Imagine fleeing your home, your friends, your extended family – everything you know, at the age of nine. Before most kids have even learnt their times tables, Deena Yako fled her home country of Iraq to escape war and persecution. Almost four years later, she and her family settled in Australia.

Deena Yako is a Hope listener and Director of Community Engagement at the Refugee Council of Australia.

Imagine fleeing your home, your friends, your extended family – everything you know, at the age of nine. Before most kids have even learnt their times tables, Deena Yako fled her home country of Iraq to escape war and persecution. Almost four years later, she and her family settled in Australia.
Deena Yako is a Hope listener and Director of Community Engagement at the Refugee Council of Australia.

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