From where to where
Every story here records the whole route — the qualifications, the bridge jobs nobody puts on LinkedIn, the turning point, and the people who helped. No highlight reels.
Mohammad Akbari
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2023 · 19
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Shafih Akbari
A New Era
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Read the full routeHassan Jafari
Fixes donated laptops for students without one
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Read the full routeIryna Kovalenko
Teaches Irish-language basics to other newcomers
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Read the full routeDaniel Mwangi
Planted and maintains three pollinator corridors
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Read the full routeYasmin Farah
Built a peer-support line for night-shift carers
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Read the full routeTomasz Nowak
Repairs and rehomes bicycles for new arrivals
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Read the full routeMariana Silva
Two years on: nine mentees, six now in technical roles
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Read the full routeNino Beridze
Digitised a community centre archive nobody could read
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Read the full routeAde Bello
Coaches an under-14 team that had no coach
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Read the full routeMariana Silva
Mentors nine women re-entering engineering roles
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Read the full routeRami Haddad
Translates tenancy rights documents into Arabic, pro bono
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