3.5 Feeding Minds
Ousman Umar is a former child migrant who spent four years travelling on foot from Ghana to Libya to Spain. In 2012 he founded an NGO named NASCO Feeding Minds, which aims to create a network of IT centers with computer classrooms in rural Ghana in order to familiarize students with digital tools and facilitate their access to information. He has recently launched a social enterprise named NASCO Tech: Code Made in Africa, which aims to provide job opportunities for young IT graduates. He is also a writer and has published an autobiography entitled \u201cJourney to the Land of the Whites\u201d, where he shares his life story.\xa0
He speaks to us about:\xa0
- His migration journey
- Racism and anti-immigration sentiments in Europe
- Addressing the root causes of migration\xa0
- The importance of education and job opportunities\xa0
- Exploitation and underdevelopment in Africa\xa0
- Being a leader and starting an NGO
- Horizontal vs. vertical aid\xa0
- Nature as our biggest teacher - and much more!
He joins us from Barcelona, Spain.\xa0
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