School in Tel Aviv, in spring
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May 28, 2023
My name is Yosen Avraham, I am 18 years old, and my country of origin is
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April 16, 2023
I was born in New York City, one of the most diverse cities in the world. I attended a Jewish school from kindergarten through twelfth grade and was surrounded by Jews at school and synagogue. Central Park was a few…
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March 15, 2023
“I am passionate about creating changes, helping people, and making friends.” So says Taban Johnson Ruop, age 24 who was born in Mangala, a few miles from Juba, the capital of South
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February 26, 2023
My name is Isaac Bundu Kamara. I was born on September 12, 1975, in Sierra Leone, Northern region, Karene district. I am married with four children. My parents are deceased. In 1974, my father was transferred to Fadugu…
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December 18, 2022
I was born in Malawi and came to Israel with my brother, in 2019. I had heard many good things about Israel’s cultures and people. I am fluent in English and Chichewa, my native language. I can read and write Arabic and…
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September 1, 2022
I am Kyuma Abdallah Gumaa, a genocide survivor from the South Darfur State of Sudan. Beginning in 2003, government-sponsored Janjaweed militia shelled my village , looted properties, killed more than 200 people…
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August 15, 2022
Thirty-six-year old Ali A. Adam was born and raised in the South Darfur State of Sudan. “I am fluent in Arabic, English, Hebrew, and Tamok, which is a Tama tribal language and my mother tongue. I am passionate about…
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July 5, 2022
Success Story: Precious Udoh Twenty-three-year-old native-born Israeli Precious Udoh is an ASO staff member and its Chief Marketing Officer. At Tel Aviv University, she is in her final year as a Digital Society Studies…
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June 16, 2022
ASO’s student Roussel Moïse, from Sion, born in Cameroon, arrived in Israel in 2019 and is currently based in Beer Sheva. He was studying Animal Science and left his home in Africa, “seeking new life experiences and…
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May 26, 2022
ASO is saying goodbye to it student and former board member Tesfazgi Tekle
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January 5, 2021
The 2020 – 2021 academic year has been especially challenging for our students now participating in classes and taking exams exclusively online. They had to abandon live classroom interactions, meeting new friends, and…
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August 28, 2019
Graduate Student, IDC Herzliya; CEO & Co-Founder, African Students Organization in
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May 8, 2019
Welcome to the annual review newsletter of the African Students Organization (ASO). Over the last year, we introduced new academic projects, expanded our student enrollment and proudly congratulated our ten students on…
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April 25, 2019
Taj Haroun is from Darfur, Sudan. He fled Darfur because of genocide and systematic persecution, and he arrived in Israel in 2008 searching for freedom and a place to call home. Taj was involved in activism to promote a…
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January 1, 2019
It’s a New year! This is how we welcome 2019! What a night! Adam Khalid, Asmal Abdu, Hussein Zakaria, and Hamad Ishak invited us to their end of year dinner and we are so impressed by the five-course meal and beautiful…
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November 1, 2018
Again, it is the beginning of a new academic year 2018! ASO is privileged to present to you our new students class of 2018 – 2021. Students studying in various academic disciplines in different universities in Israel.…
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August 1, 2018
Approximately 10,000 African asylum seekers work as support staff in restaurants throughout Israel. With a certification in cooking, at one of the most renowned institutions in Israel, our students have the chance to…
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July 21, 2018
ASO is proud to congratulate our very own Aron Weldehirit on his successful completion of his BA in business administration majoring in finance from IDC Herzliya! Aron, a co-founder, and part of ASO’s original cohort of…
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