A Powerful Refugee’s Story from Child Soldier to Hero | Leonard Bagalwa | TEDxStGeorgeSalon

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This powerful story of a refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo. At age 17, he was kidnapped by rebel soldiers, and forced to be a child soldier he escaped and now he is helping other refugees in the United States. Leonard is committed to showing others how they can help a refugee.
Leonard was born and raised in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In 1997, at age 17, Leonard was kidnaped and used as child soldier. After 6 months of military training, he escaped and found himself in the refugee camp in Malawi where he lived several years. In 2004 he was resettled in the United States. Leonard completed his undergraduate education in Public and his master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) at Utah Valley University. Leonard is the founder and Executive Director of the Utah Valley Refugees, a Utah based nonprofit organization that is helping refugees with housing, education, healthcare, and employment.Leonard love helping others and because of his humanitarian work, he has been recognized and received multiple awards, Utah Business -Living Color and the Utah Freedom Festival and today here he
is with us. To learn more about his work, please visit his website at www.utahvalleyrefugees.org This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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The brave women of Iran are sacrificing their lives on the streets against oppression and injustice. Please be our voice🖤

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Thank you monsieur Bagalwa for sharing this powerful message…

[@jenniferbrown7659]

PowerFULL. Truth exposed. Very passionate. Great presentation. Worthy cause. Thank you. 🌅🌎🌙

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Your story is very especially and motivated for all people

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What is his email, or how can someone talk to him