Sunday 22 December 2019

Week 1 | Day 5: Against the Odds | Activity 2: Swimming to Safety (Four Points) | Summer Learning Journey

Yusra and her elder sister ran off from the Syrian war and was looking to find a safe place in Europe. In the summer of 2015 they had traveled across Lebanon to Turkey. They got in a boat with two other people. After 15 minutes of crossing the sea, the boats engine stopped. Yusra desided she wasn't going to let anyone on the boat drown. Everyone on board jumped out of the boat into the waves and swam for three and a half hours in the open water. Doing this they had saved the lives of 20 people.

The next year, Yusra's bravery and stong swimming skils was noticed by the Intenational Olympics Committee and became a member of the Refugee Olympics team. Yusra competed at the olympics games in Rio, 2016 helping to represent 65 million replaced people around the globe. Some time after that, Yusra has adressed the United Nations General Assembly and met world leaders like Barack Obama and Pope Francis. She has received many awards. 

Yusra currently lives in Berlin, Germany and is concentrating on her professional swimming career and is determined to compete at the Olympics in Tokyo, Japan 2020.

LI: To retell the story of Yusra Mardini.

For this activity we had to retell the story of Yusra Mardini who was a refugee. We could either listen to Yusra's podcast or read her story. Yusra is training to compete in the olymics in Tokyo, Japan 2020. Yusra is a great role model for other refugees her age. I enjoyed this activity.
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5 comments:

  1. Sakina22 December 2019 at 11:26

    Salam Farzana!,
    Awesome work on participating in the 2019 Summer Learning Journey program. Wow! Your summary about Yusra Mardini is really interesting and enjoyable to read. You have a very descriptive summary in which is great. I also think that Yusra Mardini is a role model, because of the fantastic things she has done.

    Great Job!

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  2. Victoria24 December 2019 at 18:16

    Hello again Farzana! This was a really great summary about Yursa Mardini, with lots of detail. Almost as well-written as a real report about her. I think her story is absolutely amazing, no matter how many times I read it. What do you think?

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  3. Dani Summer Learning Journey Blog Commenter10 January 2020 at 16:25

    Kia Ora Farzana,

    Well done on writing an interesting recount about Yursa’s journey. She was very brave wasn’t her and now she is working very hard to represent refugees at the Olympics! Do you think you would want to compete at the Olympics? I would but I’m not sure on what event I would want to compete in, there are so many!

    Blog ya later,

    Dani

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  4. Florence20 January 2020 at 22:51

    Hi Farzana!
    This activity you did was great, Great job for staying active with the Summer Learning Journey! What was the hardest part of this activity?
    Blog you later!
    ~ Florence

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  5. Alex22 January 2020 at 17:02

    Hi Farzana,
    I liked how you described Yusra as brave because she jumped out of the boat to save the rest of the passengers. I also liked how you put lots of detail into what happened before, during and after the incident. Do you think you could do what she did?

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