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From Orphanage to The Olympics: DRC Refugees Train for Rio

Name: From Orphanage to The Olympics: DRC Refugees Train for Rio
Uploaded: 2016-08-01T20:17:18.000Z
Duration: 1 min 30 s
Description: Yolande Mabika and Popole Misenga both fled the Democratic Republic of Congo at a young age and were sent to orphanages where they discovered judo. Now Mabika and Misenga are headed to Rio to join the Olympic's first all-refugee team.

Yolande Mabika and Popole Misenga both fled the Democratic Republic of Congo at a young age and were sent to orphanages where they discovered judo. Now Mabika and Misenga are headed to Rio to join the Olympic's first all-refugee team.