Providing Education for Refugees in Malaysia | Deborah Henry | TEDxCurtinUSarawak

With the number of refugees in Malaysia ever increasing, Deborah looks to provide them with one of the fundamental human rights - education.

A wholesome blend of East and West with Asian and Irish roots, Deborah Priya Henry spent much of her teenage years on a bullet train to stardom, journeying from modelville to university, to beauty pageants, charities and the media forefront, becoming the woman she is today - Miss World and Universet Malaysia, model, TV host, actress, humanitarian aide & ambassador, and co-founder of her own charity.

For Deborah, the first things that come to mind when thinking of others are children and humanitarian work. She's a children's right advocate for World Vision and refugree rights advocate for UNCHR Malaysia.

When working with these NGOs, she realised that many refugee children are deprived of education. Subsequently, she co-founded the Fugee School, a charity organisation that provides fundamental education to refugee youth.