I'm Elise Hugh. You're listening to TED Talks Daily. Mucktum Abdallah is one of the millions

around the world displaced by ethnic conflict and violence. In his 2021 talk from Ted at UNICEF, he tells

his family's story of escape and survival as refugees.

But it's not a story without tragedy.

The journey helped crystallize for him what mattered to him most and what he wants for young people around the world, no matter their backgrounds.

Hello, I am Maximum Abdullah from Sudan, born in 2004, in Niaala South Darfur.

Anur-Zamab, the western part of Sudan, is where you find in Darfur.

For over a decade, the state was affected with a conflict, which you were still reeling from.

And as a result, since I was four years old, my family have lived in a camp for internally

displaced people.

An IDB come for families that have been driven from their homes, for one reason, one another

to another parts of their country.

My family were displaced because of conflict, and I was born in a world full of complexity, loss and deprivation.

But despite that, my family and I are still here, full of hopes and dreams for better tomorrow.

Before the camp, we used to live in a place called Uttage village in South, Darfur.

And in the world, Othage comes from the Arabic word Attish, which is minstrelsy.

And it has been called so for the lack of water resources in that area.

And so the name of our IDB cam is Uttash Cam.

Same name, same issue. It's home to almost 100,000 people from different

villages. I was very young when we left our home, but I can remember the fear on my family's face

as they're getting ready, leaving everything behind. I could see the pain, especially on my mother's face.

I still remember.

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