Through the Eyes of a Child Refugee: We Are Where We Come From

World Children’s Day is celebrated on the 20th November to commemorate the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. To acknowledge World Children’s Day, Dorota Blumczynska shares her personal story as witnessed through the eyes of a refugee child. Since secretly fleeing Poland as a child, Dorota’s life has centered on survival. Surviving displacement, migration, poverty, the loss of a parent, becoming an orphan, a ward of the child welfare system, and violence. Because Dorota wears her heart proudly on her sleeve, she does not hold back when she emotionally shares these stories. Heart wrenching but filled with hope.As the Executive Director of the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba (IRCOM) Dorota’s determination and leadership allowed her to oversee the rapid growth of Manitoba’s largest settlement and community development organizations. Today Dorota Blumczynska is the CEO of the Manitoba Museum. Having personally experienced the Manitoba Museum as a child refugee, she believes it has the opportunity to meaningfully contribute to inclusivity and community cohesion, leaning into is purpose as a living institution and centre for intercultural dialogue.Dorota Blumczynska has a double major in Business Administration. In 2014 she was recognized as an emerging female leader in Canada.She currently serves as the Past President of the Canadian Council for Refugees.Her website is: https://www.dorotablumczynska.com/ and she can be found daily on twitter: https://twitter.com/blumczynskaYou can find a transcript of the show here. https://www.soundoff.network/show/humans-on-rights/through-the-eyes-of-a-child-refugee-we-are-where-we-come-from/