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Emmanuel, an 18 year old South Sudanese refugee, has been given a fresh start by being accepted into an Italian university. Emmanuel had to flee from his home when fighting drew near, and became an internally displaced refugee; he remained inside South Sudan. Then he earned a scholarship to United World Colleges. "A person can lose hope, but you have to believe in what you do", Emmanuel says.

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DUINO, Italy - On a cliff top overlooking the Adriatic Sea, 18-year-old Emmanuel sits on a rock, doing his economics homework in the late afternoon sun. War overshadowed his childhood and educational opportunities in South Sudan, but now he is catching up academically and making the most of a scholarship to UWC ( United World College) Adriatic College in Duino, near Trieste.

"There is a feeling of freedom up here," he says, spreading out his arms. "A human being is like a tree. When you are in a bad environment, you narrow yourself and your thoughts but in a good place, you expand."

UWC Adriatic is one of 17 colleges and schools that UWC has established around the globe, teaching the International Baccalaureate (IB). Founded in 1962, UWC is a secular organization with a mission to make education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future. This year, the UWC Refugee Initiative, supported by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, hopes to more than double the number of scholarships it currently offers to refugees, from 47 to at least 100.

The cooperation between UNHCR and UWC is an example of the type of new partnerships needed to advance a comprehensive response, achieve better protection and long-lasting solutions for refugees and widen the options available for those refugees with few prospects of attaining a durable solution.

UNHCR hopes that the UWC Refugee Initiative can grow beyond the initial 100 students that will benefit from UWC's colleges and schools. Education is crucial for young refugees to build their future, become self-reliant, provide leadership in displacement and rebuild communities recovering from conflict, including in areas of return and in host countries.

Like its sister schools on four continents, UWC Adriatic pursues a policy of "deliberate diversity", bringing together students from all over the world. It currently has 188 students, of whom 10 are refugees, from over 80 countries doing the two-year IB programme, providing over 70 per cent of students with full or partial scholarships.

"We look for potential young leaders and persuasive students who will go out into the world and make a difference," says headmaster Mike Price. "At UWC Adriatic, we provide the melting pot and let the students do the melting."

Emmanuel is in the first semester of his first year at UWC Adriatic. His scholarship is courtesy of Anna Illy, of the famous Italian coffee roasting company Illy, and she has come to the college to meet Emmanuel for the first time. They sit in a café, sipping from small cups, before it is time for him to go to his English class.

Emmanuel's English is fluent, and he also speaks Arabic and his native Moru tongue. He grew up in Yambio in South Sudan. While still in primary school, he fled conflict and became an internally displaced person in his own country, like millions of others. He later became an orphan, although he does not want to talk about his childhood. The memories are too painful.

"A person can lose hope but you have to believe in what you do."

After attending secondary school in Bahr Naam, Maridi County, Emmanuel moved to the capital of Juba but ran into fierce battles between government and rebel forces. He fled to Uganda, becoming one of over a million refugees from South Sudan at present being hosted in the neighbouring country. His older sister Raile also fled separately to Uganda. Miraculously, they met up again in Bweyale refugee camp.

A friend from South Sudan called Peter told Emmanuel about the UWC scholarship. Peter himself was too old to apply but encouraged his younger friend. "Peter has a caring heart," says Emmanuel. "We had a closeness and when I faced challenges, he was like a brother to me."

But Emmanuel had to take a big risk, giving up the protection he had been given in Uganda in order to return to his home country and to take part in the UWC scholarship interviews in Juba. "I spend most of my time praying," he says. "A person can lose hope but you have to believe in what you do."

He was selected by the UWC South Sudan National Committee from 19 candidates. Perhaps his 400-word essay on the war was the decisive factor, or perhaps it was his record of service as a Pathfinder (equivalent to a Boy Scout) in the Adventist church.

Emmanuel has settled in well at UWC Adriatic. He shares a room with a Ukrainian student, while his best friend is a boy from Japan.

"Everything was new," Emmanuel says. "The weather, the landscape, the people around, so nice and welcoming. I am seeing things differently here."

Emmanuel is studying economics, philosophy and biology, with mathematics, Italian and English as secondary subjects. After his morning lectures and a quick lunch in the canteen, the cliff top is a peaceful spot in the open air to do his homework.

