I lived in many multi-religious backgrounds historically, I come from a part of Yemen where Yemenite Jews lived, I’m a Muslim and I lived with a conservative Christian family for a year. However, I spent one of my secondary school years in the United States as an exchange student. I have had the honor to meet too many people from all around the world with different backgrounds, languages and identities. I’m Mohammed Al-Jaberi, a young Yemeni person who happened to be luckier than millions of others from the same country. I like spicy foods, reading and swimming. I am an open minded person, friendly and respectful. Every year, I take pleasure to go countrywide to specially recruit and encourage young women like me to work hard to beat their odds by entering College to get their diploma. HELP provides full scholarships to straight B secondary needy students to enter Universities in Haiti. That’s the reason why I am actively supporting a non- profit organization called HELP that has distinguished itself by promoting higher education in my country. I believe that education should be accessible to everyone no matter what. I got opportunities to learn so many things and my life so far is a success. I took this into account and gave to school a favorite place all my life. I have heard from my parents since my childhood that education was a gold precious key that could open doors and doors. I went to school in Haiti and actually spent my lifetime there except when, after the January 12th earthquake in Haiti, Dartmouth College, an Ivy League school in the US, invited me as an exchange student, I enjoy that time in Hanover, New Hampshire.

I just finished three months ago courses for an agro-economics Bachelor degree for which I am writing now a final thesis in Montpellier, France. I am Daphnée Charles, a first time participant in the learner’s voice program of WISE.

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