ABU DHABI 23 June 2019: A relay race run by 143 participants surpassed the target of collectively running 409km in 12 hours in honor of Eva, a nine-year-old refugee who traveled 409km in 12 days, as she fled from South Sudan to Ethiopia on her own.
NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Office of Social Responsibility and Gulf Multi Sport, in collaboration with UNHCR, organized the relay race in recognition of World Refugee Day on Thursday.
UNHCR Officer in Charge in the UAE Ayat El Dewary said, “We appreciate the efforts made and support given by faculty, staff and students at New York University Abu Dhabi for hosting this event today coinciding with World Refugee Day. It is a great opportunity to encourage individual acts of solidarity with those who were forcibly displaced and to acknowledge their strength and resilience.”
