3.5 Feeding Minds

Published: Sept. 30, 2020, 4 a.m.

b'

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

Support the show'