The trees here remind him of his old school in South Sudan. He admits he is homesick. "I come up here to refresh my mind, to listen to songs on my phone and sing along with them. I miss home. I have lost old friends. But life is not a choice. It's all about where you find yourself."

Economics is the subject he hopes will take him to university after he completes the IB, possibly in Europe, and back home again to South Sudan. He is determined to return and make a difference for his own people.

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In Italy, scholarship gives South Sudanese refugee fresh chance

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DUINO, Italy - On a cliff top overlooking the Adriatic Sea, 18-year-old Emmanuel sits on a rock, doing his economics homework in the late afternoon sun. War overshadowed his childhood and educational opportunities in South Sudan, but now he is catching up academically and making the most of a scholarship to UWC ( United World College) Adriatic College in Duino, near Trieste.

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South Sudan is located in northeast Africa, just south of the Sahara Desert. Its population is 12,230,000. It is one of the poorest countries in the world, and less than 30% of the population age 15 or older can read and write.

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是 美国的一个 名人堂，表彰科学领域和社会上的著名 机器人，以及 机器人学方面的成就。该组织由位于美国 宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡的 卡内基·梅隆大学计算机科学学院于2003年成立。2003年11月10日，在 卡内基科学中心 举行了第一次入选典礼，有4个机器人入选。从2003年到2010年，机器人名人堂的入选者都是由一个特定小组选出的。公众也可以提名机器人，但必须说明提名理由。2012年，这一过程发生了重大变化：名人堂将机器人分为四类：教育与消费、娱乐、工业与服务、研究。每个类别中选出三个候选的机器人，之后通过在线投票系统投票，最后从调查和投票结果中选出获胜的机器人。自机器人名人堂成立以来，截止2012年，已有30个机器人入选，包括真实的和虚构的。

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是 美国的一个 名人堂，表彰科学领域和社会上的著名 机器人，以及 机器人学方面的成就。该组织由位于美国 宾夕法尼亚州 匹兹堡的 卡内基·梅隆大学计算机科学学院于2003年成立。2003年11月10日，在 卡内基科学中心 ...

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The people being affected are average South Sudanese citizens who did nothing wrong. Over 2,000,000 people, or 1/3 of the entire population, have been effected. 80% of the refugees or displaced people are women and children. The crisis has grown to become the third largest crisis of its kind in the world, after only Syria and Afghanistan.

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Over 1,000,000 South Sudanese refugees have been admitted to neighboring Uganda to the south. 350,000 have entered Ethiopia, on South Sudan's Eastern Border. Over 2,000,000 people have been forced to flee their homes but remain inside South Sudan. Countries that have also taken South Sudanese refugees include Central African Republic (to the south), Kenya (to the southeast), Democratic Republic of the Congo (to the south), and Sudan (to the north

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In 2011, South Sudan split from Sudan after a civil war. A political rivalry started another conflict in 2013. People were tortured, starved, and raped. A piece treaty was signed in 2015. A refugee crisis started, and the fact that the country is so poor didn't help.

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Most refugees have no choice but to walk. They have to be sneaky about it, doing things like leaving in darkness or sneaking through the rain forest, because there is a high risk of being shot.

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What Are Their Lives Like When They Get There?

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What Are Their Lives Like When They Get There?

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Many people have to live in refugee camps. These camps don't  have many resources and there is a high risk of sickness. In most cases they must learn a new language so they can  get a job to support themselves and their family.

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I think that refugees are being unfairly treated by their governments or by rebel groups. Many of them will have to spend a long time in refugee camps, a large percentage of their life they will never get back

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What Are South Sudanese Refugees' Options?

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What Are South Sudanese Refugees' Options?

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These refugees may have to stay in a refugee camp for a long time. They can apply for asylum in another country. It's important that they don't return to their home country, because it is too dangerous. They should try to find a job.

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A refugee is a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.

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Who is Helping These People,   and How Can We Help? 

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Who is Helping These People,   and How Can We Help? 

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The United Nations and humanitarians are sending aid workers to the refugee camps. Ethiopia is helping more than any other country in terms of the number of refugees taken they've in. We can help by donating or spreading our knowledge about this issue.

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"We are eating grass because there is no food." – South Sudan | UNICEF