Mr Yiech Pur
BIEL

Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE), Tuwain Primary School (Kenya) (2011); Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), Kakuma Refugee Secondary School (Kenya) (2015); Associate Degree in Social Science, Iowa Central Community College (USA) (2019-2021); Bachelor of International Relations, Drake University (USA) (2021-2023)

Board Member of Olympic Refuge Foundation (2017-); UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador (2020-)

Athletics, Basketball, Soccer, Swimming, Volleyball

Games of the XXXI Olympiad Rio 2016: Member of the first-ever IOC Refugee Olympic Team Rio 2016, competed in the 800m in athletics

Signature of the Truce Mural with the IOC President at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018; Speaker at the Olympism in Action Forum at the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires (2018); Team Leader for the IOC Refugee Olympic Team Tokyo 2020

Addressed the United Nations General Assembly in 2016 with the #WithRefugees campaign petitions in support of education, food and shelter requirements for refugees

Member of the first-ever IOC Refugee Olympic Team 2016. Member of the following commissions: Olympic Solidarity (2022-)

Recipient of African Grassroot Philanthropy Award and International Crisis Group Award (2018)