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Abdikadir Bare Abikar

Advocacy, Campaigns, Communications and Media (ACCM) Manager, Dadaab Response Association

Degrees:Bachelor of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (Geography), MEd (York)

Abdikadir Bare Abikar is the Advocacy, Campaigns, Communications and Media (ACCM) Manager for the Dadaab Response Association. Abdikadir is a Somali refugee who completed his Master-in-Education degree from York University in Toronto, Canada. Through the Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) Project, he has also completed his Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, Geography major, at York University, while living in Dadaab refugee camp.

In November 2020, LERRN published Abikar’s Working Paper, entitled “Building Local Professional Learning Communities with and for Teachers in Refugee Camps – A Case Study on Hareed Primary School in Dadaab.” Click here for more information.