Yusra Mardini: Olympic swimmer and Syrian refugee appointed UN Goodwill Ambassador
By Staff The Independent UK The UN refugee agency has chosen as a goodwill ambassador a Syrian teenage girl who helped save a boat carrying fellow refugees and later became an Olympic swimmer. Yusra Mardini was appointed as UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador on Thursday, joining other notables like actress Cate Blanchett and author Khaled Hosseini in … Continued